Senior HR professionals joining a new company must prioritise forming relationships with leaders and getting to know the business in order to make the best people decisions, advise two recently-appointed HR directors. » more »
Rewards programs are the single largest expense item in most organisations, and with executives increasingly scrutinising their ROI, HR must stop guessing the value of these initiatives and start measuring, warns EY partner Richard Kantor. » more »
Emotional issues arising outside of work can have a massive impact on mental health in the workplace, so employers should create an environment where workers feel comfortable seeking help for them, according to counselling and training specialist Anastasia Massouras. » more »
Employers don't have to change the behaviour of every worker to fix a toxic culture; they should focus their efforts on "rapport leaders", says leadership and performance coach Peter Keith. » more »
What happens when an office romance turns sour, and the parties have it out with each other in the workplace? HR Daily Community member Catherine Gillespie this week shared a post highlighting the need for even-handed treatment when there's more than one person behaving badly at work. » more »
Holding people to account is easy to say, but tough to do. This is the consistent view of CEOs and senior leadership teams, says author Greg Bustin. » more »
Giving employees an opportunity to pitch their ideas to senior management is a cost-free way to improve engagement and develop better systems, processes and products, according to HP's Michelle Sutherland. » more »
The Centre for Gender Equity is rolling out a new "diagnostic tool" that will rate workplaces on their underlying attitudes towards women. » more »
Both employees and their bosses often underestimate the amount of time and effort involved in post-graduate study, potentially wasting the employers' investment, says Kevin Jameson, the director of Macquarie University's Macquarie Applied Finance Centre. » more »
The best way to get leaders' buy-in for people initiatives is to 'get their skin in the game' and have them drive it, according to the HR director for employment services company Adecco Australia, Erica Page. » more »
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