Some may recall Paul McCartney referring to the motor trade in the Beatles’ song “She’s leaving home”. In 1967, when the album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, came out, the British motor industry was enjoying a long period of stability and growth. The young woman McCartney referred to could look forward to a lengthy […]
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When training costs too much money and you can’t afford the time for people to go on the courses anyway Syncrony is a small bespoke software development company. Started by Howard Rybko in the late 1990s, the company has weathered every ICT storm and trend by remaining small, creative and adaptable. Always receptive to changes
The only effective measurement of training is attendance GN is the learning and development manager (among a variety of other responsibilities) for a multinational business to business insurance broker. Our interview with her was as candid as it was entertaining. We wanted to understand the learning and development that occurs within the company. We were
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Some of us may have stopped using conventional Internet Search Engines like Google, Bing etc and now go directly to an AI engine like Co-pilot, Chat GPT, Gemini and META. The AI prompting makes it much easier to ask questions and delivers results that we are looking for without having to trawl through a huge
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The principle behind the INTERNAL INTERNSHIP (INTRATERNSHIP) is to encourage people to learn from each other. The benefits of this programme are innumerable, we’ll list a few We’ve discussed how you go about starting an INTRATERNSHIP programme. YOU’D BE MAKING A MISTAKE BY JUST INCLUDING PEOPLE IN THE SAME DIVISION The same division or department.
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Our prior email discussed how existing managers start an INTRATERNSHIP programme. We will expand on this over the next few months. With the job market being very fluid and people moving up and out of organisations, it’s very common to find a new manager who doesn’t know their team. The manager would be motivated to bring their
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Everyone is an expert at something, specifically delivery riders A few months ago we wrote how everyone is an expert at something. That article specifically considered how each person in an organisation can contribute to the intellectual property of a company by sharing their expertise with their peers. In the case of delivery riders this
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You would need to be living in Heard Island or McDonald Islands to not have heard (oops) about the tariffs that the United States President, Donald Trump, has imposed on the world. It’s early days but the initial view is that these tariffs are to be imposed indefinitely. For South Africa this is a devastating
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A CORPORATE UNIVERSITY SCORECARD FOR YOUR COMPANY A curriculum vitae (CV or resume) contains information that employers will refer to when considering employing a candidate. Qualifications will inevitably be checked and references contacted. However the most significant aspect of the CV is the work experience of that individual. References are often chosen because they will
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On Monday the 17th of March 2025 we learned that Absa appointed Kenny Fihla as CEO after surprise resignation from Standard Bank. Fihla resigned on the Sunday night and his appointed was announced on Monday morning. Standard Bank responded with “Whilst this is a heavy blow for us, the group is blessed with a surfeit
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