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How to Manage a Downsize in Your Workforce

Facing the Aftermath of Workforce Downsizing? Downsizing isn’t just about reducing numbers; it’s about supporting the people - both those who leave and those who stay. In a recent radio interview, Stephen Grootes from The Money Show and Debbie Goodman, CEO of Jack...

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Building winning teams relies on spotting future stars

How to harness top talent without compromising company culture is key to scaling your business. Building your team is one of the most important things founders will do as they establish and grow their business. “When you see an exceptional talent, you need to make...

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How to negotiate a better salary for 2025

Requesting a salary increase is a daunting challenge, with anxiety often causing employees to delay or avoid the conversation for way too long – sometimes years, even forever. However, Advaita Naidoo, Africa Managing Director (AD) at Africa’s largest executive...

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ADHD in the workplace: from stigma to strength

In an evening session of Psychological Matters on Radio 702, Debbie Goodman spoke with Aubrey Masango about ADHD in the workplace: from stigma to strength. Despite an increasing awareness globally of the impact of ADHD in the workplace, the challenges and...

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Boreout? Chronic boredom at work is insidious

When we’re thinking about goals and New Year’s resolutions, we should be seeking new opportunities, learning new skills, taking on more responsibility to counter ‘bore out’ – Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at Jack Hammer. SIMON BROWN: I’m chatting now with Advaita...

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The Hidden Cost of Meaningless Meetings

Meetings have been a part of the business landscape and company calendar for as long as anyone can remember, and indeed have played a valuable role as a forum to communicate, collaborate and innovate. However, many, perhaps even most meetings today no longer serve...

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Busting the 5 behaviours keeping you stuck in a rut

Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at Jack Hammer, joins Gugulethu Mfuphi on Kaya Biz to help listeners understand how to avoid being stuck in a rut, adapt behaviours, and equip themselves to change gears and propel them into cruise control with their careers. Advaita says...

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Performance reviews are dying. It’s about time

The world of work has changed dramatically over the past few years, even before the pandemic and the rise in remote work cemented new ways of working. But while many historic business processes and practices have long since fallen along the wayside in favour of...

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A Wakeup Call for ‘Quiet Quitters’

Quiet quitting became a trend after lockdown, but it is time for this trend to stop and rather change to trying to be the best at your job. Workplace trends in recent years have been dominated by phrases like quiet quitting and ‘acting your wage’, which involves...

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How to successfully negotiate a salary increase in 2023

Debbie Goodman, CEO at Jack Hammer Global, was recently featured as a host speaker on Channel Africa Radio, to discuss how to successfully negotiate salary increases in 2023. Debbie discusses why negotiating a salary package is prickly and awkward (particularly for...

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Getting back to business travel

Travelling for business – locally and globally – is starting to pick up rapidly again in the wake of the pandemic, as companies once more start dispatching employees to the in-person conferences, events and meetings that were the normal order of business pre-2020....

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Working Well

Debbie Goodman Of Jack Hammer Global On How Companies Are Creating Cultures That Support & Sustain Mental, Emotional, Social, Physical & Financial Wellness The pandemic pause brought us to a moment of collective reckoning about what it means to live well...

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