EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

Engaging Employees through Innovation
Innovation in business is both a hot topic and a paradox. Business leaders understand the need to be innovative; they refer to creativity and innovation continuously – but don’t always know how to make it happen! Driving innovation in organisations seems to be one of those elusive aspects of doing business and appears to be more about hype and aspirations than practical applications and results. In this article, Andrew Harding examines the link between employee engagement, innovation, and the organisation’s bottom line.

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

Why Avoiding Conflict is Killing your Bottom Line
Joseph Grenny shares his latest findings on the cost of employees avoiding conflict in organisations and offers guidelines for confronting colleagues in a timely and effective manner, as demonstrated by the most successful communicators.

LEADERSHIP

Women Leadership Development and Feminine Leadership Style: The Objective of Cracking the Glass Ceiling
In this article, Meiya G. Nthoesane and Vatiswa Nthoesane present a conceptual framework for developing woman leaders. The research about women proving their worth as leaders need not continue. Instead, tthe new wave of research should focus on constructing women as leaders, say the authors.

HR GOES GREEN

How Green are Your Organisation’s Human Resources (HR) Practices?
The world is going green – from activists who want to save the planet and influence climate change, to those who are yearning for a simpler, less stressed and less complicated lifestyle. We are bombarded by green at all levels: to eat, live, and have a greener lifestyle. What, then, is the impact of going green on how people work and perform in organisations? Green is not only the physical, tangible changes we have to make to save the planet, but is also a state of mind. People are continually reminded to perform better, utilise time more efficiently, use technology more smartly, and have a work/life balance, but how does this link to the green way that is advertised and promoted everywhere? asks Belia Nel.

TALENT MANAGEMENT

The “X” factor of Talent in Business
It is very important to have a future strategy for yourself – and to get into the habit of using critical questions that continuously shape both your thinking and actions around your personal improvement and self-management goals. Among life’s challenging journeys are building on the DNA that we have been born with, channelling our accomplishments and failures, moulding our experiences and influences, and reaching our true potential. We want to explore and create a unique identity that we feel good about. We want to stand out from the crowd and be the best we can be, writes John Gatherer.