Why Your Hiring Process Is Losing Top Talent And How to Fix It
Many companies are pushing away their best candidates during the hiring process. This happens more often. When candidates face long waiting times, communication isn’t clear, or tests that feel disconnected from the job, they quickly lose interest and move on. Top talent these days has options and little patience for delays or confusion. The result […]
Remote Work Opportunities for Africans: What Skills Are in Demand?
Remote work is steadily becoming a common way to earn a living across Africa. More people are finding jobs that allow them to work from home or anywhere with an internet connection. This shift is changing how many Africans approach their careers and daily lives. One big advantage of remote work is flexibility. You can […]
5 Proven Ways to Build a High-Performance Culture All Year Round
High-performance culture is a top priority for leaders in organisations. According to Gallup, only 21 percent of employees feel engaged in their work at any given time. This gap often means teams fire up early in the year but then slow down. Keeping consistent energy and focus beyond the first few months can feel like […]
How Loubby AI Simplifies Cross-Border Hiring
Many HR teams already struggle to find the right talent locally, so expanding that search beyond borders, especially if you’re trying to hire from Africa, you now have to deal with unfamiliar employment laws, different time zones, language barriers, and cultural expectations. And these things are not just small issues. They slow recruitment and increase […]
How Loubby AI Helps You Manage Remote Talent
To manage remote talent well, you need structure, speed, and a system that doesn’t break under pressure. Hiring someone remotely is one thing. Keeping them productive, paid, and plugged into your team is another matter entirely. Most growing companies use different tools to get one hire up and running. Emails, spreadsheets, endless checklists, and scattered […]
How to Run a Lean Startup Without Doing Everything Yourself
Running a startup is not easy. You have so much to do that every day feels both fast and exhausting. If you’re reading this, chances are you’re doing your best to keep things moving, but you’re stretched thin. You’re replying to emails, handling sales calls, managing your team, updating spreadsheets, and trying to grow the […]
Building a Startup? Here’s How to Get Support Without Hiring Full-Time
Many startup founders quickly realise that building a business is not just about having a solid product or a great idea. The real challenge comes with handling everything else that is replying to emails, following up leads, scheduling calls, managing customers, and staying visible online. It starts small, but before long, these everyday tasks begin […]
What Makes a Performance Improvement Plan Truly Work?
Performance issues are inevitable in any workplace. Whether it’s missed deadlines, declining output, or recurring communication breakdowns, unresolved problems can cost teams time, money, and morale. Managers often hesitate to address underperformance directly until it becomes a bigger issue. That’s where a clear, structured performance improvement plan (PIP) comes in. But here’s the thing: not […]
How Time Management Tools Are Reshaping Employee Engagement Strategies
For a long time, people saw time management tools as nothing more than digital timers used to track hours. The kind of software managers used to keep tabs on who was working, when, and for how long. But that thinking has gone old and stale. These days, organizations need more than just productivity logs. They […]
How to Build a Performance Management System that Drives Improvement
Annual performance reviews have long overstayed their welcome in many organizations. They were built for a slower, more predictable kind of workplace, where roles stayed the same for years and feedback could afford to wait. But things have changed. Teams now move faster, responsibilities shift often, and expectations evolve almost overnight. The traditional performance management […]