The Importance of Adopting People Analytics
We live in an increasingly tech-based world where data is continually generated and processed everywhere around us. Technology, coupled with statistical methods is effectively used to gather and provide insights on people data which enables leaders to make rational, well-informed decisions that help to improve the workforce and employees’ well-being. As such, many companies are […]
Going Paperless: Is it really worthwhile?
In 1975, the author of a Business week article predicted that in a short period of time a paperless system will overtake paper-based organisations. Technology was not as advanced back then as it is now, so although he foresaw the possibilities and many benefits associated with going paperless, not everyone believed him. Now we live […]
Working on holiday – how common is it?
They call it a “workation” – based on work plus vacation – but it’s not a word we much care for, so this is the penultimate time we’ll use it. In fact, we don’t need a word for it. Instead, we’ll call it working-on-holiday or, for short, WOH. It’s something more of us appear to […]
10 Ways to be the Best People Manager you can be
When moving into an employee management role, everybody, and if not everybody then at least most of us, make mistakes, sometimes glaring mistakes that come back to haunt us. However, mistakes are there to learn from, and anyone who wants to become a good and possibly highly regarded people manager will strive to learn from […]
Is your team working remotely? Use “Reduced Availability” to boost productivity and keep colleagues
In this article, we look at the concept of limited employee availability. Of course, we all instinctively know that times occur when we might well have some free time to work remotely on a project or times when we are mostly unavailable but might be able to contribute with an opinion or a small task […]
The Misconception About Free Things
We all love something that is free. Even if we don’t really know what it is, the fact that it is free makes us want it even more. It could be something as random as a household gadget the local supermarket is giving away, or a free dessert on your birthday from your favourite local […]
Integrate LeaveWizard with Slack
In recent months we’ve seen a huge increase in the popularity of tools that help distributed teams work together. The team behind LeaveWizard has always been distributed and we make use of various tools one of which is Slack. For a while now we have been using a LeaveWizard/Slack integration and since we are now […]
How Does LeaveWizard Make Life Easier for Small Businesses?
Running a small business isn’t always easy. As your firm grows, so do the administrative burdens. Increases in paperwork start to take you away from your core business, and complex administration starts to demand either more time or money spent on advisors. For many business owners, one of these admin tasks that grow out of […]