Workplace wellbeing getting a bad wrap With all of the buzzwords and fluffy perceptions that can surround “Wellbeing in the Workplace”, leaders can lose sight of the organisational benefits of their employees being “well”. Wellbeing interventions can easily become a tick the box exercise to tell employee’s that “we care” and to paint a desirable […]

Change is all around us. Wherever we look there seems to be new orders emerging and replacing old ones. In some cases it’s bold, explicit and hard hitting and yet in others, more subtle and pervasive. Recent world political events such as Brexit and the US Presidential election together with the pace of technological change […]

An interesting recent study by Aberdeen Group titled, “Analyse This: Workforce Productivity”, argues that effective HCM strategy links functionality together and encourages real human engagement and communications while keeping analytics in the background. It further contends that organisations that drive communication predominately through technology will serve to suppress innovation and ultimately lead to employees becoming disconnected. […]

This fascinating recent report was prepared for the Foundation for Young Australians by AlphaBeta and resulted from analysis of more than 2.7 million job advertisements to reveal 7 new job clusters in the Australian economy. The report argues that the required skills are closely related and more portable than previously thought.  Please click here to […]

“2016 has flown” – that’s what we are hearing from so many HR professionals this year. With a year that exuded change on a macro level including a new Coalition government, to Brexit in the UK and a new President Elect in the US we can only expect that this change will increase into the […]

The implications of a bad hire can be costly to a business, not just financially but also culturally. In most cases it can take up to 12 months to gain a rate of return on your investment in a new employee. So the importance of making a correct hiring decision is critical. Equally as important […]

Knowing when your time is up is not so easy when you are in the ‘engine’, working flat out.  With overall average tenure rates now at 2 years, and senior management tenure not much more than that, your internal networks can literally change or even evaporate overnight!  We are encouraged to ‘have no useless acquaintances’ […]

There is great intent behind engagement surveys and they are an invaluable source of information. However, they often don’t quite tell you exactly what it is that you need to know, or there is so much data it’s nigh on impossible to know what to do first. Sometimes, by the time the results are in […]

Today, we are encouraged to consider two different measures when trying to understand the true nature of Australia’s employment landscape – the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) published unemployment rate and the ANZ Job Advertisement Series.  These have been well established to be the leading sources for accurate data on the health of our job […]

Imagine going home one evening to find that your entire house has been changed without consulting you; your furniture re-arranged, bedrooms switched, wardrobes re-organised, and walls re-painted a fresh new colour. Imagine being advised that the change is what the household needs, despite you finding the changes impractical, you can’t find anything, and your bedroom […]