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“You can have all the right strategies in the world but if you don’t have the right competencies you surely are doomed” adapted from Patrick Whitesell Organizational core competencies can be defined as the aggregate unique capabilities that an organization possesses...

As leaders we are often pondering on our team performance and relationships. While it is factual that team performance outweighs individual performance, most organisations have tried to foster it in workplaces without necessarily achieving the desired results....

Workplace bullying is a continuous pattern of mistreatment that causes mental or physical hurt to a fellow employee in a workplace situation. It can sometimes involve negative physical contact. Where bullying takes the form of intimidation, it’s usually a perpetrator...

Employee Wellness Programs (EWP’s) can be described as employer sponsored services designed to promote and maintain the good health of employees though such programs may differ widely in scope. Although the concept of employee wellness programs may sound like a new...

“Manage things…lead people” Admiral Grace Murray Hopper When one becomes a Manager, do they automatically become a Leader? What does it take for one to become a Manager or a Leader? Can both Management and Leadership be successfully embraced in one person? In any...

Most leaders know that the ability to effectively match an employee’s skills and personality to a specific job function is a very critical function. More often than not, we have seen that organisations hammer square pegs into round holes which has proved to be very...

“Job design is not intuitive, it is a strategic process requiring the leadership to make strategic choices” How are jobs created in your organization? Does every job in the organization speak to any real business need? Does every job on the organization structure add...

Is it just a fad or reality that employees leave Managers not organisations? In any employment set up, the relationship between a Manager and employee plays a critical role to even surpass the contribution of other factors of the Employee Value Proposition (EVP). The...

It is common knowledge that when people start their working careers they have dreams about what they want to be. In many cases the dream envisages that you will be at the helm of a Department or organization providing leadership for the entity. A fundamental...

According to local research the rate of voluntary labour turnover in Zimbabwe has been hovering around 1% for most industries during the past two decades or so. This is mainly due to the economic hardships in the country which limit staff mobility simply because...