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Hybrid work: How to create a digital transformation strategy that actually works

5Sep

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South Africa News, Tech

Hybrid work: How to create a digital transformation strategy that actually works

The working world has changed drastically. Today, survey after survey shows workers want a hybrid work model. But what does the future workplace look like and how can organisations create a digital transformation journey that fits the new paradigm? Marilyn Moodley, Country Leader for South Africa and WECA (West, East, Central Africa) at digital transformation specialist SoftwareONE, says the working landscape has changed forever. “While the idea of a digital workplace has been taking shape for several years, the start of the pandemic accelerated the trend where we witnessed over three years’ worth of digital transformation in just three months. Organisations across the globe are trying to fine-tune their hybrid work environment. Doing so often requires a faster transition to a digital wor...

30Mar

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Business

Tips On How To Manage Your Time Effectively

Set SMART goals which stand forSpecific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely. For this reason, a SMART goal will include these criteria to assist you in focusing your efforts, while increasing the likelihood of achieving a goal. Prioritize your goals. Your goals should be defined according to urgency and importance. Timebox your tasks. Each task should have a starting time and an ending time. This can ensure that you have planned any breaks accordingly. See here an excellent time management tool. Take regular breaks. You should take a break for at least 10 minutes for each hour of consistent and efficient work. Remove any unnecessary tasks. Any task that is not relevant shouldn't be on your task list. Practice the 4 Ds of time management. All your tasks will fall under o...

18Aug

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Business, South Africa News, Tech

PRP Solutions Improves Decision-Making with Digital People Management Solutions

Modern business practices in a hybrid work from home and work from office environment needs a flexible work environment that boosts productivity and increases operational efficiency PRP Solutions, people management and workplace cloud solutions specialists, announced it is providing organisations with a more systemic and centralised solution suite able to show accurate, real-time data to improve people management in an increasingly distributed work environment. "Even though the business environment has changed dramatically since March last year, companies still want to find the best ways to unleash the power of their people," says Kriya Govender, CEO of PRP Solutions. "Now, more than ever, there is an awareness of how precious time has become with employees trying to balance work from ho...

9Aug

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African News, Main

Will the office make a comeback post-Covid-19?

JLL Survey results from Tétris glimpse into the future of the workplace The Covid-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns worldwide have challenged conventional ideas on how we work and what a workplace should look like. Will the traditional 9-5 workday and five-day work week at the office come to an end as new, more flexible work patterns emerge? International research conducted by JLL and released by Tétris Design & Build (owned by JLL, a Fortune 500 company) titled Worker Preferences Barometer reveals that this may be the case, although offices will still play a leading role in the way we do business. The study, which surveyed 3,300 office workers across ten countries, showed that 79 percent of the workforce aspire to be back in the office at least once a week, up from 74 percent ...

30Jun

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Business, South Africa News

Five principles for collaborative leadership

Andy Brough The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a bright spotlight on our leaders. With companies switching over to remote working in unprecedented numbers, a new form of leadership is needed. Although the uncertainty of the time puts pressure on both employees and management, leaders must rise to the occasion and provide the required stability. The secret to effective collaborative leadership lies in collaboration itself: COLLAB. Converge the goals Organise the dance Lead and Localise the climate Assess the process Build in bandwidth and measures With these principles as a compass, any decent leader can become a great leader. Converge the goals Whether we are managing a project, performing a task, or leading a meeting, ensuring the team has a single, unifying aim...

10Jun

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Business, Science, South Africa News

5 Principles of Collaboration- Leadership: The Exponential Effect

Dr Andy Brough presents a Masterclass on "5 Principles of Collaboration" as part of the launch of his book, "Leadership: The Exponential Effect." #equipping4excellence #leadershipinsights #theexponentialeffect Key take-aways from the masterclass include: Collaboration Self-development Leadership elements What does effective leadership look like? What is the relationship between self-leadership, leading others, leading teams and leading for results? Dr Andrew J. Brough (Andy) is a global leadership and organisational development and e-learning specialist, professional speaker, lecturer, facilitator, and conference moderator. He is the founder of the Brough Leadership Institute and has worked with thousands of leaders in many Fortune 500 companies and businesses, governments, a...

6Apr

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Business, Medicine, South Africa News

Clean Air Crucial for Curbing COVID-19 Spread and Upping Productivity in Workplaces. Four Ways Clean Air is Better for Business

South Africa is bracing itself for a third COVID-19 wave. According to scientists, this is due to the slow start to the vaccination programme and relaxed level 1 restrictions. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has stated that: “If that third wave comes, it should be managed (in such a way) that we keep the economy going and protect lives.” “To this end, employers need to ensure that they fulfil their moral and legal obligation of providing a safe and healthy workplace for their staff,” says Koen Van Wynendaele, Daikin South Africa Managing Director. He continues: “There is growing evidence that COVID-19 infection can occur from airborne exposure to the virus, particularly in enclosed spaces with poor ventilation[i]. With this in mind, employers need to consider the air quality of their workpla...

New DIY Toolkit Will Help Protect Companies Reputation in time of Crises

28Mar

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Events, South Africa News

New DIY Toolkit Will Help Protect Companies Reputation in time of Crises

New Crisis Management DIY toolkit launched to help small businesses protect their reputation and their credibility without spending huge budgets on consultants or 3rd party experts. A new DIY tool to help small businesses save money and protect their reputations in time of crisis has been launched by Reputation Management Consultant, Deon Binneman also known as the Reputation Go-to Guy. It has been designed to give businesses, a blueprint to devising and implementing their own Crisis Management & Crisis Communication plans using a step-by-step and self-study approach. It was developed after years of research with many companies that found that many SMEE businesses wanted to plan and prepare for crisis situations but could not afford the services of PR agencies, management consultants ...

22Mar

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Business, Tech

Covid-19 will end but workplace culture will never be the same

The onset of Covid-19 had organisations across the globe scrambling to find solutions to the sudden and widespread shift to remote work. More than a year later, it is clear that the pandemic has permanently influenced perceptions and the employee experience of workplace culture, says Reynhardt Uys, Chief Experience Officer, Immersion Group, a global team of experience design experts. According to Uys, organisations are looking for long-term solutions to embed employees within their satellite offices comfortably, with little disruption, where corporate culture is successfully simulated online. “The employee experience has undoubtedly changed. Covid-19 didn’t bring us anything new when it forced businesses to close their brick-and-mortar locations and move to a remote model – it merely acce...

16Mar

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Nigeria News, Tech

erpSOFTapp Odoo; Nigeria joins the league of Gold Partners with V14 Certification

The integration of smart business applications is on the rise in Nigeria, especially in the last year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. One of such application is the Odoo business app. Formally known as Open ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Odoo made its debut in Nigeria in 2015. Since then, the integration of the much sort after business app has grown exponentially with small, large and medium sized companies seeking the service of qualified Odoo professionals. Finding a fully certified Odoo professional locally was daunting. This changed in 2018 thanks to erpSOFTapp, a company based in Lagos, Nigeria which won the best partner Africa award in 2018 and 2019. erpSOFTapp, has joined the 11.9% certified V14 Odoo gold partners. Nigeria can now boast of being a part of the low 2.4% that have a...