blog posts

Friday, 30 April 2010 8:37am

I now tend to think of feedback more like going to the dentist: necessary for health, but not really enjoyable. That being said, there are tricks to making feedback easier to give and to hear.

Friday, 30 April 2010 8:05am

When people find out that their manager knows they're not happy and they're not doing anything about it, their unhappiness magnifies...

Friday, 23 April 2010 8:23am

When I talk about "the wrong reason" to go into HR, the most common ones that I hear when I ask HR people why they did it are "I love people" or "I love talking to people" or "I love helping people"...

Friday, 23 April 2010 8:13am

The primary aim of blogging shouldn't be just to get a resume or place a candidate; the one focus of blogging really should be to share your thoughts and ideas and show what it's like to work somewhere. The other stuff takes care of itself...

Friday, 16 April 2010 8:33am

Generational segmentation was designed (and is very useful) for things like marketing and workforce planning. Not for leadership. It's all about how to lead and manage the individual...

Friday, 16 April 2010 8:26am

There is a dearth of data on the adoption of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) in Australia. The truth is almost every organisation currently use some form of technology to manage their workforce...

Friday, 09 April 2010 8:25am

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...

Friday, 09 April 2010 8:13am

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...

Friday, 26 March 2010 8:46am

Lots of managers aren't capable of putting the employee [survey] comments in context. When reading the employee comments, three things can happen, two of which are bad...

Friday, 26 March 2010 8:23am

Being transparent, authentic and honest in your conversations with people who are interested in joining you is key. And that extends to telling them that you're using social media to evaluate them, how you're evaluating them and giving them the opportunity to be actively involved in the discussion...