NEWS
Culture of Complicity and Fear
One of Hollywood’s most ambitious film Director’s, Harvey Weinstein has recently been alleged to have been embroiled in a spree of inappropriate acts; including sexual harassment and assault of actors spanning over 20 years. For many individuals, the film industry is...
Driving Inclusiveness and Diversity
The recent NRL grand final saw American Hip Hop artist “Macklemore” raising more than the roof at ANZ stadium performing his pro same sex song “Same Love”. Macklemore’s outstanding and explosive performance highlighted the relevance of equality, inclusiveness and...
Leadership during ambiguity
In rapidly changing business environments and in response to increasing organisational and environmental pressures, effective leaders require the ability to actively influence those whom they work with, the wider organisation and their clients. Reading an article...
Are we valuing part time employment?
For many of us balancing work and family is part of our daily ritual, however as a society we haven’t fully embraced the value that part time work affords us; either as an employer or more widely as a community. Currently 24.8% of working males work part time, whilst...
Psychometric Assessments
Prior to hiring, wouldn’t you like to know what motivates and drives an individual, how they operate under pressure and how they interact with others on a day to day basis? Psychometric assessments can be an effective, unbiassed means to assist with identifying an...
Staying abreast of technolgy
Following the 2017 Budget, the announcement of a $100 million fund being pumped into the automotive supply chain business has hit like a thunder bolt. This funding assistance for the car manufacturing industry will assist manufacturing organisations to increase...
Organisational Culture: the catalyst for change in aged care!
Recent reports and clients have drawn our attention to the haemorrhaging of employees across the Aged Care sector. The sector’s high turnover, depicts one in four personal carers spending less than one year with their current employer. (The Productivity Commission,...
Flexible Working for Males in today’s society: Embraced or Mocked!
In today’s society, both male and female employees want to juggle their caring responsibilities to maintain work life balance and overall wellbeing. Long held gender stereotypes that are gradually changing, are making it difficult for males to access flexible working....
Mental Health in the Workplace
Recently I was asked how frequently my consultancy comes across mental health concerns in the workplace, within the same day I also spoke to a client about mental health in the workplace. This led me to ask the question - are we as HR professionals doing all we can to...
Jobs of the future
Having recently attended a workplace currently in the process of transitioning to automation it struck me that never has the need to remain abreast of industry changes been more paramount if one is to stay current in the workplace. For employers, it poses two...
