Hybrid work trends to keep an eye on in 2022
Although everything seems a bit uncertain right now, I feel very optimistic about 2022. There is an interesting future ahead, one that includes more possibilities for hybrid work models with a focus on technology as an enabler. By Thibault Dousson, GM of Lenovo South...
Megatrends impacting workforces, leadership and learning in 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has put several megatrends in motion. These are powerful, transformative forces shaping every area of our lives, including our workplaces, leadership and learning. This is according to Jackie Kennedy, founder of the LeadMe Academy, unpacking some...
Making a success of blended working environments
The hybrid or blended work model initially brought about by the global COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping the future of workplaces as well as work arrangements. Most companies have shifted to a hybrid model, as it enables a happy medium of combining working remotely with...
Workplace technology 2022: inlocking the art of the possible
If there is one positive thing that the technology industry can take from the global pandemic, it is that change is often not as impossible as it may seem. By Christian Reilly, vice-president: technology strategy at Citrix Most businesses were already on some form of...
Long Covid and its effect on the workplace
Most people who have contracted Covid-19 recover within two weeks, while those who have experienced acute infection can take up to six weeks to recover. Many people are, however, experiencing a wide range of symptoms beyond six weeks, often in excess of six months....
Work-from-home ushered in an age of flexible human work
Most organisations have settled into more digital ways of working and collaborating since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. By Gerhard Hartman, vice-president: medium business for Sage Africa & Middle East Following the success of the universal work-from-home...
The business debate around compulsory vaccinations
With many companies looking to enforce vaccine mandates for employees from the beginning of next year, Ian McAlister, GM of CRS Technologies, examines several of the key issues surrounding this. According to the Consolidated Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)...
How to prepare for hybrid work
Stakeholders came together during the Microsoft 365 Summit South Africa: The Future of Hybrid Work to discuss the big question on everyone's mind: how do we adopt hybrid work, with a view to maintaining and enhancing work culture, productivity and well-being? Speakers...
Turn resignations into a reset to upgrade skills
A new trend of mass resignations across the working world is being seen by companies and economists as a wave of impending destruction. By Johann van Niekerk, MD of Outsized for Africa This trend emerging in the aftermath of Covid is sometimes incorrectly attributed...
Performance-based remuneration unlocks workforce potential
South Africa's labour force and economy are in a crisis of low growth and productivity. By Jeff Ryan, MD of AWCape According to Mike Schussler, an economist, industrial employment is currently at the same level as it was in 1969. With the unrest in July and renewed...
Year-end heralds performance conversations
Is it time to sit with your employee for a face-to-face discussion on how well (or poorly) they are performing? Often, both managers and workers are not overly excited by the prospect of this sometimes awkward event. "Dreading a performance conversation is generally a...
High-touch people management a powerful tool in talent retention
Retaining skills is one of the most challenging tasks for businesses all over the world as they try to find ways to cope with the talent tsunami, a phenomenon where people are resigning en-masse as lockdowns around the world end in search of new opportunities that...