By Andrew Mayo - personneltoday.com The desire to be "strategic" has engulfed many HR departments. Usually what they mean by this is the deployment of their professional knowledge and skills, working with managers, to do things that will improve the organisation in some way. Personally, I...
By Joanne Sammer - businessfinancemag.com Companies that want to increase revenue growth and profit margins should start looking in a new area—human resources. A new study indicates that companies with strong core HR practices have revenue growth that is up to 3.5 times higher than that of...
By Thomas Berglund - hrmagazine.co.uk One of the inevitable challenges for any business which grows to operate on a global level is how to remain relevant locally – how do you embrace everything that access to global markets, economies of scale and international exposure brings, without...
By Brad Power - HBR.org Many organizations suffer from a tragic pattern: The chief executive officer launches a new change program with great fanfare and intentions, only to shelve it a few years later with little to show for great expenditures of time and consulting fees....
By Liz Royle - personneltoday.com Employees who experience distressing incidents at work may develop feelings that prevent them from returning to the scene. Employers can take steps to minimise the post-traumatic impact of such events. Many employees are at risk of experiencing a traumatic event at work, such...
By XpertHR - personneltoday.com If, following a thorough investigation and a fair disciplinary hearing, an employer concludes that disciplinary action is needed, it should ensure that its decision on what sanction to impose is fair and reasonable in the circumstances. Once the employer has come to...
By Corey L. Jamison For many, the status quo is a comfortable place to live, to work, and to be safe. Policies, processes, ways of interacting are familiar, and people are invested in them. Routines are easily followed and don’t require a lot of thought. And...
A lot is now made of global economic developments. We live and die by the latest interest rate announcements, job figures and trade numbers, not only from Australia, but most other countries in the world. We have become preoccupied by headlines and sound bites and...
By Lisa Quast - forbes.com Managers are bombarded with an almost constant stream of data every day. According to David Derbyshire, “Scientists have worked out exactly how much data is sent to a typical person in the course of a year – the equivalent of every...
Management Training Australia (www.mtaustralia.com) conducts training and development programs for all levels of management in organisations throughout Australia and Asia-Pacific. The culture set by an organisation and the climate set by each team in the organisation drives the performance of the organisation. About 70% of work...