Tag: productivity

As the year that is 2023 heads over the halfway mark, those who have focused on people management over the months prior will likely be thinking of ways to bring even better structures and levels of productivity to the fore, says Charles Edelstein of Executive Placements.

Every year, as the mercury dips and we begin searching for our winter coats, the construction industry likewise starts to grapple with a myriad of cold weather challenges. Frigid winter weather directly impacts the efficiency of construction workers, increasing the potential for project delays, logistical hurdles, and numerous health and safety hazards.

An effective rewards and recognition program helps businesses achieve their strategic objectives by attracting and retaining talent, increasing employee engagement and morale, aligning employee behaviour with business objectives, and fostering a sense of ownership and accountability.

It’s fair to say that in human resources (HR) circles there is something of a panic around talent. Between “quiet quitting”, the great resignation, and the general disruption to the workplace caused by COVID-19, HR practitioners find themselves grappling with how to attract, develop and retain talent, and there is much handwringing about the so-called talent shortage.

To minimise environmental impact, many organisations seek to implement eco-conscious strategies into their operational practices.

As everyone knows, the business world is going through an accelerated evolution, where technology is being implemented to drive efficiencies across businesses. This is also true for communication and collaboration tools and platforms. While many tools most certainly are customer-facing, technology has come a long way in enabling better collaboration, inclusiveness and productivity among employees - which ultimately affects the bottom line. 

Today’s digital technologies create vast quantities of data, which is where opportunities for improvement lie. However, much of it goes unused. In fact, the average plant uses only 20% of the data it generates.

A key focus of any human resources (HR) department is retaining key skills. A big part of this involves building an appealing and enabling company culture that attracts top people and keeps them in the organisation.

Fancy seeing Pope “P. Diddy” Francis in a puffer jacket and King Charles and Queen Camilla rocking some slick moves at their coronation after-party? It’s all in an Artificial Intelligence’s work for today’s clever image-generation bots, which are offering a fun artistic outlet for some while others ponder the ethics of creating deep-fake images from scratch.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software has seen rapid growth in recent years following the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though it can be deployed quickly, ERP systems are complex and require significant computing resources, which can be expensive to acquire and maintain in-house.