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06 Sep

Now more than ever, is the time to Measure What Matters.

Now more than ever, is the time to Measure What Matters. A lot of organisations start out with the right intentions when they set out to introduce some sort of performance measurement process. They want to track metrics which help drive organisational objectives and achieve their goals. This however ends up being a messy, tedious process of tracking a multitude of metrics, most of which add little to no value. So why do organisations fail to measure performance correctly? Taking a [...]

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29 Aug

Rewards Management and Why your organisation needs it

The landscape of competition is constantly changing and so are the organisations that compete in this landscape. The rise of ultra-competition means that organisations have to achieve more by motivating employees to produce better results. The Japanese call this constant improvement Kaizen. But the question now comes: How can organisations drive employee adoption of Kaizen? Rewards. That’s how! Incentivising performance From a young age, people have always been incentivised to achieve more. Whether it was accolades and certificates in schools, or [...]

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25 Apr

Challenges Faced in Implementing Performance Management Systems

Performance management systems are processes and tools created to monitor the performance of preset long and short-term goals. The process of implementing such systems is very complex and requires buy-in from all stakeholders. Here is our list of the most common challenges in implantation:   Lack of Sponsorship The implementation of performance management systems requires a strong and influential sponsor. The sponsor will rally the entire organisation towards the same goal. The lack of a significant sponsor normally results in the priority [...]

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05 Apr

Performance Reviews – Is Moderation of Performance Scores Fair to Employees?

Performance reviews are used to generate comprehensive performance scores. Performance score moderation and adjustment is a process in which company managers come together to review and assist in changing performance scores (if necessary), agreed to between Manager and Employee in order to; Ensure that managers across the organisation have evaluated their employees using the same standardized practice. This eliminates unfairness in the performance review process. Eliminate the issue of one manager’s more lenient rating system versus another supervisor’s complex rating system. The [...]

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05 Mar

Re-thinking employee incentives and rewards

Incentives and rewards have long been used by various organisations as a way to attract and retain talent. Silicon Valley – home of many tech giants has been in the forefront in coming up with unique ways to incentivise and reward talent. Large bonuses, share options and big commissions are still big and widespread. But other forms of incentives and rewards have been introduced to keep up with fast paced changing world. In this post I am going to [...]

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05 Jul

Software stack for moving from Start-up to a Small to Medium Business

As an entrepreneur starting up, the last thing on your mind is a software stack to manage your business. Your focus is normally on building your product or MVP and testing it in the market for product-market fit. As you nail a niche and start getting paying customers your focus tends to shift to sales and recruiting a team. At this point you tend to see that some of the processes and tools which worked for you as start-up [...]

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04 Jun

Keep your goals in sight and achieve more

Most of us have set goals for the year that we really would like to achieve. These goals could be anything from losing weight to travelling, buying a house or even getting a promotion. The biggest challenge we face is that there are always distractions, challenges and curve balls. These obstacles often make us lose sight of our goals. The result of these distractions is out-of-sight, out-of-mind. This means we end up achieving very little if any of what [...]

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23 Mar

9 Steps to establishing a Performance Driven Organisational Culture

 “Culture is simply a shared way of doing something with a passion.” – Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO, Airbnb The culture of an organisation is one of those intangibles that define how an organisation carries itself as a collective. Culture is sometimes perceived to be the soft and fluffy stuff that is defined by individuals that studied psychology and human behaviour sitting in the HR department. My definition of a performance culture is: how organisations create systems and ways to deliver superior [...]

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01 Mar

iStratgo wins big for being User-friendly

FinancesOnline, a top review platform for B2B software systems, has recently lauded iStratgo for delivering on its value proposition. In their iStratgo review, they praised our Human Capital Management Software for equipping businesses with “all the tools they need”. This meant it helped improve employee performance, increase workforce engagement, and gauge employee performance, to name a few. This was achieved while being user friendly. With this, we received their prestigious Great User Experience award. FinancesOnline reserves its Great User Experience [...]

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29 Nov

10 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Being an entrepreneur is difficult and not having guidance makes it even worse. Here’s a tip or two that could help. 10 Tips for Entrepreneurs by Chrissie Kafalinji   Tip 1: “Changes call for innovation, and innovation leads to progress.”- Li Keqiang Entering the Business world is not as easy as it may seem. One of the hardest issues is convincing people that your product or service is somehow better than the rest and actually worth their time. The fact is if you’re entering [...]

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