Why headhunting is expensive and does not always work

Introduction Eighty percent (80%) of business success is tied to people. Recruiting the right people, motivating the right people, training the right people, retaining the right people while releasing the wrong ones is the key to your success. Many business under-perform because they do not know to do this or they can’t do it well.…

Managing the Risks Growing Businesses Face

Introduction Growth (top-line) and profitability (bottom-line) are two major indices that define how well organizations are doing in pursuit of their strategic objectives and short term goals. Business organizations achieve growth through organic or inorganic channels. Growth occurs largely via the development of a new product, creation of a new business line,  mergers and acquisitions,…

Managing Risk and Performance

Introduction When an organisation sets its vision mission and strategic objectives, it then develops a plan to implement the fore mentioned. A forward looking enterprise will also develop a performance management and monitoring system and identify Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). These KPI’s, when monitored, tell management whether they are on track to meeting their objectives.…

Managing Your Staff’s Performance

Introduction A plan is only as good as the paper it is written on, until it is implemented. Getting the right staff is the very first step but making sure that the right staff are doing the right things and doing them effectively and efficiently is another important task. Peter Drucker said that ‘Plans are…