How to digitally recreate company culture in a hybrid work environment

[Andrew Bourne] In today's age, with hybrid working taking off, companies need to think about implementing effective collaboration platforms that can connect teams easily...

Introducing a better staffing model for the future

[Nick Durrant] When embarking on a new web development project, businesses need to find the most cost effective model that will deliver the best results for capacity planning as well as project management planning. There are normally two common models to choose from, fixed cost or time and materials. However, there is another often overlooked approach, the Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) model...

Covid-19 lockdown: How it will affect your employer's finances

[Yolandi Esterhuizen] With South African businesses facing an unprecedented crisis, many are worried about whether they will be able to afford to pay their employees...

How social networking is building better businesses from the inside - New Media

[Brent Smith] Research shows that businesses with good internal communication consistently outperform their competitors. As former Campbell's Soup CEO Doug Conant put it: "To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace."...

African recruitment startups evolve to tackle unemployment

[Tom Jackson] Unemployment rates across Africa are too high, but tech startups are coming up with more and more innovative ways of connecting jobseekers with opportunities...

The social side of recruitment

[Shan Radcliffe] While technology has radically changed the face of recruitment and expanded access to the available talent pool, the core basics still remain...

Moving people analytics from HR to the C-suite

[Bruce van Wyk] People analytics - data on employees that is relevant to HR functions - have traditionally been used to justify the cost of HR investments...

#EntrepreneurMonth: Pivoting on disruption

[Shan Radcliffe] Deborah Hartung has a passion for people and disrupting industry norms. Her startup, Pivot PeopleTech is geared toward assisting other small businesses and entrepreneurs with the tools to manage their HR requirements without the high overheads...

Crucial conversations: four tips for open dialogue

[Helene Vermaak] A crucial conversation is defined as a situation that has high stakes, opposing opinions and strong emotions and more often than not in these instances we take an avoidance approach...

Big data and social media: The new normal for HR

[Phil de Kock] Big data and social media are buzzwords reverberating throughout the business world today, and for good reason...

Six things SMEs should know about payroll tax

[Yolandi Esterhuizen] Small and medium-sized business owners face reams of red tape in their businesses, but one area that is especially important to master is payroll...