Keynote Address Deputy Minister 2016

Competition within the workplace and in most spheres of life provides a catalyst to achieving outcomes. In essence, human beings perform at a higher level in the presence of competition than in its absence.

IN ABOUT a fortnight, we will be celebrating Human Rights Day. The commemoration on March 21 is primarily linked to the Sharpeville massacre but over the years it has come to epitomise a celebration of human rights and is obser…

THE notion that employees are tools that merely deliver the bottom line has been dispelled in the modern workplace. Subscribing to a model that says that the company is only owned by the people who finance it is no longer relev…

“LEAVE your worries at the doorstep.” How many of us have heard that phrase reverberate through the hallways of the workplace as employee and employer alike seek to trudge on and be productive – despite the underlying personal …

“LEAVE your worries at the doorstep.” How many of us have heard that phrase reverberate amongst the hallways of the workplace as employee and employer alike seek to trudge on and be productive despite underlying personal challe…

IF ONE were to approach the average person and pose the question – what is the role of unions or management in the workplace, the most likely answer would be to negotiate salary increases. Over time and since the advent of a de…

Read more on strategies that you can implement to enhance teamwork in business. Reach individual, team and organisational objectives by implementing an effective organisational strategy.

EMPLOYEE recognition is the timely, informal or formal acknowledgement of a person’s or a team’s behaviour, effort or business result that supports the organisation’s goals and values, and which has clearly been beyond normal e…

The quality of education has recently come under renewed scrutiny. What may have driven the upsurge could be the various international comparisons and competitiveness indices used to rank the country’s education level.