Corporate Agility = The ability of the organisation to implement new systems quickly or change direction

Read more about Mark Wiggett.

Sustained innovation depends on the participation of a variety of talented people across the whole process. By understanding key roles and commitments required for innovation, organizations can move faster and more effectively.

You are in the middle of a crucial project rollout and one of your key project managers decides to leave the company. A big setback! ... The engaging and retaining of your skilled and talented employees has become an important strategic consideration because it affects your competitiveness as an organisation.

Most managers in SA are disappointed in the limited extent of real, value-adding impact from training - particularly at lower levels in the organisation. Indeed, if we really believed that investment in training was justified, government would have no reason to try to bludgeon us into it.

See the Formal Impact Studies which support his view, and his other article "Education (as opposed to training), for productivity?"

As a recruitment consultant with over twenty years experience it has become more apparent how important HR departments are within companies.

In May 2007 the Department of Labour published Sectoral Determination 14: Hospitality. The Determination regulates the terms and conditions of employment for employees employed in the hospitality and catering sectors.

Effective from 1 July 2007, the Determination establishes a minimum wage of R1650.00 per month for employers employing more than 10 employees.

Download the Sectoral Determination for the Hospitality Sector

The world's foremost strategic HR professor said simply: "Today's service economy is founded around people."

Press Release: Dave Ulrich: Live & In Person!
8 August 2007 @ the Forum, the Campus, Bryanston, Johannesburg

Delegation is one of the most important management skills. These logical rules and techniques will help you to delegate well (and will help you to help your manager when you are being delegated a task or new responsibility - delegation is a two-way process!).

Sponsored by Perrott Van Niekerk Woodhouse Inc. & Caselaw.co.za

Tuesdays @ 20:45
Repeats on Thurdays @ 21:45 and Fridays @ 06:45.
These programmes would soon be on the Workinfo.com site as webcasts.

• 04 June - Sexual Harassment
• 11 June - Contracts (CCMA; defining 'employee')
• 18 June - Foreign vs. Local Labour
• 25 June - Discrimination
• 02 July - HIV Issues in the Workplace
• 09 July - Drug / Alcohol Abuse
• 16 July - Consistency and Compliance
• 23 July - New CCMA Laws for SME's
• 31 July - Representation for Employers

The list of dignitaries attending this convention includes the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, Ms Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka.

View the benefits of IPM Membership.

The HR West Africa Conference 2007 will provide you with a 7-step guide to align your HR department with your business needs by defining the elements for strategic HR excellence and providing you with the roadmap to achieving strategic alignment.

Martyn Sloman, CIPD advisor, Learning, Training, and Development, writes, "... those responsible for supporting, accelerating and directing learning must be able to adjust round the context in which the learners operate."

Participate in the following Workinfo.com surveys for 2007/2008:

• Human Resource Practitioner Salary Survey
• Wage Negotiation Settlement Survey

Measure the extent of the relationship and people problems at the workplace. This is a confidential Survey on Workplace Violence (physical, verbal abuse, bullying/mobbing, sexual and racial harassment) in South Africa.

This survey examines the transitions that top executives make into and through organizations, and road blocks that can occur in the process.

Leading News invites you to attend a Thought Leader TeleForum:
"Head Heart and Guts Leadership" featuring Peter Cairo.
There is no charge for this TeleForum.
Monday July 23rd at 9 AM Pacific/ Noon Eastern/ 5 PM London time.
Please click here to register.

Request a quotation for an in-house workshop (2 days):
Workforce and Succession Planning
Employment Equity
Industrial Relations
Wage Negotiation Support
Managing for Diversity Workshop
Additional Workshops

• Workplace Communication
• Managing Employee Discipline and Dismissal
• Workplace Violence Prevention (subject to operational requirements, 1/2 day to 2 full days

The HCI is registered for CPD Points with the South African Board for Personnel Practice (SABPP)

First Annual National Talent Summit
17-18 July 2007
An HCI thought leadership event at the University of Johannesburg Arts Theatre.

Talent Management Certificate Courses
Human Capital Strategist Designation (HCS Certificate)
Senior Human Capital Strategist (SHCS) Designation
Human Capital Management Principles Certificate
Talent Strategy Certificate
Talent Acquisition Certificate
Talent Development Certificate
Talent Leadership Certificate

For more information contact Shani.

Strategy, Leadership and Change
2 - 4 July 2007
De- mystifying the Leadership Pipeline
4 July 2007
7 Keys to Becoming a World Class Coach
5 July 2007
Women and Power
5 July 2007
The Leadership Habits of South Africa's Business Champions
10 July 2007
Exploring Strategic Change
11 - 13 July 2007
Effective Project Leadership
16 - 18 July 2007
Executive Decision Making
16 - 18 July 2007
Building National Competitiveness: Making Markets Work
22 - 27 July 2007
The New Role and Strategy of the ICT Executive
1 August 2007
Global Executive Development Programme

neXt - a free online career mentor
Online opportunity to assess career goals

"...white-controlled businesses are ignoring skilled black people and that there's no shortage of skills in South Africa."

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