Do you get the feeling that your manager has avoided engaging with you or perhaps you have noticed a prolonged absence of meaningful feedback? Or conversely, if you are honest with yourself do you feel withdrawn or apathetic when it comes to your work?
Right now, what’s your number one challenge when you are looking to hire top talent? Regardless of the vagaries of the labour market or the future outlook, the overriding obstacle remains fairly constant – finding and securing the right candidates.
All of the people leaders out there would no doubt agree that employee annual leave is a tricky one. Taking time out to rest and recuperate matters, but with workloads increasing, how many of your team are reluctant to take time off, or worse still, continue to work even when they are technically out? Could adding mandatory holidays to the company calendar be the answer?
All businesses want to attract and retain the right talent, it’s one of the most fundamental drivers of organisational success. However, today’s labour market is becoming increasingly competitive, fuelled by talent shortages, wage growth and a record low national unemployment rate...
All businesses want to attract and retain the right talent, it’s one of the most fundamental drivers of organisational success. However, today’s labour market is becoming increasingly competitive, fuelled by talent shortages, wage growth and a record low national unemployment rate...
Queen Elizabeth’s 70-year reign leaves a lasting legacy of endurance, dedication and service. By all accounts it was a long stint in the top job of the monarchy - average CEO tenure in New Zealand is around 6 years. Here’s our take on leadership lessons we can learn from arguably the most well-known ‘leader’ in the world.
Over the past two years, workplaces have changed in ways previously thought unimaginable. While pandemic restrictions are nearly non-existent, there’s been a big shift in businesses adopting some variation of hybrid working - a combination of in-office and remote workdays - for the long-term.
You’ve got a standout HR initiative that will make a meaningful difference to the workplace but to press go you need to win the hearts and minds of your leadership team, because their support (both emotionally and financially) will be fundamental to its success. How do you succeed in gaining buy-in?
Love or loathe them, performance reviews can be a powerful tool for fostering the growth and engagement of your team as well as contributing to company culture and productivity. Overtime however, they can become routine or stale and lose their impact.
The way we plan or design an organisational structure often starts with the best intentions, aligning roles and processes with broader strategy, however over time priorities change and the structure evolves into something either overly complex or completely misaligned with strategic imperatives.
