With nearly one million jobs being lost over the course of 2009 as a result of the global economic recession, many people have opted to stay with their current employers, rather than seek alternative employment where the principle of ‘last-in, first-out’ could be applied at any time.

The objectives of the course were to ascertain which of these participants qualified for the CMSA designation. Following an intensive programme concluding with a one-hour presentation to senior marketing personnel, members of the MA(SA) Education Committee and Discovery’s leadership, nine of the 12 selected candidates were awarded CM designations.

Dr Louise van Rhyn, CEO of Symphonia Leadership Development has been awarded the HR Leadership Award at the World Human Resources Development (HRD) Congress held at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai.

Radical changes that Facebook plans to make to its user experience may force marketers to rethink the way that they engage with their customers within the Facebook environment. That’s according to John Ginsberg, product and marketing director at eCRM solutions provider Ensight.

How much do you enjoy your job? Did you know that fewer than two out of ten of us get to play to our strengths at work most of the time? The most successful people do, but only two out of ten get to feel this thrill of success. Are you challenged in just the way you like to be challenged?

Tidy up office, prepare tax return, find license documents, go through paper piles, shopping, sort out cupboards, visit mom, book holiday, get organised.

Dr Louise van Rhyn, CEO of Symphonia Leadership Development has been awarded the HR Leadership Award at the World Human Resources Development (HRD) Congress held at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai.

Have you ever thought that your unconventional way of viewing the workplace tends to create cold sweat down the back of your boss? That is if he is a bureaucrat - a custodian of the status quo! It’s not really old fashioned shoes or light green krimpilene trousers that make your boss’s management style so outdated.

Coaching is a profound leadership mindset, but you have to believe in it first.

Things have changed. On retirement, you buy your own Rolex. We can no longer relax in the comfort zone of guaranteed lifetime employment with the same organisation.

In seeking to address workplace absenteeism, HR departments have in the past tended to overlook a critical component of preventing and managing common workplace injuries – ergonomics.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a company’s commitment to operating in a financially, socially and environmentally sustainable manner that satisfies all its stakeholders, including investors, customers, employees, suppliers, local communities, and the environment.

HolyCow is a full service visual communications agency, formed in 2003, that brings business stories to life across all platforms.

I recently received an email telling me a horrible story about a girl who had been terribly raped and beaten. It then told me that the SA Police were planning to close their Child Protection Unit! After listing numerous other horrific crimes against South African children, the email told me that I could do something to stop this!

Suddenly you become aware of his warm breath in your neck. The boss is watching over your shoulder again. He is there for one of three reasons: you have forgotten to dot an “i” in the unnecessary report to be completed every day at 16:15; or he wants to discuss his latest spreadsheet tracker detailing the use of stationery, staples and paper clips on a daily basis; or he wants to make sure that you are confined to your cubicle for eight hours.