Articles
Giving sales incentives is giving a free salary
Most companies with sales staff tend to offer sales incentives in the form of commissions or other forms of incentives. The key question to ask for every business running such scheme is: Does paying incentives increase sales? If your answer is yes do you have enough proof to back this assertion? Here are the reasons […]
Strategy Formulation Season is upon us: Is it going to be another corporate annual holiday?
Most employees now label the company strategy formulation workshops the “Corporate annual holiday” because nothing of significance comes out of most of these sessions. Strategy formulation during this time of the year has become a ritual. Executives take time to go and enjoy a few drinks away from demanding customers and employees. When they come […]
Seven reasons why you should exercise caution when interpreting financial statements
Being a Psychologist, issues of finance never used to worry me until I started running my own business 12 years ago. Ever since I started the journey of self-learning financial matters, I have discovered things that I never thought attered. I have missed opportunities where I could have added value on issues to do with […]
Sexual harassment in Zimbabwean organisations: How prevalent is it?
We have just concluded a survey in which we sought to understand Zimbabwean employees’ perceptions and opinions about sexual harassment and misconduct. The survey also attempted to quantify the prevalence of sexual harassment in our organisations. There were 793 participants in this survey. 59% of the respondents were male and the rest, (41%) were female. […]
State of Human Resources in Zimbabwe
We recently undertook the human resources practices in Zimbabwe survey. The purpose of this research was to gather and analyse human resources related statistics and practices in Zimbabwe. The information that we have presented in our final report is designed to be a tool to help Zimbabwe organisation’s to evaluate decisions and activities that affect […]
