Monthly Archives: May 2018
Why workforce planning matters for every business
Memory Nguwi caught up with Tracy Smith (USA) to explore how workforce planning can help businesses reduce workforce management risk. She is an expert on analytics (HR, diversity, supply chain, purchasing, quality, customer service, ops), a business author, and speaker. She regularly advises companies on how to apply analytics in a practical and cost-effective way. […]
Individual Personality, Emotional Intelligence, and Life Outcomes
Memory Nguwi caught up with Steve Hunt (Senior Vice President Human Capital Management Research at SAP SuccessFactors) to discuss how personality and emotional intelligence impact on life outcomes. MN: What is individual personality and can it be changed or improved? SH: Personality is often defined as a natural tendency to display certain kinds of […]
Survey Report: Is Ordinary Level Maths Necessary To Enter Into College?
This report is part of a series of research we do on a regular basis to assist, professionals, aspiring and seasoned, business leaders and employees make better decisions that uplift the performance of their organisations. The aim of this particular research was to evaluate whether the general workforce in Zimbabwe perceive the policy of Ordinary […]
Why some organisations always hire the wrong people
The cost of making wrong hiring decisions is enormous but we still find organisations not paying attention to how they bring in new employees into the organisation. In most businesses, the quality of the people in the organisation is the single most important contributor to business performance more than access to capital and other resources. […]
What drives unethical behaviour in Board Members and Executives
Sometimes I get puzzled when I see organisations spending a lot of money training Non- Executive Directors and Executives Directors specifically targeting to reduce unethical conduct. I guess the belief in those championing such training is that these senior executives are involved in unethical behaviour because they do not know what is right and wrong. […]
Are leaders born or bred? A Perspective from an Organisational Development Expert
Memory Nguwi caught up with one of the leading Organisation Development Experts from the USA and explored what makes a leader. Gilmore Crosby is the President at Crosby & Associates – Leadership and Organisation Development Experts MN: What is leadership? GC: While there are many possible answers, such as the ability to inspire others to […]
