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Employee wellness – a unique opportunity to bring about holistic value
24 February 2021
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic experts warned against chronic stress as the ‘disease of our time’. Constantly operating in heightened s...
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Kriel & Co team journeys: Sohané Le Roux, Executive Assistant
17 February 2021
“During a time when working under constant states of stress is considered normal – and even rewarded – it is comforting to be p...
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Stack these five building blocks to create a resilient organisational culture
27 January 2021
Throughout an organisation’s lifetime there are many instances that usher in change for a season or two - whether change is external and uncontr...
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2020 – an extraordinary journey of change
15 December 2020
2020 is racing towards the end. With it comes the expressions of hope for the new year, albeit cautiously optimistic. We need no reminder of the ma...
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Career Opportunity: Associate (Change Management)
07 December 2020
Location Cape Town, South Africa Travel requirements During the COVID-19 pand...
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For marketers, the protection of personal information is more about the dos and less about the don’ts
11 November 2020
Convenient access to information makes for a great customer experience. But it does come at a price. Marketers acting as responsible parties for the p...
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Facilitating the CIO role in an organisation
21 October 2020
Driven by digital transformation and POPIA compliance requirements, technology enables business strategy. This means tha...
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Privacy by Design – A tailor-made approach to compliance
14 October 2020
Implementing organisation-wide change is rarely a cookie-cutter exercise, or a one size fits all garment. Even more so when change is modelled a...
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POPIA: Digital ecosystem ripple effects
07 October 2020
When organisations adopt new technology and legal frameworks to protect personal information, the entire digital ecosystem ideally shou...
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Personal data protection, more than the latest buzz term
23 September 2020
The importance of data privacy has enjoyed increased airtime on various channels over the past couple of years. And with good reason. The collectio...
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Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA): Opportunities that result from protecting personal information and data
16 September 2020
Having to comply with legislation such as the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) should not only be viewed as a compliance...
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Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA): Debunking the Myths.
09 September 2020
Many organisations, customers and suppliers do not yet understand their rights, roles and responsibilities within the fr...
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The Healthy Employee’s Guide to Grieving During Continuous Change
19 August 2020
While organisational management teams have become adept at tweaking growth strategies and capitalising on opportunities driven by the pandemic, let&rs...
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Transitioning back to the office [Part 3: Balancing long-term remote working wellness]
14 August 2020
The office environment plays a significant part in the holistic workplace wellness of employees. Amorei Engelbrecht, organisationa...
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Transitioning back to the office [Part 2: The effect of office space on graduates and interns]
05 August 2020
The office environment plays a significant part in the holistic workplace wellness and development of employees. Amorei ...
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Career Opportunity: Associate (Digital Strategy)
20 July 2020
Location Cape Town, South Africa Travel requirements Infrequent – site visits may...
Read MoreCommercial Property Market Trends Are Favouring Tenants
15 July 2020
In a post-COVID-19 world, the office space remains relevant, albeit different. Dave Russell, Director at Baker Street Pr...
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The Office of the Future – a Hybrid Solution?
08 July 2020
Never before have offices been closed, simultaneously, for this long. However, many office light-switches have now been flicked on to allow for the st...
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Transitioning back to the office [Part 1: Employee wellness at the office]
08 July 2020
The office environment plays a significant part in the holistic workplace wellness of employees. Amorei Engelbrecht, organisationa...
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Resilient Leadership
11 June 2020
In the weeks that organisations have traversed the changing business landscape in a global pandemic, it has become unavoidable to take a long, hard lo...
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Thrive in the new normal – here’s how to become truly agile
19 May 2020
Over the past couple of months organisations have been busy. They’ve adapted to a new way of working, overcame productivity challenges and foste...
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COVID-19 cements the future for gig economy professionals
28 April 2020
The consulting industry was ripe for disruption well before the onset of a global health pandemic. Traditional strategy consulting and the associated...
Read MoreDownload PIVOTAL - A guide for business leaders. April 2020 edition: How to react to COVID-19
20 April 2020
Francois Kriel has been invited as a contributing author on Remote Working Best Practice and Productivity for the launch issue of a new Sout...
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Three ways in which a pandemic changes the employee value proposition
14 April 2020
There is nothing like a force bigger than nature to force South African business owners and leaders to implement unexpected short-term changes to ensu...
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Leaders, perfect your virtual emotional intelligence
06 April 2020
Leading remote teams requires managers to step up and take the necessary accountability to lead by example. This includes managing their own emotions,...
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Teams, communicate productively from home
31 March 2020
Video Credit: Harvard Business Review. Currently, an estimated 20% of the world population is under COVID-19 lockdown, and this number is growing....
Read MoreBest virtual collaboration platforms for taking business unusual to business as usual
25 March 2020
The national lockdown to flatten the infection rate of the COVID-19 pandemic brings along with it unique operational challenges for organisations to m...
Read MoreWorking remotely in the age of COVID-19: Why your team can’t just wing it.
16 March 2020
Organizations around the world are increasingly turning to a remote working approach to mitigate the effects of COVID-19. However, remote working is n...
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Unlocking opportunities from South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)
28 February 2020
This blog post was updated on 26 June 2020 The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 ("POPIA") creates plenty of opportunities for...
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How to have a more productive meeting
31 August 2019
Most people in organizations dread meetings and according to Harvard Business Review, there are almost 55 million meetings taking place each day in th...
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Is doing business over WhatsApp really such a good idea?
06 May 2019
This article was updated on 11 January 2021 It has become evident that many people in business today are suffering from a form of communication ove...
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The most in demand digital executives
29 March 2019
The C-suite appears to be expanding daily with new and interesting job titles. Digital transformation is fast creating meaningful new executive tech r...
Read MoreWhy the cloud is a no-brainer for Small to Medium sized Businesses (SMBs)
31 October 2018
10-minute read. Cloud technology has been proclaimed by many digital strategists as a driving force that will significantly reshape Information...
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The hidden costs of management consulting
25 June 2018
10-minute read. Management consultants with an excellent track record of performance and reputation don’t come cheap. Whilst the profession...
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The top 3 traits of successful Millennial managers and leaders
24 May 2018
10-minute read. Companies are struggling to retain and motivate Millennials - a topic of passionate boardroom discussions today. Business o...
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How blockchains can give back control of our identities
07 March 2018
Video Credit - World Economic Forum 2017 Marked some of the worst data breaches of personal information in living memory, with the likes of Equifax...
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Why top professionals are going independent
20 February 2018
"...talented people are going independent because they can choose what to work on and with whom to work..." – The rise of the supert...
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