Tag Archives: HR
How HR Is Influencing Business Success In A Changing Environment
Human resource management (HRM) has been a misunderstood and under utilised business resource for many years – but modern organisations are waking up to the potential and competitive advantage that a strong HR team can offer.
HR staff used to be seen as the administrative enforcers of the business’ management team – executive-centric and reactive, [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: Cheryl Nesbitt, Founder Of Africa’s Biggest Cooking School
For those of you who don’t know who Cheryl Nesbitt is, this interview should make illuminating reading. I have fond memories of sitting in Cheryl’s Cape Town living room back in the first days of Capsicum Cooking School, brainstorming her marketing strategy. Even back then it was apparent that Cheryl’s drive, determination and attention to [...]
The Long And Short Of Black Economic Empowerment
The principles of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment have been in effect in South Africa for a number of years – but are still misunderstood by many business leaders. These leaders see empowerment as giving away shares or as appointing a certain percentage of black managers.
Empowerment is not meant only to serve a small portion [...]
What Are Unit Trusts: A Quick Overview For Business Owners
Over the past few weeks, Ideate has partnered with Old Mutual to discuss affordable ways for small businesses to offer employees access to retirement benefits. One way to do so is via Old Mutual’s Unit Trusts Group Solution – a free, web-based administration system that enables you to action investment contributions before payroll, which offers the [...]
Differentiate Your Business With A Free Employment Benefits Plan
Previously on Ideate, we have been discussing the importance of differentiating your business through offering an outstanding customer experience. This hinges on employing the right people so that your customers have an outstanding experience every time they do business with you.
Attracting and retaining the right people means that you need to offer a [...]
How HRM has changed
In the last decade or so, human resource management (HRM) has had a real makeover. It went from being a distinct entity focused on personnel administration to a central feature of a business, dedicated to guaranteeing the comfort and success of a business’ most valued resource: its employees.
Kirsten Whitfield is a member of the academic [...]
Should I pay performance in the work place?
One of our Ideate readers posed the question “Should I pay performance in the work place”. This is a question many business owners wonder about and in our opinion, it can only benefit you and your business. Paying for performance is always a great idea. It’s about separating the mediocre from the excellent.
Differentiate between employees [...]
First Aid Training for your Staff: Do you need it?
If you have certain number of staff members, do they need to be first aid trained? This is a question a lot of growing small businesses tend to ask at some point. More than just having First Aid trained staff, Section 17 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Act 85 of 1993) requires that employers [...]
An Entrepreneur’s average day of work: Staff Management
Our journey continues with Mr.E, the typical South African Entrepreneur. Previous articles covered his daily ritual of time management and his afternoon staff gathering at 4:30 each day but we have also noticed a regular form of communication that happens in his office. The main board room is used for what is termed creative meetings. [...]
One particular individual is causing disruption in my team, what can I do?
A reader sent in this question to Ideate: “I have a team of 13 people and there’s one particular individual causing disruption and bringing everyone down, what can I do?“
It’s a resonant question, and I think it highlights a problem we’ve all faced in our lives at some point or another. When relationships within teams [...]
