How to stay profitable in difficult times

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To keep businesses positive we felt that this article by EOP was worth sharing here. It is becoming increasingly difficult for many business owners to stay afloat, maintain or increase profitability levels as South Africa’s GDP contracted by 51 percent in the second...

How to prevent burnout for employees working remotely due to COVD-19

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Working remotely was one of the key factors that had a positive effect on employee work-life balance and remote employees were those that tended to experience less burnout than office-based employees. However, the unique challenges and workplace adjustments which have...

Strategies for Dealing with Micro-Management

Skills & Development, Thoughts

Micro-managers obsess over controlling every detail and can create a paralysing work atmosphere but it is possible to manage this behaviour in order to have a more positive outcome, possibly alleviating the added stress this kind of situation causes so that managers...

The Positive Impact of AI and Human Resources

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The future impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on jobs and human resources unnerves many people and generates a fair share of angst.  This is born largely from concerns about job becoming redundant and the elimination of certain job skills. Whilst this is indeed a...