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Are your Organisational Structures & Workplace Practices ALIGNING with Current Realities? Happenings around the world sometimes look like an action or futuristic movie where everything seems to happen so fast. Many a times, unexpected events ha ppen that lead to a shift in how activities are carried out on a normal basis. An example is the Covid19 pandemic which has impacted the way work is currently being structured in various organisations. Disruptions here and there leading to uncertainties on how the leanings in the macro and micro environment would tilt in the coming days, months or even years. In present day 2022, some common talent management trends have emerged in the forms of employee flight risk and talent mobility, the great resignation, employee wellness / wellbeing, remote and hybrid working, virtual team building, diversity & inclusion. Just when it seems it couldn’t get any crazier, BOOM! the macro environment is impacting some organisations to tilt the trend tow...

Peer to Peer Workplace Harassment & Bullying Did you know you are a culprit when you are involved in Harassment and Bullying behaviours in your Workplace? Workplace Harassment and Bullying also happens amongst peers in the workplace and in these instances, it may be indirect actions that may not necessarily be physical , emotional or verbal. The picture 👇🏻 has a list of behaviours that is also considered as bullying and harassment. Any behaviour which makes people feel disrespected, intimidated and is offensive fall under the category of bullying and harassment. ✨Workplace leaders, therefore, have to constantly check themselves on leading by example. ✨HR leaders should build workplace initiatives that reinforces ethical behaviours and belonginess as part of the organisational culture. Failure to address the issues of workplace harassment and bullying amongst colleagues would lead to a toxic work culture where ethical behaviours are almost non-existent. 🙋🏻Are you a culprit or ...

Improper workplace onboarding process has multiple impact on both the employee and the organisation. How can a new hire be expected to start delivering humongous performance work outputs within a month or three months of being hired? Sounds ridiculous, right? According to SHRM , a strategic onboarding process starts from day one of the hire to about a year. It therefore takes a new hire an average of five months to a year of being employed with an organisation to start churning out high performance work deliverables. A new hire is supposedly learning the intricacies of the work environment and how to align their role with the organisation's structure during the onboarding period. Recruitment cost is high on the employer. It is only smart handle the onboarding process for new hires in a properly structured manner and not the usual unstructured ones that some of us have experienced at some point in pour career trajectory. If employees aren't properly onboarded into the workpla...

  That 'OOPS' moment! Sometimes that rejection mail to your job application from an employer you really wanted to work with can be a downer and make you question your competency or your chances of ever getting a job. However, one just have to keep on sending in the applications with the hope that an employer who sees your worth and potential to deliver on the job would contact you with the hope of joining their team. My Personal Action Points: In instances where I get a rejection mail from an employer, I interpret the message to be: 🔅Maybe the lord is helping me to dodge a bullet. The employer might be toxic after all 😏 🔆I need to build more competency for that job to make my application more appealing to the employer / recruiter 🔅My CV needs to be restructured to capture the key words / skills required for the job After doing all these, then, put in more work to applying for jobs. The more job applications sent, the more likelihood of getting on the shortlist of the recr...

  > >> A Quirky personality may just be the new buzz word for hiring and spotting highly creative people. >>>>   I have recently been doing some research into how to spot high potential employees based on their mannerisms and personality traits, and, BOOM, the word, ' quirky' came to mind. Of course, though, the positive sides of the quirky personality. My research led me into digging further into the personality traits of Quirks. 😼☺ According to the dictionary meaning, ‘Quirky’ is defined as a strange or unique action or personality or idiosyncrasies and strange, silly, awkward, and potentially cute manner of being.   Pc: Forbes The word, 'UNIQUE ACTION' stands out for me in this definition. 🙋   A Quirk would stand out in a crowd even without the intention to do so. It may be based on their mode of dressing, the way they wear their hair, their thought processes when they speak, odd glasses, their mannerisms and some other trai...