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Put your thinking cap on for five minutes As we enter the final days of the World Cup, I’ve rounded up powerful career insights from the game, on and off the field into ten cryptic statements: Twits on Twitter Wildcats dropped their guard Blood. Sun. Go home. Lights almost out Get on the couch for [...]

Precious Mahlangu*, days away from her thirty-third birthday and a newly minted MBA graduate from a leading business school, was contemplating her sixth career move. It was the summer of 2006 when the world, from the rice fields of China to the beaches of Cape Town, was screaming prosperity. In capital letters Precious had studied [...]

The crux of the employment relationship is that one party, the employee places their labour at the disposal of another, the employer, in exchange for remuneration. The employment relationship starts and dare I say, ends with base (guaranteed) pay…

Call it what you want – the new work economy, the age of the knowledge worker or the connected economy, will transform your career, your work and rewards. Those students (and professionals too!)that understand six fundamentals will be well positioned to capitalise on the opportunities and navigate the uncertainties ahead.

Spend enough time in a soul draining job, suck up to the boss long enough and surround yourself with enough dark side co-workers.

With talent engagement being the rage in HR circles, I will be presenting at the HR Africa Conference today on the role of reward – does it drive engagement or disengagement?nbsp;

I plan to cover

• Total Reward
• Base Pay – Traditional amp; CTC Packages
• Pay Equity
• Recognition

As usual I will be turning conventional wisdom on its head.nbsp; If you are attending the conference, you can catch my presentation in Stream 2 at 17h00

For all their generational differences, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Y, especially those in SA; share similar love and money troubles in the workplace…

During the bull run from 2003 – mid 2008, many South African companies competed for talent by throwing money in their direction and hoping the returns followed. They invested in the employment brand that was nothing more than a marketing pitch. Need to hire talent? Just bid higher than competitors and sweeten the deal with a sign up bonus. The individual’s track record was an afterthought. During the year, staff could spend weeks away at conferences and seminars, without having to use the information in the workplace. If talent brought a higher offer from a competitor, HR usually matched it to keep them. There was enough pocket change left over for business trips to Mauritius, extreme team building in Magaliesberg and social functions at five star venues…