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"Equally in the field of human resources, as we search for Talent and embark on Talent Acquisition strategies, conduct Human Capital Cost Accounting, and balance Scorecards and try to adopt every passing management fad, the world's great institutions survived for centuries because they are or were centred around some basic principles: great leaders, shared beliefs, self discipline, common goals, and community interest."

The aim of this survey was to establish what the main people related challenges are for small businesses as well as to make some recommendations on how to deal with these challenges. In depth interviews were conducted with 8 SMME's .... The results do reinforce some preconceptions about this sector, but they also yield some surprises!

"I'm in for 20 years for double murder," the librarian at Zonderwater Maximum Prison told me as I walked into a bright, well-stocked library where offenders in their orange overalls were diligently studying and working on computers. In my opinion, if we want to really fix crime in this country, we've got to do four things well ...

What components make up a successful recruitment strategy? Like any business plan, certain proponents prevail as being important. If I were to choose the three most important items of a personal recruitment strategy it would be the following ...

The present career guidance service does not reach the majority of the people who are in need of it and falls short to aid those who are in reach of it. The effects of such polarity are evident in the form of unemployability, dissatisfaction and vacillation within occupations ...

To start off the Workinfo.com HR Magazine Interview section, Workinfo.com put a few questions to Connie Madumo, Director: Communications and Projects of The Ridout Group (Pty) Ltd.

"If you have a mediocre person at the top of the organisation think of it as closest to the sun, it will cast a big shadow... If you have a mediocre person at the bottom of the company, it casts a very small shadow. If you get the wrong person high up in the organisation, it casts a shadow and they will surround themselves with other mediocre people."

Management were once again to blame for most crises that occurred during the last quarter of 2006 and most of those tracked during this three-month period had their roots inside organisations and companies.

"Leadership rhetoric is plagued with fuzzy terms such as transformation, vision, aspiration, character, and empowerment. A leadership brand focuses on quantifiable business terms of customer share and market value. When leadership brand connects to customer share or market value, the rationale for leadership investment is easier to make."

Many leaders realise that they have little time to tend to their jobs because of the constant demand to deal with people issues. Motivation, trust, problem solving and decision-making skills have their foundation in a healthy level of EQ but too often this is lacking at the office.

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Tuesdays @ 20:45 Repeats on Thursdays @ 21:45 and Fridays @ 06:45. Some of these programmes are now on the Caselaw.co.za and Workinfo.com sites as webcasts.

Subject to change, the following programmes to be broadcast on dstv are:

• 06 August - Rights of representation at CCMA
• 13 August - Employee references - potential course of legal
• 20 August - Restraint of trade
• 27 August - Pre-dismissal arbitration
• 03 September - Employee privacy
• 10 September - Theft
• 17 September - Labour risks in the workplace
• 24 September - Corporate governance and IR

The major themes for the Convention are:

• Growing tomorrow's leaders today
• Living high performance
• Embracing Technology for a brighter future
• HR in a global economy

IPM Membership benefits

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.

Saamgestel deur Johann Coetzee en met bydraes deur hom en ander bekende sakefigure, fokus Beroepsbekering op die waarde van werk opgeweeg teenoor die waarde van onder andere etiek, familie, ambisie, roem, mag, rykdom en ouderdom. Dit spreek die Afrikaners aan ...

Written by Samuel Njenga and Arnold Smit, who had been there, and still is there, and fully understand how lonely and isolated a CSI practitioner can become when there are no guidelines to follow, Leading the way through CSI carries the authority and experience of these two sincere and outcome- oriented professionals ...

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.
Our August TeleForum features Marshall Goldsmith on "Changing Your Identity." There is no charge for this TeleForum, which will be held on Tuesday August 28th at 8 AM Pacific/ 11 AM Eastern/ 4 PM London time
Please click here to register.

Indeed, building bridges through communication is integral to our daily work lives. Language helps build or rebuild the bridge of communication when it is interrupted or damaged in the workplace. Often, we are the bridge between the employee as well as the community at large. Without communication, how can a bridge be built? Join us in a two day Workplace Communication Workshop and we will show you how to build strong bridges that will withstand any number of pitfalls.

So your engineers have left for greener pastures and there is no one to fill their shoes. The fitter and turner has relocated and there is no one skilled up to replace him. Recruitment agencies can't find anyone for you. You always intended to train people to take over when the old engineers and skilled artisans retired. Too late ... for now! Look to the future and develop a Succession plan. Join us at the Indaba Hotel, Fourways for a two day hands-on Workforce & Succession Planning workshop.

Besides our regular workshops, Workinfo.com is planning to present the following workshops soon:

• Developing an HR Business Strategy
• Managing Transformation
• Interpersonal Skills - T.A. Transactional Analysis
• Mentoring Skills
• Coaching Skills
• Retention & Succession - online workshop

• Global Executive Development Programme