Using incentives to motivate employees and boost their productivity is outmoded, according to author Dan Pink, who says it's time to employ three new motivators: autonomy, mastery and purpose.
HR's predominate role should be about getting the folks in the company to hone their skills. To get more of the people in the system to be better at their jobs. The minute you attribute success to talent you absolve yourself of having any responsibility for their success or their failure...
The shift from advising to directing, as big as it is, can actually be a very subtle one. In fact, it can be so gradual a shift that HR professionals themselves don't even realise they've crossed the line and started exerting formal authority where none exists...
Responsibilities that don't correspond to any one department are often assigned to HR managers - and it's not necessarily unreasonable, says HR Centre strategist Katherine Graham.
HR professionals should demonstrate stronger intent and "a bit of guts" when seeking funding for their proposals, says leadership communication specialist Rod Anderson.
In spite of looming skills shortages and declining productivity, Australia's leading corporations continue to "under-utilise" diversity groups to source talent and leverage their brand, say the authors of a new report.
Seven in ten managers who have received outplacement support are critical of the way the process was handled, and 90 per cent will be active detractors of their previous employer, according to a Macfarlan Lane outplacement report.
Checking and sending work-related emails at home has become part of the job for many employees - but employers have largely overlooked the implications for work overload, says University of Sydney researcher Dr Melissa Gregg.
