I was initially going to give this post the title Performance Management, but then I had a vision in my head of people putting their hands to their faces yelling, "NO! NO! NO! Not another HR person telling us how to complete a performance appraisal form."
I read an article once, years ago, that highlighted an [...]
The March 2008 Australian Human Resources Institute magazine, HR Monthly, cover story entitled Going concerns: the true cost of staff turnover (membership required to read online text) highlights the increasing cost of staff turnover. It states that:
...staff turnover in Australia has increased by more than five per cent as the continuing skills shortage and the aging [...]
I am currently studying Managing Innovation and Continuous Improvement. When some people think of innovation they think about new technological advances. For organisations to survive in today's fast changing world, innovation should exist at the strategic, tactical and operational levels.
To create a culture of innovation you need to foster an environment where employees are [...]
A few years ago I attended an AHRI conference where I listened to a speaker talk about Australian Social Policy and how there were over 600,000 children in Australia who lived in a household with no employed parent and on welfare. The speaker then went on to speak about the impact of this to [...]
In an earlier post Murph commented regarding confidence to ask for flexibility of working hours. She has seen too many part timers stall their careers as it is assumed that if you only want to work four days per week, you are not committed to the job.
Work/life balance is becoming increasingly important to employees; their [...]
