Top management and senior leaders are the decision makers in the organisation. However, the silent influencer in every organisation is no doubt the HR department.
Traditionally, HR is viewed as an administrative department with minimal or no impact on business strategies. Today, this notion ... Views: 388
Pairing tech savvy with exceptional foresight and key leadership skills makes a great leader. Today, companies seek leaders that possess more than simply a long list of business accomplishments – they seek business leaders who know how to marry business foresight with strategic IT decisions. ... Views: 421
As teachers like to mention, learning is lifelong. And this does not stop when one enters the working world as well. Attending workshops, conferences and networking sessions are a great way to learn from industry peers as well as broaden one’s horizons. However, from an organisation’s point of ... Views: 346
WHAT IS THE EMPLOYEE JOURNEY?
The employee journey is increasingly being a key priority amongst HR and organisations today – and for a very good reason. The employee journey is defined as “the time an employee spends at a company, starting when the employee applies to the organization and ... Views: 361
Men and technology have often been synonymous with each other. However in recent years, there is a growing focus on women and their roles in technology.
Women today are no longer mere laboratory assistants in technology. Instead, women today are part of the technology “brain-child” – ... Views: 410
Men and technology have often been synonymous with each other. However in recent years, there is a growing focus on women and their roles in technology.
Women today are no longer mere laboratory assistants in technology. Instead, women today are part of the technology “brain-child” – ... Views: 390
There are numerous challenges that can inhibit a SME’s success – such as attracting new clients, tackling rising costs, recruiting top talents as well as coming up with new innovative and marketable products or services in order to stay competitive within the market.
However, unlike large ... Views: 400
Talent assessments, or pre-employment checks, are typically used by employers to determine if a prospective candidate is a good fit for the job or organisation. In the race to hire the best talent, organisations are increasingly turning towards these talent assessment tests as a way to sieve out ... Views: 412
The future of many organisations today lies in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). What does that mean for the payroll department?
For the payroll department, AI and ML allows organisations to comb through all internal business systems and collect huge amounts of payroll ... Views: 343
COVID-19 has driven significant societal and organisational changes that leaders were once hesitant to even consider. As the world moves towards an endemic stage, business leaders are taking the opportunity to relook at their work flows, leveraging on the lessons and practices executed during ... Views: 377
In the competitive market for talent today coupled with the emergence of key digital roles, the talent pool for tech roles today are extremely scarce. As such, organisations are willing to compensate market premiums for these key roles.
However, this also poses a huge challenge for ... Views: 374
Employee engagement levels within an organisation is quickly becoming on top of leaders’ priority list today. The overall employee experience – from how they feel within their job role to the workplace environment – plays a key role in their productivity levels within the organisation.
As ... Views: 354
There are numerous times whereby employees are required to put together a project at the very last minute. At times, employees might be able to pull it off. Other times, it might just result in the project failing miserably. Regardless of the outcome, such a situation always puts the involved ... Views: 379
Technology has evolved over the years, driving efficiency, agility and optimisation. There is no doubt that technology has significantly improved, even enhanced, numerous workflows and daily lives. From automation of administrative tasks to predicting technology and artificial intelligence, ... Views: 340
Ten years ago, helicopter taxis would have sounded as a ludicrous idea and catered only for the very rich. Fast forward today, we have silent cars from Tesla, self-drive cars driving around in Google campus in United States, drone deliveries within countries – technology has certainly advanced ... Views: 361
ACTIVE LISTENING IS THE KEY TO LEADERSHIP SUCCESS
Effective leadership is built on a solid foundation of clear mission, vision, strategy and certain leadership skills – one of which is active listening.
Active listening, as its name suggests, means that one is fully concentrating and ... Views: 399
In the world of digitalisation today, HR technology is rampant amongst organisations. After all, there is a plethora of benefits that comes with HR software – streamline HR processes, abolishment of administrative HR tasks and automatic HR payroll calculation.
