Annual reviews vs performance management

Annual reviews vs performance management

By Dr. Roze Phillips, Managing Director for Accenture Consulting Organisations continue to spend millions of rands and thousands of hours on performance management that is neither supporting the workforce of the future nor the performance of the business itself. If...
Capturing hearts, minds of Millennials

Capturing hearts, minds of Millennials

Customers, partners and employees choose to engage with companies that are relevant and speak the same language as them – but what makes you relevant to the generation that has everything?According to Dr Eugene Wessels, General Manager of Data Analytics and...
Opinion Piece: Busting breathalyser myths

Opinion Piece: Busting breathalyser myths

By Rhys Evans, MD of ALCO-Safe When it comes to breathalysers, there are many misconceptions that exist (and persist) about what these tests can and can’t do that have led to the belief that it is possible to beat the breathalyser.  This is something often attempted...
CFOs under threat as cyber-risks take off

CFOs under threat as cyber-risks take off

Given the connectedness of organisations today, cyber security has become a fundamental part of business, and chief financial officers (CFOs) need to take note.  Nathan Desfontaines, KPMG’s Cyber Security Manager in South Africa, believes that this environment is...
CIO dilemma: Breached data levels are up

CIO dilemma: Breached data levels are up

Data breaches increased 15% in the first six months of 2016 compared to the last six months of 2015. According to Gemalto’s Breach Level Index, worldwide, there were 974 reported data breaches and more than 554-million compromised data records in the first half of...