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Public Holidays Let me get off the ground with a sensitive topic: public holidays. As we prepare for the long weekends ahead, it is worthwhile to consider the impact of public holidays on your talent and performance. Rewind: in the second week of December 2011, government, acting in accordance with the Public Holidays Act, 1994, [...]

  Talent 1.Generation Y Employers were talking about Generation Y five years ago. They will still be talking about them five years from now. What will your organisation be saying? Stop trying to get Generation Y to do what you want. Start trying to do what they want. 2. Celebrate! Small wins, quick wins, any [...]

  You can read Part 1 here Reward 9. Total cost packages have been around since 1990′s. Should you adopt, retain or dump it? Review the remuneration structure and get up to speed on the developments in this area. 10. Don’t reward incompetence. No excuses. Or you’ll keep getting more of the same results. 11. [...]

Budget Fever Budget fever is here again. One day when I have time on my side, I want to delve into the stories behind budgets. I will dig up the conflicts over setting budgets and delivering budget results. Is it only about the numbers or the budget games behind the numbers? I will analyse why some [...]

  Big Picture 1. It is 2012 Not 1992. Or 1972. Ask others in your team to check the year, the next time that they tell that you: It can’t be done It was done before and failed It won’t work in your organisation. Or get out of there fast! 2. Get used to.. …the [...]

  HR HR has been here before. HR is familiar with the drill. HR has the same beliefs and expectations, toned down by the passage of time. We know how it will end. Yet a little voice tells HR professionals that this year could be exceptional and different. Another year has arrived for HR. HR Resolutions, BHAG & Make overs [...]

    HR, Budget, Talent and more    Well we have almost reached the end of 2011. And what an unbelievable year it has been! From natural disasters (earthquakes, tornados and more) and man-made financial woes, (US, EU) to revolutionary uprisings (Arab spring, Occupy Wall Street) and technology everywhere (gadgets, online networks). Too much upheaval for one year.  [...]

    Recruitment  If you are a HR Future reader that regularly reads my column, this month we will be going down the memory lane of 2010. Grab a coffee, relax and let us laugh and cry about the past twelve months. If you are a reader that gives this column a miss, you can [...]