However, with the numerous HR ... Views: 342
We all know that being a business leader is no easy feat, having to wear multiple hats at one go – HR, Finance, Strategy, Operations. The list goes one. At the same time, there are numerous ways to groom a business leader to one that can lead the organisation towards growth and success. However, ... Views: 351
Innovation is a strategic HR imperative. More often than not, we simply assume that innovation falls under the purview of technical or product business units.
In fact, innovation stems from the minds of creative individuals. Innovation is imperative for an organisation to stay competitive and ... Views: 388
HR HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN AN ADMINISTRATIVE AND MUNDANE BUSINESS FUNCTION. IT INCLUDES ENDLESS EXCEL CALCULATIONS, STACKS OF PAPERWORK AND HANDING OUT PAPER PAYSLIPS.
Today, technology has reinvented the HR function by automating administrative tasks. This allows HR professionals to focus on ... Views: 381
There are no doubt certain times of the year whereby employees’ morale dip to a low. It could be due to a busy period for the organisation, high turnover rates or perhaps change in senior management.
Nonetheless, whatever the reason may be, you definitely do not want your employees’ morale to ... Views: 406
For every business leader, organisational growth is important. However, expanding the business can be an expensive affair as there are numerous factors that can contribute to costs – human capital, technology, training etc. Yet, there are ways to grow the business without incurring hefty costs. ... Views: 368
Attrition within an organisation is commonplace. However, when turnover within the organisation reaches unhealthy levels, that is when organisations should start to worry.
HR will then began the mad scramble to recruit new employees to fill up the vacancies. More often than not, in the ... Views: 383
Automation today is fast becoming an integral part of today’s workplace. At the same time, HR is also jumping on the bandwagon in technology adoption. While technology certain aids in enhancing productivity and improving workflow processes, critical technology initiatives can still fall flat at ... Views: 400
When it comes to payroll, companies tend to have a difficult time classifying them under the appropriate department. Should payroll come under the purview of the Human Resources or Accounting department?
Human Resources might seem to be more appropriate given that it is the department which ... Views: 431
Organisations today are relying heavily on people or workforce analytics as part of their business strategies.
Yet, when we think of workforce analytics, images of large spreadsheets with seemingly endless rows of employees information will pop into mind. Even if organisations have a ... Views: 375
Building a start-up is no doubt one of the greatest business feats, riddled with challenges including hiring the best talents.
However, now that you have some of the best minds on your team – what’s next? The uncertainty surrounding these talents which you have just hired – that they might ... Views: 400
CREATE MORE STRATEGIC MEETINGS WITH THESE 3 STEPS
Business meetings are part and parcel of a daily work day. In some cases, meetings take up the bulk of office hours. However, the question is: how productive are these meetings? Work meetings can be tiring and unproductive if business leaders do ... Views: 372
Payroll processing is a daunting, time-consuming yet necessary business process. It is a critical and demanding function, compounded with the various number of steps involved in executing it on a monthly basis. With the ongoing changes in labour laws and tax regulations, it is imperative that ... Views: 352
Malaysia is one of the most populous countries in Southeast Asia, with a population of over 32 million in 2021. It is also one of the most open economies in the world, with the country experiencing an upward economic growth of 5.4% on average since 2010.
Since Malaysia’s independence in 1957, ... Views: 377
Payroll is one of those key business functions that organisations need to invest heavily in. After all, employees’ livelihood depends on timely and accurate disbursement of their paychecks. Simple as it may sound, the backend work in processing payroll is a myriad of complex ... Views: 378
Payroll processing involves taking care of your employees’ monthly cash flow and that seriousness alone can weigh down heavily for payroll staff. When getting down to processing payroll for each employee, it involves in-depth knowledge of local payroll laws and tax contributions, statutory ... Views: 375
Managing employees’ leave applications is one of the most simple yet critical HR activities. HR has to ensure compliance with labour laws and the organisation’s leave policies, while balancing employees’ need to take time off.
WHAT IS LEAVE MANAGEMENT?
