Nature of Work
How is today's workplace changing and how can you and your employees learn and adapt? Find out here with interesting and informative articles from a range of viewpoints.
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The New Working Paradigm: Collaboration, Technology and Information
IBM's global way of working report reveals what leading organizations are doing to stay ahead of the competition. The playing field is constantly changing, with organizations that fail to synthesise new technologies with realtime information sharing and collaborative work practices falling further behind the profit stakes.
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Coming to Grips with the New Workplace: Exploring Skills Shortages
The workforce is ageing and it's getting harder to keep the new Gen Y in your workplace. How are you confronting the critical shortage of skills in your organization? Are you asking the right questions to meet the challenges of the new workplace? You might be surprised with the answers.
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Developing Resilience – The Most Important Soft Skill for Hard Times
During tough times, the personal quality of resilience is much needed and admired. In this article, Maree Harris takes you on a journey of exploration as you find out what it takes to be resilient today and what you need to do to help others develop their resilience.
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The pace and frenzy of modern change makes it all the more challenging for us to gain competitive advantage and lasting business success. Alastair Rylatt gives three key ideas on how we can learn effectively in this fast paced environment.
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Hiring Adjustments for Generations X and Y
Work-life balance – Flexible work hours – Corporate mission. What is the point of focusing on these non-traditional hiring topics? Two letters – X and Y. Gen X and Gen Y are establishing a more prominent position within the employment landscape as the Baby Boomers prepare to exit the workforce. The shift to these younger generations is prompting a new focus in hiring tactics.
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Work/Life Balance Is Just Good Business!
It would be nice to think that the companies on the leading edge of work/life balance programs are simply being good citizens and doing the right thing! But, the fact is that these programs make good business sense.
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If you have ever felt restless over not finishing something as fast or as perfect as you would have liked, especially when you think someone else is procrastinating, you must read on. Chances are that you belong to the Type A personality and there are also chances that you are more prone to coronary heart disease.
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