Are Aussie Leaders Uninspiring?
As HR practitioners know, effective and inspirational leadership is fundamental to achieving positive HR outcomes – so it’s somewhat troubling that Aussie leaders... Read more.
FWA rule – you can’t fire someone who publicly called the MD a ‘wa….!’
Recently, FWA ruled that Home Choice had unfairly dismissed an employee who had emailed the entire company calling his MD a name (rhyming with banker!) and stating... Read more.
Exit Stage Right
You may or may not have ever thought about the end – the time when for a number of reasons you would like to sell your business. The frightening thing is,... Read more.
Do exit interviews work?
They are standard procedure when someone leaves a business. But do they achieve anything? When one of your best employees calls it quits, it can come as a bitter... Read more.
Ho, Ho, Ho! Navigating the Silly Season – Office Christmas Parties
These simple steps in the article will help you ‘navigate’ the silly season and help to have all of your employees feel that they ‘matter’ to you. We have... Read more.
The Secret Sauce
Why do some people want to desperately work for some businesses and avoid others like the plague? Mostly it can be put down to culture or the managers’ reputation.... Read more.
Biased? not me
I was visiting McDonalds yesterday on the behalf a client and, as I was leaving with my host, the lift opened and a women entered – average height probably... Read more.
HR data….Yawn!! – but wait – you do need to know this
HR has long had a ‘touchy feely’ reputation but this is fast changing and in my view will continue to do so. At the big end of town, bit by bit the data... Read more.
Mergers and Acquisitions – Potential Pitfalls for Australian Businesses
Can you smell the whiff of confidence in the air now we are in teh new year Now the economy things seem to be looking up are you thinking about a merger or acquisition?... Read more.
Why Exit?
Why would you ever want to do an exit interview? Just recently, a client of ours had a senior member of the team resign and we are assisting them with the replacement... Read more.
Want to save about $5,000 on your recruitment spend?
Now – let me start by saying that we are not a Recruitment Agency – far from it! We recruit for our clients for about a half the cost that an agency... Read more.
Has Your Workplace Got What It Takes?
Why do you need to care about culture or about providing a great place to work? Maybe it might help to answer these questions first: Fancy increasing your revenue... Read more.
Hiring IT Specialists and Measuring Their Success
As a business owner, you’re likely to have found yourself in the position of hiring staff without a clear idea of what their responsibilities or KPIs should be.... Read more.
Hit me with your best shot
Are you giving your business the best shot? Maybe, but maybe not – I had a client the other day ‘interview’ a candidate and it went a bit like... Read more.
Are you sick of sick employees?
As an SME, when you get the dreaded call that one of your team is sick – what do you do? Did they actually call or was it received by text? Most small businesses... Read more.
If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands
We are supposedly the happiest industrialised nation in the world but how are your employees fairing? Australia has been rated the happiest OECD country, with a... Read more.
More Changes To Superannuation; Are You ready?
A couple of years back, the Federal Government announced that it was making changes to Guaranteed Superannuation Contributions – these changes will finally... Read more.
The Five Most Common HR Myths
Employment Relations can be a complex area and, let’s face it – it can be hard to keep up with all the legislation changes on top of everything else... Read more.
Let your fingers do the walking
When I’m sitting in the bus, I am always amazed at the numbers of people plugged in to iPhones, iPads and laptops – me too right now, as I am writing... Read more.
10 Things You Need to Know About FWA National Employment Standards (NES)
So what is personal leave? Sounds like secret women’s business to me. What is flexible working? Does that mean flexi-time? What is NES? Do I need to know,... Read more.