Tag - Business

The perks of working remotely: Employees and Managers

The perks of Working Remotely: Employees and Managers While the concept of working remotely or “working-from-home” is categorically what it says, it offers the opportunity of commuting from your bedroom to your designated work station, with your pyjamas being your choice of dress for the day. However, remote work can be defined as working from anywhere outside of the traditional borders of an office space. Technology is evolving, and so is the need for breeding new innovative ways of work. [...]

Consistency in performance management

Why do our managers and employees hate it so much? Performance Management is that topic that makes managers and employees go “aargh that again…” But the truth is, there are only a few organisations, if any, that can say “we have nailed our performance management process and all our staff members look forward to it.”   Why do we hate it so much? The reasons are endless. But the biggest issue is the corporate culture, established in the mid 1950s, has made the annual performance [...]

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 [...]