One of the most common skill needed in today’s business world is emotional intelligence. We want our employees to have social skills, be mature and confident due to self-awareness.
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the flexibility trend – a trend that is here to stay. I am now focusing more on one of the workplace flexibility options: working remotely.
We are living in challenging times, as the pace of technological change as we know it in the modern age that goes back to the industrial revolution of the eighteenth century, takes a new turning point as Industry 4.0 is now characterised by a combination of technological innovations and applications including digitisation, robotics, nanotechnology, biotech and neuroscience.
In a tight labour market as the one we are in, we need to find different ways of attracting new talent to our organisation. The competition is fierce, and we are all struggling to receive enough good applications to be able to short list from.
There is no need to point out that employers and HR professionals are talking more and more about workplace flexibility. This is the current trend – a trend which is likely to stay for a while.
Last year I wrote about how exit interviews are a retention tool. It is a way of gathering information on why employees are leaving (once the employee has resigned), and thus, help you improve on your leadership, culture, and so on.