Leave management encompasses the ... Views: 424
Managing employees’ leave applications is one of the most simple yet critical HR activities. HR has to ensure compliance with labour laws and the organisation’s leave policies, while balancing employees’ need to take time off.
WHAT IS LEAVE MANAGEMENT?
Leave management encompasses the ... Views: 387
In today’s digital era, most HR departments would have ditched paper processing and successfully gone digital. While there may still be a handful of companies out there that are still using a paper-based payroll system, it is clear that those who embraced technology are reaping the ... Views: 323
The 2019 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends has identified 10 human capital trends for organisations to focus in order to create meaningful impact on employees in the organisation. Two of these trends: learning and mobility resonates strongly for human resources leaders today.
According to ... Views: 415
Payroll is a highly critical business function in any organisation. One wrong calculation or a slightly delayed salary disbursement may result in unhappiness ensuing amongst employees. When payroll mistakes happen on a recurring basis, this causes employees to feel financially insecure in the ... Views: 295
Organisations turn to an external payroll service provider to support their payroll functions for a variety of reasons – some may want to free up time spent on administrative tasks, some strive to maintain high accuracy of their payroll calculations, others may feel that it is more ... Views: 268
Once considered a taboo in the Asian working culture, flexible work arrangements is now garnering a lot of traction in the workplace in recent years.
Based on the report, Work-Life Design, The New Balance, by recruitment specialist Kelly Services, “70% of talent in Singapore see flexible work ... Views: 341
Once considered a taboo in the Asian working culture, flexible work arrangements is now garnering a lot of traction in the workplace in recent years.
Based on the report, Work-Life Design, The New Balance, by recruitment specialist Kelly Services, “70% of talent in Singapore see flexible work ... Views: 267
Once considered a taboo in the Asian working culture, flexible work arrangements is now garnering a lot of traction in the workplace in recent years.
Based on the report, Work-Life Design, The New Balance, by recruitment specialist Kelly Services, “70% of talent in Singapore see flexible work ... Views: 265
Salary disbursement frequency is a critical issue to both employees and management. The management has to implement an efficient pay frequency that minimises cost as well as being in line with statutory requirements. Moreover, employees need a robust pay schedule that they can rely on so as to ... Views: 315
GDPR? PDPA? These terms may sound unfamiliar to those who are not in the HR field but not foreign to HR and even Compliance professionals.
What is personal data?
Before diving into the specifics about GDPR and PDPA, the first step is to understand what constitutes personal data and why it ... Views: 388
Given that we are midway through the year, the time comes of the annual mid-year performance review. For managers and HR, it could also be a dreaded period given that it is when employees voice out their unhappiness and dissatisfaction within the organisation.
According to Mercer’s Singapore ... Views: 402
With the slew of HR software in the market today, it would come as no surprise for organisations to jump onboard the HR software bandwagon. After all, HR software brings about a plethora of benefits to organisations – automation of administrative tasks, integration of the HR and Finance ... Views: 416
We live in a world of technology, where it has advanced to every aspect of society. This is most noticeable in businesses, where companies rise or fall due to the successful (or unsuccessful) adoption of technology and software. Nonetheless, most companies regard these technological disruptions ... Views: 415
Gone are the days whereby employees have to deal with stacks of papers and folders on their office desks. With the rapid advancement of technology, offices today are increasingly shifting towards a digital workplace – automating administrative tasks and replacing business operations with ... Views: 386
Productive employees are a valuable asset to organisations, particularly when turnover rates are disturbingly high. While employee retention strategies primarily falls on HR’s responsibility, managers have a major role to play in these employee retention strategies as well.
Given that ... Views: 353
In recent years, employee experience has been a focus of attention for both HR and senior leaders across organisations.
However, to understand how this translate for employees, the key is to ascertain the existing state within the organisations. According to Ernst & Young’s Is the employee ... Views: 404
Pay day is undoubtedly the one of the few days in the month, besides the weekends, that employees eagerly look forward to. However, when employees do not receive their pay on time or discover that they have been paid less than what they should be getting, it will certainly result in frustrated ... Views: 377