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Help, our neighbour start building

by Dr Janin Vansteenkiste
It starts one morning, with a bang. You work on your PC when a mighty thud rocks your house. More thuds, followed by crashing sounds… You see a crew of demolishers bringing down the roof on your neighbour’s house. The neighbour is nowhere to be seen.
Now, communication between you and your neighbour [...]

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Goals keep us MOTIVATED

by Charles Bailie
Goals keep us motivated. But sometimes, people find it too hard to achieve their goals. Maybe because they have set long-term goals before setting short-term ones, or because they did not plan their goals carefully.
Goal-setting strategies are important especially for those who want to achieve long-term goals. Here are five goalsetting techniques to [...]

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Teams do not decide…

…to become teams, people do.
by Carey-Lyn Kurten
Exploring just how human beings might work together more effectively to create great things uncovers some interesting dynamics. The term TEAM BUILDING is used by most organisations, and usually fits into the annual HR budget. That is where the common ground ends and a vast array of perspectives enters [...]

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APSO for both employer and candidate

Companies could be missing a whole pool of talent if they focus on price when it comes to recruitment, warns Natalie Fraser, operations executive of the Association of Personnel Service Organisations (APSO).
“We all know that good candidates are hard to find,” she says. And those candidates who are looking for change are becoming choosier about [...]

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A new Boss Model

By Leigh-Anne Sa Joe
Traditional stereo-types of managers as authoritarian, controlling, distant and impersonal are being challenged
by a new image – that of the “loving boss”.
More bosses around the world, including South Africa, are choosing to change their approach to employees by displaying characteristics of love, care and consideration. “The ‘loving boss’ might be an exaggeration, [...]

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