Archive for June, 2010

Employee Engagement and Your Bottom Line

The previous article in this series looked at delivering on your CVP through effective staff performance management. In this article, we take a closer look at employee engagement, or an employee’s emotional and intellectual commitment to their organisation.
In their 2008 Q12 Survey of 1000 employees in Australia, The Gallup Organisation found that 79% of workers [...]

Services Procurement – Some Quick Tips on How To Achieve Savings

Procuring Services and Achieving Savings
Sometimes services procurement is a bit different than the standard purchasing of products and materials. Often it is not transactional so strategic planning is imperative. There are ways to cut costs in any industry without sacrificing quality. As the Procurement practitioner you need to devise best methods to sourcing and procuring [...]

Are You Confident You Can Deliver on Your Client Value Proposition?

When you make a promise to a client, are you confident your staff can – and will – keep it? Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and managing staff performance are popular management concepts. This article looks at their practical application and importance in providing a consistent quality service for your clients.
In the Future Ready III whitepaper, [...]

Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

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The show is inspired from the famous humorous column ‘Duniya Ne Undha Chasma’ written by the eminent Gujarati writer Mr. Tarak Mehta.
This story evolves around happenings in “Gokuldham Co-operative Society” and covers topical issues which are socially relevant.The show predominantly [...]

What Happens When You Avoid Making Decisions?

When you have a decision to make and don’t make it you are making a decision in itself – to put it off! Delaying decisions often puts you at risk of someone or something else making the decision for you. When you’re the decision maker and say leader of your corporate company or executive team [...]

What Is Your Instinct Telling You?

What is instinct? Instinct to put simply is our body’s way of telling us something. I.e. it is sending us a message. Often your instinct is warning you that something isn’t quite right and you should beware. It’s an innate capability that helps to protect us from harm.
Now if you’re still not sure what your [...]

Optimising & Measuring Supplier Performance & Key Metrics

In principal, all business works on the principle of supply and demand.  In today’s competitive global economy all organisations regardless of the nature of their business are reliant upon supplier performance and service.  Hence all business need to understand what it is they require and make certain that suppliers perform in providing the service and [...]