HerBusiness | Natasha Hawker | Activity https://herbusiness.com/profile/natasha-hawker/activity/ Activity feed for Natasha Hawker. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:43:53 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.4 en-AU 30 hourly 2 9f28db0f752d703607b203be8fa48432 Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Member Podcaster - Natasha Hawker https://herbusiness.com/?p=108940 Thu, 16 Jul 2020 22:00:29 +1000 Meet Natasha Hawker – Member Podcaster
How would you best describe your podcast? What is the show about?
This podcast is for business owners, entrepreneurs, managers and employees who are working through the […]

]]> 0 0ffc09c93fb2da96b9ec25d2e6922bdf Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, The Four Types of ‘Leaders’ in Business. Which One Are You? https://herbusiness.com/?p=105265 Wed, 13 Jun 2018 04:00:39 +1000 While many large organisations spend a lot of time (and money) focusing on developing future leaders – and consultants the world over are grateful for this – the reality is that having a strong leader within a sma […]

]]> 0 8a5adf767120a2e753dd64f0e2b05d0d Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Natasha Hawker Invites You to Her Talk About Understanding Your Role as an Employer http://herbusiness.com/?p=104553 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 02:52:49 +1100 Member Natasha Hawker will be talking about Understanding Your Role as an Employer in an event on Wednesday, 7 March, 5:30 PM AEDT and on Tuesday, 13 March 2018 at 5:30 PM AEDT.

In this event you will […]

]]> 0 a968324292d7bc924eade86473ae5556 Natasha Hawker changed their profile picture https://herbusiness.com/members/activity/p/7441/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 04:55:18 +1100 0 edcd8a233a965b49a6d1b661cccdc96f Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Back to Basics: What to Include in Employee Contracts http://herbusiness.com/?p=103881 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 01:04:59 +1100 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 game. […]

]]> 0 bb3c432b3591e8072b1ba7666090aa36 Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, How to Create a Company Identity You're Proud of https://herbusiness.com/?p=101073 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 00:00:44 +1100 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 […]

]]> 0 7ad0ecf058ddbdb323098549b0ea07fa Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Why Interviewers Need to Be Just as Prepared as Interviewees https://herbusiness.com/?p=100158 Mon, 09 Oct 2017 23:00:47 +1100 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 s […]

]]> 0 d42259cd8a8c8c3257f26d813c149cbf Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Before You Post on Seek… https://herbusiness.com/?p=99245 Wed, 13 Sep 2017 00:00:31 +1000 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 that he […]

]]> 0 42f0a0725e3d69e07ad862d940b90fd0 Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Get a Discount on the Hire to Fire Toolkit through Natasha Hawker https://herbusiness.com/?p=98942 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 04:50:12 +1000 Do you know that you need to get your employee policies sorted? Or do you want to manage a non-performer legally? Or just want to have a list of great interview questions?

Get answers to your questions in the […]

]]> 0 9cd659fcbb096b1675ab5572d6fded21 Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, What are You Doing on This Day in 2027? https://herbusiness.com/?p=97691 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:00:05 +1000 I have just been at a conference called Think Unreasonably which looked to push my thinking about my life and my business. It was confronting, engaging, mind blowing and also a little emotional. Put it this way, I […]

]]> 0 8d91b50e56eb7845c0174f104ca7f744 Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Natasha Hawker Invites You to a Free Training, How to Hire the Best Talent in a Tight Market https://herbusiness.com/?p=96516 Wed, 31 May 2017 04:00:22 +1000 Member Natasha Hawker is holding a free training on How to Hire the Best Talent in a Tight Market.

In this session, learn about:

Tips and tools that you need for a successful recruitment process
How […]

]]> 0 5802aa5843ed484b8111a5ab8f4c14e9 Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Where have all the great candidates gone? https://herbusiness.com/?p=93623 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 23:00:17 +1100 I have to admit it — I have never ever seen it this bad — and I have been recruiting for almost 25 years. It’s a wasteland out there. Where have all the great candidates gone? And more importantly, what are we go […]

]]> 0 3fcdc7df440846ad709addaa1c87f5b6 Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Why are our daughters not outnumbering the boys in the boardroom? https://herbusiness.com/?p=92547 Thu, 01 Dec 2016 03:00:56 +1100 One of the things that I get on “my soapbox” about is the disproportionate representation of women in the boardroom, and it was made even clearer to me this week just how deep-seated this problem is. My dau […]

]]> 0 f54843ff5b267b418161c45a58db36e6 Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, I’m a support person — get me out of here! https://herbusiness.com/?p=91996 Fri, 21 Oct 2016 23:00:36 +1100 It’s Friday afternoon and Christine, who has a series of documented performance failures, is about to be dismissed by you. You are by no means looking forward to this awkward conversation, but can be comforted b […]

