You Have a Future Over 40% of 18-24 yr olds in South Africa are not in formal education, nor employed, nor disabled so that they cannot work. This represents a severe loss of human potential just at the time that young people should be becoming economically active. Moreover, Statistics South Africa estimated by mid-2010 that our […]
Team-Building Contact us if you need to send staff on a team-building event. BNI Phoenix White River recently joined Milites Dei for such an event. It was not only fun but productive as well. The success of a successful team-building event is that each exercise must actually contribute to staff connecting during the event which […]
Care for Customers Skills Training for Employees Customers are the usual source of income for an organization. Customers are the lifeblood of any organization be it a global corporation with thousands of employees and a multi-billion turnover, or a sole trader with a handful of regular customers. Customers are also an exceptional source of information […]
Support as an Ingredient of Team-Building Bodwell (2016) explains that the team members need to ‘… support each other. Support involves actively keeping an eye on the other team members and demonstrating a willingness to help each other out when help is needed–even when it might not be requested. Team members encourage each other to […]
Team-building and Highly Motivated Staff Teams that are highly motivated and positive are not only fun to be part of, but they also accomplish far more than teams that are struggling with morale so writes MindTools (available at https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/building-positive-team.htm). At Milites Dei we invite delegates to participate in team-building activities outside the workplace, specifically in […]
Team-Building for Companies Salas et al. (2008), Klein et al. (2009) and Macy & Izumi (1993) explain that ‘Team building is one of the most widely used group development activities in organizations. Of all organizational activities, one study found team-development to have the strongest effect (versus financial measures) for improving organizational performance. Fun is an […]
Skills Development of Employees Much is written and researched on the importance of the skills development of employees. Everyone agrees that employees who up their skills becomes more productive and feels valued by the company. Happy employees in return rub off on each other as well as on customers. When employees can skilfully complete their […]
Creating a Ghillie Suit One of the Milites Dei full-time students are busy creating a handmade Ghillie Suit. Hunters and nature photographers may wear a ghillie suit to blend into their surroundings and conceal themselves from enemies or targets. The suit gives the wearer’s outline a three-dimensional breakup, rather than a linear one. When manufactured correctly, […]
Goodness of Hiking According to Good Hiker . Com (available at http://www.goodhiker.com/2011/05/25/health-benefits-hiking/) kids get many benefits from hiking, amongst others: Improved cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness; Better bone health; Less chance of becoming overweight; Less chance of developing risk factors for heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes; Possibly reduced risk of depression and feeling […]
GAP Year after Grade 12 Tsholofelo Tselaemang writes that ‘Taking a gap year after matric is an option many Grade 12’s mull over as they decide whether to apply for university courses or decide about their future’ (available at http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/family/kids/huge-benefits-if-gap-year-is-spent-wisely-1728495). We can offer you that GAP through various courses to choose from, namely: New Venture Creation (full […]