Driving return on investment through people
Israel Folau’s dismissal has recently dominated news headlines, and there are important lessons for leaders and HR in the concept and practice of employees bring their whole self to work, writes Murray Priestman Israel Folau’s recent dismissal as a result of his provocative tweets has generated a fierce and polarising debate. […]
Workplace romances will occur regardless of steps taken by employers to quell them and employers need to consider what measures can and should be introduced to protect their business, writes Amy Zhang According to Relationships Australia, 40 per cent of people in the 35 to 50 age group met their […]
A key element of the ALP industrial relations platform is to ‘reduce the incidence of insecure work’ – but this could restrict business’ ability to develop and utilise innovative ways of working, write Kirsty Faichen and Wendy Fauvel A key element of the ALP industrial relations platform is to ‘reduce the incidence […]
An increased focus on corporate social responsibility as well as organisational change management, driven mostly by technological and workforce changes, is contributing to growing demand for certain human resources skills, according to a recent report. It found that the Australian human resources workforce is forecast to experience sound growth over […]
Getting the senior leadership team on board has been critical to transforming a toxic workplace culture at Shape Group, which has in turn improved the company’s business performance and lifted safety performance, profit, employee engagement and customer satisfaction levels. There is a hard link between positive workplace culture and positive […]
Businesses which introduce strategies to dismantle structural workplace gender inequalities often have higher levels of employee productivity and satisfaction, according to the Diversity Council Australia. Its CEO, Lise Annese, explained that gender equality should be seen as a business tool to increase business and individual performance as well as customer […]
Engagement, understanding the difference between technology and digital environments and the link between technology and wellness are three critical success factors in the workplace of the future, writes Rob Scott There is little doubt that 2018 will be remembered as a year of seismic change for HR; a reawakening so […]
There are two important steps companies need to follow in order to genuinely stimulate creativity on an organisation-wide basis and drive innovation for the purposes of hard competitive advantage, according to author, speaker and international advisor Ken Robinson. A lot of organisations struggle with the process of cultivating creativity, and […]
