Qantas has achieved the "trifecta" of improved financials, customer satisfaction and staff engagement after its HR team convinced executives it needed to be at the forefront of all changes.
"Relentless" communication and effort has helped BankVic shift its employee engagement from just 24 per cent two years ago to the top quartile, its award-winning HR leader says.
Talent specialists are getting swamped by "metric fog", using too many metrics without measuring their data to drive decisions, according to NBN Australia's head of talent.
HR teams with systems in need of overhaul should not waste time "being special"; rather, "you just have to get it done", according to the GM of people and capability at Linfox Armaguard.
A major employer is forecasting exponential growth in its social recruitment, with its global head of HR saying posts prompt "unbelievable" numbers of passive candidates to make contact.
A major employer is reporting higher retention and job satisfaction after launching an initiative to help employees at all levels harness their strengths and reach their leadership potential.
NAB has shared insights into its HR practices, including its engagement levels, code of conduct breaches, and leadership development investment, in a detailed new report.
Shifting its performance management focus from a backwards look at what employees have achieved, to discussing their future goals, is helping to "ignite" performance at Accenture, its HR managing director says.
Changing the terminology used around performance management has been key to gaining AMP employees' buy-in to its new framework, says one of its architects.
Prior to launching its internal social media platform KFC's biggest concern was monitoring negative content, but "frankly it's been a non-event", says its chief people officer.
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