]]> 0 0656e99c0c2410943a246ff3b3860cd7 Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Fun fact: Policies make your life easier! https://herbusiness.com/?p=91456 Mon, 19 Sep 2016 04:00:47 +1000 Big milestone – you have your first few permanent or casual employees and work is starting to get done. You’re no longer doing BD, programming, marketing, secretarial work, accounts and being the ‘chief bottle was […]

]]> 0 fc73aa708066d764fcc86c7ef3986c3a Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Employee Matters wants to celebrate EOFY with you https://herbusiness.com/?p=87119 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 06:20:02 +1000 We want to celebrate EOFY with you!
For our clients who purchase a recruitment package by 30 June 2016, we will send you a Mumm Champagne gift basket.
Hurry, the clock is ticking on this deal!
Click here to learn more.

]]> 0 d022f3798d13122ae7268d99b2fc8ab7 Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, I am worried for you and you should be worried too! https://herbusiness.com/?p=86867 Wed, 29 Jun 2016 00:00:42 +1000 You may have recently heard about the 7-Eleven debacle where a store owner was fined more than $400k (the largest penalty to date) for systematically exploiting his workers. He paid his workers as little as only […]

]]> 0 34084c79002311faaa717ae4e50a481a Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Oh my god - how much worse can it get? https://herbusiness.com/?p=86858 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 04:00:51 +1000 Recently, a client shared with me something that was happening with one of her valued team members that just seemed so unfair and my client was at a loss as to how she could help.

Her employee had recently lost […]

]]> 0 1673379de83fa5493cb936f57ca4177f Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, I made one of my team members cry today which made me very happy! https://herbusiness.com/?p=84180 Mon, 30 May 2016 04:00:13 +1000 They say, and I believe, that “giving is better than receiving”.

Today, I was able to do this. I was lucky enough to win a competition for a prize of flowers, thanks to #RubyConnection – the reason I won was […]

]]> 0 f94f9e527a84b5dcfbffb3298b1f420b Natasha Hawker's profile was updated https://herbusiness.com/members/activity/p/2765/ Thu, 19 May 2016 23:16:52 +1000 0 6b5a06bf26e588a06338427d5c25041f Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Employment Expert, Natasha Hawker, publishes nine-step guide to managing employees well https://herbusiness.com/?p=61164 Wed, 11 Nov 2015 13:00:00 +1100 To manage a business well, one of the key areas of knowledge is to be able to handle a team of employees well. It is not only in the event of conflict resolution that employee-management is needed, but also in […]

]]> 0 c1b85b190e418fedfc328a0ef8ed90df Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Aaaaaaargh! I Need Help but Can I Afford to Hire My First Employee? https://herbusiness.com/?p=53459 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 13:00:00 +1100 Orders are starting to pick up and your clients are as excited about your business as you are. You are running hard but there are only 24 hours in a day. You are starting to see some errors creeping in and you are […]

]]> 0 5873b5f3817dda837fe30595a2084f1c Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Happy to hire a dud? Then don't do a reference check https://herbusiness.com/?p=53050 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 04:00:20 +1000 Usually when a small business decides that it is time to recruit, they are already significantly under-resourced. Hiring additional employees, and all the costs associated with the hire, are a major investment […]

]]> 0 ccb1fa45d9a1c366954b74318806d488 Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, How to Manage Unwell or Injured Employees https://herbusiness.com/?p=52625 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:00:00 +1000 Recently, someone I knew, let’s call him George got very sick with cancer. The company and its employees were suitably shocked, as expected, but no-one really knew what to do or what actions to take as a result. G […]

]]> 0 8cc266568965daf0ad3ce2dcd77acbd5 Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, Seven Ways to Get it Wrong https://herbusiness.com/?p=52348 Thu, 14 Aug 2014 14:00:00 +1000 I meet with business owners every day and guess what? The same employee issues keep them all awake at night. The headaches are the same and the time involved is always more than they counted on and the outcomes […]

]]> 0 39873a1931f8dd2c7188cc948ef71ceb Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, What are the minimum employee conditions that you need to adhere to? http://herbusiness.com/?p=51147 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 14:00:00 +1000 When I talk to clients, I often ask “Do you send out the Fair Work Information Statement?” and, admittedly, many of them look at me blankly. I then let them know that they have a legal obligation to send out a cop […]

]]> 0 66e5c7badd4a27d974d3edb51233ac3f Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, What will it cost me if I receive an unfair dismissal complaint? https://herbusiness.com/?p=50205 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:00:00 +1000 A couple of weeks ago I had a potential client contact me, needing some performance management support. They had 2 issues; one was easy – ‘can you help us with annual reviews?’ – ