Harvard Business Review recently released an article by Hubert Joly, former Chairperson and CEO of Best Buy and Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, where he discussed the interaction between strategy, purpose, and culture. When these factors align, Joly contends, “magic happens”— and it is this magic that make companies like Microsoft, Netflix and Best Buy
Hybrid work, while initially an anomaly, has now settled in to be a permanent fixture in the working world. With 90% of business leaders opting for a hybrid working environment and 75% of survey respondents believing that flexible working models will become standard practice within the next three years, the time to “wait and
What does loving your work do for your business? According to Marcus Buckingham’s latest article in the Harvard Business Review, (1) designing work that people love has more implications for business performance than you might think. When you are in love with another person your brain chemistry changes, and according to neuroscience, this same
If you like this article, you might like our workshops on developing the hybrid workplace.You can find out more at the end of this piece. By Amy Gray According to the New York Times, 2020 saw the office market fall to its lowest point in almost three decades. Previous world economic hubs like
By Amy Gray Industrial and Organisational Psychologists are not politicians, but perhaps they should have been. South Africa’s ongoing transformation from 1994 brought many policies for Organisational Developers to enact, but the Industrial and Organisational Psychology field provided little relevant support and education. We recently discussed these issues and the highly politiciced
New research indicates that financial rewards do not drive performance in cognitive and creative skill environments. So what does? According to Hubert Joly, former Chairman and CEO of the US based company Best Buy and Lecturer at Harvard Business School‑ the secret ingredient to thriving companies is human magic. According to Joly’s latest article
Our Interview with Val Leeming “If businesses want to succeed in the new world, they must have top-notch human-centred systems to tap into the true potential of their employees (Norman, 2021).” Paul Norman, the Group Human Resources Officer for MTN, suggests that the next era of HR will bring human centricity back to
By Wilhelm Crous, 26 August 2021 Rethinking company strategy has become a widespread trend in light of the global pandemic- but as Peter Drucker notoriously pointed out, this might be the wrong focus. Drucker’s famous phrase “Culture eats Strategy for breakfast” stands out against the current patterns of repositioning strategies to speed up digitisation,
By Wilhelm Crous, 26 August 2021 The job market is getting tougher and tougher, with research indicating a post-pandemic continuation of the hybrid workplace and the best talent able to offer their skills on a global scale without even leaving their homes. In light of this, companies are trying new tactics to retain and
A guest article by Jan Kemp Nel Snr and Jan Kemp Nel Jnr, Authors of Employment Contracts for the New World of Work. _________________________ On 11 June 2021 (a few days after the publication of our new book Employment Contracts for the New World of Work) the Department of Employment and Labour issued an
