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19Feb
In my Professional Opinion – Feb 25 – The Workplace – Professional Bodies are not as racist as Juju implies.
At his Press Conference after the 2015 SONA, Juilius Malema went on a vitriolic rant against White people in South Africa. The generalities of his diatribe are less important...
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19Feb
In my Professional Opinion – Feb 11 – The Workplace – Recognising Excellence in Business is aspirational oxygen
I used to believe that all of those “Recognition of Excellence” programmes circulating in South Africa were simply an excuse for a good formal dinner. For a free meal...
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19Feb
In my Professional Opinion – Jan 28 – The Workplace – Beware Professional Bodies selling their soul for membership and money
In my previous article, I indicated that conventional wisdom dictates that it takes 10000 hours or 5 years of practice for competency to manifest itself and for an individual...
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19Feb
In My Professional Opinion – Jan 14 – The Workplace – Time at the helm makes for a true “Professional” and a competent “Professional Body.
For too long we have labored under the misunderstanding that becoming a truly competent Professional is about what we study rather than how we work. About the “Degree” we...
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19Feb
Ask the Doctor – Web Apr 1 – What is to stop me discriminating against my workforce?
Barry Terblanche writes : “This question wont make me popular but my business has experienced a 42% downturn in turnover because of power cuts and my staff parade around...
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19Feb
Ask the Doctor Wed 4 Feb – The Workplace – Why did I not get a December Bonus?
David Mashiri asks why, after a year of hard work, he did not get a 13th salary payment as a Bonus? Dear David, firstly let me say that no...
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19Feb
Ask the Doctor Wed 18 Feb – The Workplace – Grandfathers are the backbone of all trades in SA
Valerie Madingwe asks: “My father brought us to SA from Zimbabwe where he was a skilled furniture carpenter. He has no papers and was not a qualified Artisan in...
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19Feb
Ask the Doctor – Wed 21 Jan – The Workplace – Do Trade Union have an automatic right to dictate Basic Conditions of Employment ?
Pieter Schoeman writes : I have a small business employing 14 people. Recently a Trade Union was recognized as representing more than 50% of my workforce and have now...
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16Feb
“Time at the helm makes for a true “Professional” and a competent “Professional Body”.
For too long we have labored under the misunderstanding that becoming a truly competent Professional is about what we study rather than how we work. About the “Degree” we...
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