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The secret to discussing pay with employees
HR Career Success

The secret to discussing pay with employees

Universally speaking, money is an uncomfortable subject – be it with friends, family or in the workplace. In fact, the “pay” conversation that managers are required to have with their employees might be one of the most unanticipated talks of the year. Pay is a sensitive subject Pay is a highly sensitive subject as it is, so relaying the wrong information, or even expressing the right information in the wrong way can contribute to your employees losing trust.

12 Proven Strategies to increase Job Satisfaction
Productivity Tips

12 Proven Strategies to increase Job Satisfaction

Making your employees more satisfied with their work is surprisingly easy to do if you genuinely care about their well-being. There are 12 simple, proven things that you can do……

Practical and Effective Ways to Bring Mindfulness to Your Work
Advice Columnist

Practical and Effective Ways to Bring Mindfulness to Your Work

Mindfulness is about heightened awareness. Mindfulness means pausing and placing full attention in a given moment (or moments) to what is going on inside and outside of you without getting swept up in it and without judgement of your thoughts or emotions. Mindfulness means taking a pause to step back from the the hecticness of daily work and observe what is going on. Some ways you can incorporate mindfulness into your work include…

The Key to Happy, Motivated Employees
Advice Columnist

The Key to Happy, Motivated Employees

Managers, look around your office. Just a measly one in four of your staff feel engaged in the workplace, as recent surveys have revealed…….

Back pat can go a long way
Career Coaching & Guidance

Back pat can go a long way

In this final instalment in our series on effective communication in the workplace, we focus on the need for …

Harnessing the power of ‘e-preciation’
Career Coaching & Guidance

Harnessing the power of ‘e-preciation’

When you step into a department store or visit the websites of different companies, it is easy to spot channels to file complaints, be it via …