7 Steps for dealing with excuses in the workplace

Nobody loves an excuse. It’s even worse when it’s blatantly obvious that the task you assigned to one of your employees was completely overlooked, unprioritised, and left to the last minute, causing a bottleneck or customer dissatisfaction on the other end. So, it comes as a surprise, then, to see that there are still business owners and managers that allow excuses to flourish in the workplace, which […]

Go old-school, and remember the value of face-to-face communication

One of the biggest challenges in the workplace is that of communication. Everything we say (and do not say) has an immense impact on the effectiveness and functionality of the workplace and those who work in it. While modern technology inundates us with methods of communication, intended to improve the quality of communication, it leaves us at a loss for some of the […]

Mayday, mayday! Are you equipped for a workplace emergency?

It is a thing of human psychology to be aware of the potential danger in our surroundings, which makes it very easy for us to keep ourselves safe from things that pose an immediate threat. What we are perhaps not so adept at, is identifying the possible dangers and not-so-immediate threats. There are a variety of laws and […]