blog posts

Friday, 01 July 2011 8:12am

Here's the thing: Social media, and the effect it might have on your brand, your connectivity, your business performance, your quality of hire, is so intangible, so ethereal, that it would be like trying to catch the wind. The thing is to just do it...

Friday, 24 June 2011 8:16am

How should we approach failure? It's fashionable to roll out clichés about failure being the way of learning. That's well and good. But if failure brings down your business or career in one fell swoop, it's a pretty expensive lesson...

Friday, 24 June 2011 8:10am

A common misconception about the resources sector is that money is all that matters. But, while money is an important attraction strategy, there are other things a company can emphasise to increase retention...

Friday, 17 June 2011 8:23am

Communicate the importance of orientation and the cost of not inducting properly in a way the business understands. Do not, however, assume that the business managers all relate to the same message...

Friday, 17 June 2011 8:15am

It is tantalising to have an expert in your midst who - whether by temperament, philosophy, or other limitations - is unable or unwilling to share their expertise broadly with others who are eager for it...

Friday, 10 June 2011 8:26am

I'm sure there are good reasons NOT to allow people in an organisation to use social media in the work place. So far, I haven't heard any. [good ones, I mean]...

Friday, 10 June 2011 8:17am

Quite clearly there is no place for constant and repeated highly directive and 'one way communication' behaviours in a modern workplace...

Friday, 03 June 2011 8:27am

Under-performers, bottom quartile performance, staff that cost you money, employees that risk your reputation – those people in your team who just aren’t making the grade. They keep us awake at night; they take up our leadership time with counselling, observations, reviews and numerous one on one discussions.

Friday, 03 June 2011 8:22am

Soon, all across many companies in many countries, HR Directors will be completing the dreaded annual budget process. On such critical occasions, the experienced HR Director, as they look across the boardroom table, meeting the CEO and the CFO, typically will be mentally prepared for the sacrificial budget cuts that are customary.

Friday, 27 May 2011 8:23am

Research shows that the risks of hiring someone who is overqualified are more perceived than actual. Studies have consistently shown that overqualified workers actually perform better and the only reason they move on is mainly due to working conditions...