If you are an HR Professional in the Caribbean, you just might be in time to complete an important survey… Francis writes: I meet Human Resource Professionals across the region all the time and one their complaints is that they feel alone. They may be a member of a professional body, but the key is to have...
Month: November 2018
Key Strategic Skills Managers Must Master to Become Executives
By Francis Why do managers sometimes flounder when they become executives? One reason: their new role requires them to create a corporate strategy. It’s a task for which they have never been trained. I have often told the tale of the just-promoted manager who, everyone soon discovers, was elevated based only on his technical skills....
The High Cost of Low Turnover
By Francis Note – in this column, I have also prepared some audio notes to expand on some of the ideas that would not fit within the limits of text. Click here to listen in. In most Jamaican companies, there’s an unquestioned assumption that long staff tenure is an indicator of strong company loyalty. Maybe...