Memory Nguwi, Author at The Financial Gazette

HR PERSPECTIVE: How to create a pay structure: Part 2

This is the last of the two-part series that was first published last week. The first control mechanism is to review the compa- ratio. The compa- ratio is the position of an individual’s salary relative to the midpoint of that grade. (more…)

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July 10, 2020

Columns & Comment

HR PERSPECTIVE: 10 things that bring down organisations

OVER the years, I have noticed how seemingly small things or habits can bring organisations down. These normally start as exceptions that management tolerates before they go full-blown into big problems. Here are some of the things. (more…)

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June 26, 2020

Columns & Comment

HR PERSPECTIVE: No employee is indispensable

A study we conducted a few years ago in Zimbabwe showed that less than 10 percent of Zimbabwean organisations have a formal succession plan in place. (more…)

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June 19, 2020

Columns & Comment

HR PERSPECTIVE: Ability to lead must inform CEs’ hiring

There has been raging debate on which professions provide the best chief executives (CEs). I think to some extent this argument is based on a misunderstanding of what the role of the CE entails. (more…)

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June 15, 2020

Columns & Comment

HR PERSPECTIVES: Traits to look for when hiring leaders

The reason why organisations fail can be traced to the leadership. In Africa, for example, most institutions struggle to bring in leadership based on merit. (more…)

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June 4, 2020

Columns & Comment

HR PERSPECTIVE: Hypothesis-based thinking key in HR

One of the challenges for HR professionals is to prove their worth to the business in the form of tangible results. It is not that all of them are not adding value. (more…)

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May 22, 2020

Columns & Comment

HR PERSPECTIVE: Employee responses to the lockdown

WE surveyed employees to find out their responses to the national lockdown. A total of 604 people participated in this survey. Of the respondents, 58,11 percent were males and 41,89 percent were females. (more…)

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May 9, 2020

Columns & Comment

HR PERSPECTIVE: People analytics go beyond using HR data only

In this question and answer session, I talk to Greta Roberts from the USA on people analytics. Roberts is an acknowledged influencer in the field of predictive workforce analytics. Since co-founding Talent Analytics in 2001, she has established Talent Analytics, Corp. as the globally recognised leader in predicting…

April 30, 2020

Columns & Comment

HR PERSPECTIVE: Developing minimum hiring standards

DO you have minimum hiring standards for your organisation? If you have, it means you have a good starting point to bring the best people into your business. If you do not have you need to start the process of developing the standards. (more…)

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April 12, 2020

Columns & Comment

What employees value most in staying or leaving

...How important are the following factors when you decide to stay with an employer - any employer As part of the national employee engagement survey, we collected data on what employees like the most and what they like the least in an organisation. (more…)

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March 28, 2020

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