Private Practice with Cathy Love
My guest this week is the incredibly talented Natasha Hawker, director of Employee Matters. She is an author, trainer, speaker and mother of 3. Her book, From Hire... Read more.
How should you ask for a pay rise?
If you were to go and ask for a pay rise, would you know the best way to go about it? The Reserve Bank Governor says workers are in a good position to talk... Read more.
How to get the perfect employee
Getting a detailed job brief is critical to the recruitment process. To ensure I know exactly what my clients are looking for, I ask detailed questions to build... Read more.
FBAA Broker Magazine June 2017
Broker Magazine is published by the Finance Brokers Association of Australia Limited (FBAA) and distributed to more than 8,000 FBAA Members and Finance Industry... Read more.
5 Tips to get off the Recruitment Merry-Go-Round
I once worked for a company where the attrition rate was over 50% company-wide and the majority of new hires were not successful beyond the 6 month probationary... Read more.
Recruitment – how can I do it better?
Most managers have had to do it at some point in their career but most have never been taught how and they bumble through doing the best they can. Make no mistake,... Read more.
Are you paying attention to the people that matter??
By Stacy Gershberg, Employee Expert Have you ever walked into a shop and you couldn’t find anyone to help you? Or, if you do, they are so focused on their job... Read more.
Are you sure you’re not sitting on a timebomb of unknown risk?
You know what most Boards are continually trying to do – get results, increase profits and de-risk the business. So how is HR supporting these strategic imperatives... Read more.
Why don’t we feel like we have a legitimate seat at the Board?
Throughout my 23 year career in HR, we have had allegations of being ‘soft and fluffy’, or ‘chicks with slides’ – obviously not commercial enough,... Read more.
The Ten Commandments for successful HR People Strategy
By Natasha Hawker People often ask me, if I could get one thing right around my people strategy, what would it be? Unfortunately, there is not one strategy that... Read more.
Why are our daughters not outnumbering the boys in the boardroom?
One of the things that I get on “my soapbox” about is the disproportionate representation of women in the boardroom, and it was made even clearer to me this... Read more.
The Power of Communication
Communication is key to your success. It is so vital for a successful culture and business, it’s easy enough to do but it’s a balancing act for it to be effective.... Read more.
Cybercrime – it’s not science fiction – it’s a real threat
As crime becomes more professional and lucrative for the criminal community, data owners need to review the way they store and secure their personal and corporate... Read more.
Why is now a good time to plan for your business?
Do I hear groans? Yes, I know. “Plan” is not the sexiest word in business but it’s crucial to ensure your business is moving forward and you have a way to... Read more.
Changes coming to icare and what that means for you
Icare will be introducing some changes early this year with the intention that it will make the workers insurance scheme easier to use and more accessible... Read more.
Leaders the biggest expense rorters. How to avoid a scandal according to experts
Senior leaders are the most likely to rort corporate expense claims and a “busy schedule” is not an excuse for doing so, human resources leaders claim.... Read more.
Dent – the Podcast
Ep.33 Natasha Hawker on Hiring, Firing & High Performance Teams. Dent is consistently in the top 100 business podcasts globally, in the session Natasha... Read more.
5 Employee Costs To Know – To Stop You Going Broke
We recently helped a client reduce their annual leave and long service leave liability from $790k down to $200k. Now this liability was sitting on their balance... Read more.
Understanding employee risk and reward in small businesses
Managing people is usually the hardest part of running a successful small business so how do you make it less complicated and challenging? Natasha was a guest of... Read more.
I’m a support person — get me out of here!
It’s Friday afternoon and Christine, who has a series of documented performance failures, is about to be dismissed by you. You are by no means looking forward... Read more.