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If the answer is, “build a great culture” … what is the question?
2019-12-12T09:28:09+10:00By Mia Aldridge|HR, Leadership Development, Recruitment|
When you employ staff, you bring them on for what’s in their heads. When they sign your employment contract, they bring their hearts as well as their heads. It is common to think that staff motivation is about the money. It is less common to think it [...]
Culture will eat strategy for breakfast
2019-11-27T13:24:59+10:00By Andre van der Merwe|HR|
Let’s take the Monday morning test….. The alarm sounds. It is the start of the new working week. How do you feel? Do you bounce out of bed looking forward to getting to work? Do you feel excited about seeing your work colleagues again? Have you misse [...]
Your people strategy over the Christmas break is key to your business getting ahead of the curve in the new year.
2019-11-04T15:42:03+10:00By Colin Steenvoort|HR|
Haven’t we all at least once been in that situation where we wish we had made time for something a few months back? Well, recruitment is one of those things. If you are thinking of hiring a new staff member in January, we would strongly advise you to [...]
Figuring out your people fast
2019-10-14T17:42:57+10:00By Verity Consulting Partners|Other|
Have you ever wondered why some people re-act opposite to others and why you find it necessary to approach different people in entirely different ways? The world's most successful business managers use behavioural assessment tools to help them unders [...]
How to Develop Your Listening Skills
2019-09-04T11:26:02+10:00By Verity Consulting Partners|HR, Recruitment|
Listening is an important characteristic of an effective leader. So, why is it difficult for some leaders? Often, leaders tend to direct and take command of conversions or talk too much. Due to their busy schedules, leaders also do not take the time [...]
How to Reprogram the Subconscious Mind
2019-09-02T10:49:10+10:00By Mia Aldridge|Other|
Tasks are performed via the conscious mind, but most actions depend on the subconscious mind. Numerous cognitive neuroscientists have conducted studies that have revealed that only 5% of our cognitive activities (decisions, emotions, actions, behavio [...]
The secret sauce to staff retention…. onboarding!
2019-08-12T10:55:22+10:00By Verity Consulting Partners|HR|
It may feel like a nice-to-have although if the difference between the top 20% of organisations and others is –they do onboarding and they do it well – would you be interested in their secret sauce recipe? Here are some facts and figures for you to c [...]
Go beyond recruitment
2019-08-12T10:56:23+10:00By Verity Consulting Partners|HR|
You have found the perfect candidate for the job, now you must retain them. The time and effort invested in casting the net during the recruitment phase needs to be followed up with making sure the new employee is welcomed and socialised into the cul [...]
Does your organisation have a problem with First-year Turnover?
2019-07-23T10:46:20+10:00By Verity Consulting Partners|Other|
If you are having the problem of new employees, who were “perfect for the job” leaving the organisation, it may have something to do with how they were onboarded at the start. Onboarding is the process by which newly hired employees gain the necessar [...]
10% increase in productivity = 20% uplift in revenue
2019-07-09T10:27:26+10:00By Verity Consulting Partners|Other|
According to Gallup's State of the Global Workplace report, 85% of employees are not engaged at work. So, what if there was a way to increase employee engagement and increase overall productivity? Everyone's heard about DISC profile assessments, but [...]
The greatest pitfalls for employers at each stage of the employment lifecycle – Organisational Structure
2019-07-02T16:50:38+10:00By Mia Aldridge|Other|
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The greatest pitfalls for employers at each stage of the employment lifecycle. – Pre-employment
2019-07-02T19:08:58+10:00By Verity Consulting Partners|HR, Other|
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh23CywU6bo Consider this You are a small to medium enterprise (SME) and an employee you hired 12 months ago is not working out. You have made that difficult decision and will need to let them go. You ask yourself: Wh [...]