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Wellbeing or just well-meaning? When work and health collide
What’s the general mood in your lunchroom? Are we talking shiny, happy people or hunched, miserable corporate drones? A recent survey by Medibank suggests it’s probably a pretty even split.…
Fishing for talent: interviewing tips to land prize recruits
If recruitment isn’t the core of your role, finding new recruits can seem like an awful vacuum of time and resources. It can be a repetitive, draining and potentially fruitless…
Daddy loves his work – or does he? How to encourage positivity and reduce staff turnover
Most of us are looking for new jobs, or are open to change, according to research by Launch Recruitment. The survey of 4500 executives, hiring managers and employees found that…
Growth busters – the top 10 killers of innovation
There is a tendency in business to seek the magic formula that will produce breakthrough products and services. However, this breakthrough is much less likely to happen if there are…
No soup for you… have clean desk policies gone too far?
Messy desk – busy executive? Or clean desk – tidy mind. The worldwide ‘clean desk debate’ has just had its latest instalment, with an international mining giant issuing 11 pages…
Dear enemy – how effective leaders turn office rivals into collaborators
Unhealthy and uncontrolled rivalry at work can sap energy, productivity and focus – at best. At worst, it can mean bullying, legal action or even career death. Rivalries can be…
The spy who employed me
A major transport company is facing unfair dismissal action for allegedly using a private investigator to spy on staff members taking leave to recover from workplace injuries. Action was taken…
The counter-offer – is it worth upping the ante to retain those footloose staff?
When competition is intense, talent is scarce and salaries are rising, managers are in a bind when a good employee decides to leave. Should we let them go and try…
Nowhere to hide – national anti-bullying laws take another step
The harmonisation of WHS legislation throughout Australia is affecting definitions and requirements for the handling of bullying and harassment complaints. A number of jurisdictions have now developed Codes of Practice for…
Fairfax to farewell 1900 workers
Yesterday was a bad day for Australian journalists. If you were hiding under a rock, you might not have heard that Fairfax will cut 1900 jobs over the next three…
The Dos and Don’ts of workplace investigations
HR practitioners and Line Managers are more regularly being called upon to conduct investigations into complaints by staff members, corresponding with the increasing number of stress related workers compensation claims that relate…
Hitting the ground running – why employers want instant results from new employees
Settling into a job used to be like Test cricket. Induction day – tick; learn processes – tick; meet colleagues – tick; develop peer and client relationships – tick; gradually…
