COVID-19 created unique challenges for the Aged Care sector. The practices and processes that Aged Care operators implemented to protect their residents put further pressure on already constrained workforces, and the requirement for staff to only work at one home reduced the available workforce dramatically, creating a risk of staff shortages. Most concerning was the […]
The Workplace as an Experience, digital HR, AI and machine learning are gaining momentum in businesses looking for improved efficiencies and performance. They are not a panacea and require strong foundations including systems, processes and business partnerships to fully realise their potential. But will these emerging practices reshape and reposition HR and create new pathways […]
An organisation’s values set the foundation and guide behaviour, ways of working, decision making, relationships and business activities. Whether considering growth options and pathways, dealing with a crisis or creating policies, a clearly defined set of values will assist employees throughout an organisation to an aligned way of thinking and operating. When we at deliberatepractice […]
Once again we have “the festive season” upon us! A couple of weeks of the year when we can be merry, socialise, eat, give, receive and hopefully get the time to just “chill”. For those of us who are able to take a “break”, how do we make sure that we use the time to […]
This insightful post from the Forbes Coaches Council, with the support of relevant data, discusses how mindfulness has the potential to drive competitive advantage for organisations and shares some fantastic insight as to how to incorporate mindfulness at work. Overall, the Forbes post highlights: • Following the collection of data, one organisation reported a productivity […]
Aberdeen Group has just published (April 2017) a very interesting report titled, “Adaptive Learning: The Key to Cultivating a Successful Workforce”. This research highlights that, “80% of industry leaders consider their inability to develop internal talent as a top pressure in talent management”. Moreover, the report discusses how more than a third of ‘Best in […]
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. […]
We often hear the “Can we have it all?” debates particularly when it comes to discussions about women’s careers. This is perfectly reasonable given the pace of social change, especially when you consider the rapid increase in the workforce participation rate for 15 to 64 year old females from 46% in 1975 to 66% today […]
