Be meaningful in your commitment. Indigenous businesses are around 100 times more likely to employ Indigenous people than non-Indigenous enterprises, a staggering statistic. But equality of employment is just one element – it needs to go beyond just staff, and into the heart of everything companies do and stand for, […]
Culture
Building trust in the digital workplace
To protect an organisation from the rapid acceleration of threats in this new working environment, identity tools need to be seamlessly integrated into the digital experience. Strategic investment in security will see greater trust built between employees and employers as they will feel protected whilst navigating the digital environment, writes Lindsay […]
How flexible should you be with flexible workplace policies?
Between remote working and employees’ increasing desire for flexibility, Australian businesses have come to a turning point in workforce management. In this article Andrew Wilson, CEO at leading payroll and HCM solutions provider, Ascender, discusses the importance of being flexible with workplace flexibility and the steps that can be taken […]
A new era in corporate wellness
After what has been a gruelling 2020 for many employees and a blurring of the boundaries between work and home, there is now an expectation that organisations will have a robust HWB strategy if they are to attract and retain talent. From an employee’s perspective, health and wellbeing can no […]
Five Cultural Pillars of Great Teams
What are some common elements of great teams? I call such elements the “cultural pillars of great teams.” The literature is full of definitions of each of these pillars. My purpose here is to illustrate what these pillars look like in action – as people are actually working as a […]