Posts by Oktai Gasjimov
Talent Strategies Amid Limited Resources in Singapore 2024

Amid rising costs and shrinking profits, Singapore SMEs grapple with the challenge of attracting top talent while competing against larger corporations. Discover effective strategies for hiring and retaining the talent you need to thrive.

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Key HR Policies For a Fair, Inclusive Workplace

Do your HR policies meet new regulations? With the upcoming workplace fairness legislation, it's essential to review your HR policies and ensure that your company complies – not only for compliance's sake but also to promote a fair and inclusive workplace. Here's a basic checklist of essential HR policies you should have in place for each stage of the employee life cycle.

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Practical Tips to Cultivate an Inclusive Workplace

With Workplace Fairness Legislation on the horizon, prioritising inclusivity in the workplace is paramount, not just to meet legal requirements, but for the tangible benefits it brings to organisations. From top-level commitment to rethinking hiring processes, discover actionable steps to nurture an environment where every voice is heard and valued.

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Singapore's Workplace Fairness Laws Explained

The Singaporean government plans to introduce legislation against workplace discrimination in H2 2024. What impact will this have on employers, and how can they prepare?

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Internal Mobility: A Win-Win Strategy

As the new year approaches, organisations are poised for an anticipated hiring surge. This signals a renewed focus on internal mobility and the importance of tapping into existing talent for new roles. This article explores the benefits and key elements of crafting a successful internal mobility strategy, highlighting its win-win impact for both companies and employees.

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Best Practices of Generative AI in Business

Many companies acknowledge the advantages of incorporating generative AI in personalised customer service, detecting credit card fraud, marketing, programming, and more. How will this impact the future of work and what do HR leaders need to know?

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High-Performance Culture: What You Need To Know

Imagine being part of an organisation that outperforms its peers in every aspect and also champions innovation, social responsibility, and ethical practices. While a high-performance culture has its allure, there are potential pitfalls to be aware of. Learn how a supportive and transparent environment, long-term goals, and effective performance coaching can help organisations foster a truly invigorating and sustainable high-performance culture that brings out the best in its people.

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Chat GPT Opens Up New Career Paths

The AI race has begun. As we witness a progressive surge in investment and development within the AI sector, its implications will resonate across numerous industries. While this technological advancement may render certain jobs obsolete, it also opens doors to new career opportunities. This article showcases the emerging job prospects prompted by the AI revolution, underlining the importance of acquainting ourselves with AI in the current era.

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Digital Transformation Is a Team Sport – Coach Your Team to Score Goals

In today's digital era, coaching is the way to go. It empowers leaders to facilitate problem-solving and fosters a culture of learning, attracting talented individuals who seek a coach, not a boss. With active listening and powerful questioning, managers tap into collective intelligence and thrive amidst digital transformation. Discover diverse coaching interventions like Appreciative Inquiry, Performance Coaching, and Solution-based Coaching that nurture talent and spark innovation.

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10 Essentials in Performance Coaching you need to know

Performance coaching is crucial for talent development and business success. This article shares ten essential tips on how to reap its benefits and enable both leaders and employees to achieve their goals. Organisations that invest in coaching can foster a continuous learning culture, and this will drive adaptability and growth.

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Dealing with Gender Bias in the Workplace

Women are underrepresented in STEM and finance, even though research shows that women and men do not differ in mathematical ability or productivity. A key reason for this is gender bias. Companies should counter this by ensuring a fair recruitment and selection process, creating equal opportunities for promotion, increasing accountability of performance evaluations and making women feel welcome by fostering diversity and having female role models.

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Rethinking Leadership Styles: Why Old Patterns Don't Work Anymore

The evolution of hybrid work patterns, the need to digitalise, and the growing importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion are significant forces driving the rethinking of leadership styles.

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5 Essential Tips to Making Performance Appraisal a Breeze

Here is a quick guide to using the Appreciative Inquiry 5-D cycle when doing performance appraisals. The 5 steps help steer dialogue to identify employees' strengths and successes to elevate their potential.

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Youths Impress HR Leaders with Innovative Ideas for Hiring Challenges

The team mentored by DecodeHR emerged champion at the 5th annual SHRI HR Hackathon. The judges were amazed by the innovative ideas for current business challenges in Talent Acquisition, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We showcase the creative ideas of the top three teams.

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Going Agile in HR: Sustaining an Agile DNA

Being an Agile organisation is more than following a framework. You also need to adopt an Agile mindset. We explain five essential actions you can take to cultivate and sustain an Agile DNA in your organisation.

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Going Agile in HR: Getting There Faster

How long does it take to become fully Agile in HR? Short answer: it depends. But there are actions you can take to boost Agile adoption, which we outline in this article.

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Going Agile in HR: Key Transition Tips

If you are interested in Agile HR and taking the first steps, there are essential things to keep in mind. We go through what an Agile HR organisation looks like, the modern agile principles, and an infographic of critical things to know when going Agile.

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Going Agile in HR: Talent Acquisition

Many companies want to attract the best talents, which broadens the options from which talented candidates can choose. How can we shape our talent acquisition process to boost candidate experience? Agile might provide an excellent answer here.

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Redesign your Total Rewards Program using Design Thinking

Learn how to use the Stanford way of Design Thinking to redesign your total rewards strategy. This article explains how to design an innovative total rewards program to optimise business value and increase employee happiness.

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