You may have been teeing up employee contracts for some time now – or perhaps you’re completely new to it – but taking a step back and identifying best contract practice is a must for anyone in the hiring... read more
So you’ve been doing this small business thing for a while now. You’ve got the logo, some employees and the business is streaming in… but forming a company identity is still sitting at the bottom of your pile of... read more
You’re interviewing your next candidate and all the pressure is on them, right? Wrong! – I hate to be the one to tell you but, unfortunately, the pressure is also (and moreso) on you! Why – you ask? Why... read more
Are you an effective leader? How do you know? Do you want people to support you and your business because they want to or because they have to? What method do you use to evaluate your own leadership skills?... read more
Make sure you do these 5 things If you’ve decided it’s time to grow your team, it can be pretty tempting to visit SEEK on your browser, whip up a job description and just hit ‘post’. While the idea... read more
Do you hold your people accountable? Do they know, without a doubt, what is expected of them? And are there consequences for achieving or not their KPIs? I’ve worked with many organisations to help them identify their people capability... read more
Imagine yourself standing in front of an audience of ideal prospective employees for your business, each one better than the next. What are you going to tell them about you and your company that will persuade them to join... read more
Did you know that the maximum penalty for safety non-compliance is $3 million for a corporation, $600,000 and/or five years imprisonment for an Officer, and $300,000 and/or five years imprisonment for a worker or others? Let alone your morale... read more
The superficially charming, highly ambitious employee (often leader) who pretends to listen attentively while dogmatically doing it their way and treading on whoever to achieve their ambitions. Have you worked with one of these people? Let me introduce you... read more
Do you discriminate (intentionally or not) against older people when recruiting and promoting? Research by the Human Rights Commission shows that age discrimination is ongoing and is a common occurrence in Australian workplaces. 27% of Australians aged 50 years... read more
Not for the first time, I had a client call asking for advice around an employee who had recently started with them and just told them she was pregnant. Could they sack her? They say, she should have told... read more
I listened to Monica Lewinsky’s TED talk, which is about public humiliation, cyber bullying, and shame in our digital age. My other major take-away from Monica’s talk was the importance of empathy to others and self-love. Monica Lewinsky was... read more
