The Weekly Update
The Weekly Update
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Mission, Vision and Core Values
Word of the week
Today’s tip
Motivation for the week
Refer and Earn
Leave plan and Leave Request
AI Tools of the week
To empower businesses with innovative solutions that enable them to thrive whilst building a great organization that attracts and retains individuals who are passionate about growth and impact.
To be an enabler of growth for every business in emerging markets.
Ownership
Growth centered (self and customers)
Team Spirit
High ethical standard
Above and Beyond
Invent and Innovate
Customer Driven
WORD OF THE WEEK
Appreciable adjective
Meaning:
Appreciable describes things that can be perceived or measured.
Sentence: Researchers found that the temperature change made no appreciable difference in the chemical reaction.
Today's Tip: How to Survive an Acquisition
Adapting to the culture at any workplace is hard enough, but what about when your company has been swallowed up by another. Here’s what you can do:
1 Stay calm. You don’t need to start looking for a new job immediately. Take your time and make sure that you make the best of your time in the company. “Don’t panic. Don’t assume the worst. Don’t leave before you are ready.”
2 Educate yourself. Make an effort to read up on the other company, she adds. “What’s in it for you? Educate yourself on the acquiring company and what their track record is to understand what direction this is headed,” she says. Check out articles online, and in newspapers and magazines about the transaction or about the new executive team. Watch the news. Look at the other company’s website for statements on the deal.
3 Analyze what you learn. Listen carefully to any information, and think about what words are being used. There may be no mention of downsizing, for example, but perhaps the company talks of the need for greater synergies, which can often involve making cutbacks. “What messaging seems vague? Try to make sense of the noise,” she says. Managers aren’t always open or honest, she warns. “We were fed what we wanted to hear, what would keep us there. Eventually, people see through those lies.”
This tip is adapted from “How to survive when your company is acquired” by Lorraine Posthuma
MOTIVATION FOR THE WEEK
LEAVE PLAN AND REQUEST ON SEAMLESSHR
This new year, it is not too early to plan your leave on seamlessHR. To do this, Log on to seamlessHR, click on request - Leave - Leave Plan, and then select the dates you’d like to go on leave and submit to your line manager for approval.
All Confirmed Staff are eligible to apply for leave on seamless HR. To apply, a 7 days notice is required to ensure proper handover to the relief officer. Sick leave does not require any notice period.
NB: Please note that it is compulsory to go on leave as there is no carryover into another year. All leave request are meant to be carried out on the platform. Leave request should not be done via mail.
Leave Approval Process: Relief Officer - Line Manager - HR.
AI TOOLS YOU CAN USE TO MAKE YOUR WORK EASIER:
HeyGen AI : helps you create hyper realistic AI avatar that speaks from text.
Poe AI powered by Quora that can answer any question you have.
Eleven Labs is a data intelligence and sales engagement platform that helps businesses find and engage customers, shorten the sales cycle and enrich their existing contacts
Leena AI WorkLM is a large language model (LLM) that can help HR departments automate and optimize HR service delivery and planning as well as measure and improve employee experience.
That’s all folks, see you next week!