August 2021

Giving Salary Reviews

By |2023-09-25T15:48:43-04:00August 16, 2021|Giving salary reviews, Companies|

How to give a pay review and not get taken for a ride – conducting pay reviews might seem straightforward. Your employee requests a pay review, you arrange a meeting, they put forward their case and after careful consideration, you make a decision and communicate it.

  • Preparation
  • The Review
  • Awarding a Raise
  • Declining a Raise

Preparation

But there is more to pay review than this. You can make your employees happy and […]

Managing Meetings

By |2023-09-25T15:33:02-04:00August 9, 2021|Candidates, Companies, Managing Meetings, Meetings|

Monday morning. Your in-tray is jammed. It’s standing room only in your email inbox. You’re already five minutes late for your 9.30 meeting and you have the CEO’s secretary on the line asking you to attend a lunch meeting today! At the same time, one of your team is tapping you on the shoulder anxiously demanding a moment of your time. Time?

Why have this meeting anyway?

Bernard Langley, a manager in […]

Hold onto your Star Temps

By |2023-09-25T15:27:45-04:00August 2, 2021|Companies, Hold onto your star temps, Temporary work|

More people consciously choose to move from job to job – acquiring new skills, working the hours that suit them and shying away from long-term commitments. How times have changed. Until recently, ‘the temp’ was called in for sickness or holiday cover and given little in the way of incentive, motivation or even common courtesy. These days however, financial services organizations are crying out for temporary talent, and the boot is somewhat on the other foot. What can […]

July 2021

Motivating your Staff

By |2023-09-25T15:15:11-04:00July 26, 2021|Companies, Motivating your Staff|

In times of skill shortages, employees need more than an impressive pay deal, prestigious job title and package of perks to stay interested in their current position for a reasonable length of time. People are also working longer. With a working week of sometimes over 60 hours, their decision is often not whether they are fulfilled in their job but how motivated they feel. Much of this depends on how they relate to you – the boss. Do […]

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