Things fall apart - stress
- Care & Wellness
- Published on 20 Jun 2012
- Chantell Holland
Nosisipho Samuels’ baby was four months old when she returned to her work as a designer at a publishing company. She had been coping well enough with the changes to her family life: the disrupted sleep, the added financial pressures, and the lack of time for herself and for spending with her partner.
Manage retrenchment professionally- avoid backlash
- Care & Wellness
- Published on 20 Jun 2012
- Juanita Simpson
Human capital is often an organisation’s greatest asset and its primary competitive differentiator. However, human capital is frequently the prime target when organisations reduce costs.The management of staff retrenchment often plays a critical role in demonstrating an organisation’s values and protecting its reputation. It is vital that the retrenchment of staff is managed proactively and responsibly to ensure sustained staff competence and capacity.
Conflict
- Care & Wellness
- Published on 20 Jun 2012
- Jonathon Roper
Conflict is inevitable. But it needn’t lead to combat or to conquering. Where people live and work together, conflict is as natural – but perhaps not as welcome – as laughter. Conflict is the struggle that comes out of a difference of opinion, attitude or action. When the stakes are not high – when the people involved don’t have a lot to lose or gain – the conflict can die down very quickly in a spirit of “live and let live”.
Beware that “cheap and nasty” EAP
- Care & Wellness
- Published on 20 Jun 2012
- Andrew Davies
EAPs (Employee Assistance Programs) offer tremendous value to the organisations and individuals they serve. However, the professional bodies that regulate EAPs internationally have voiced deep concerns about the erosion of both service quality and business ethics in the EAP field across the globe. In what way(s) is the quality of EAP services deteriorating, and what are the reasons for this situation?
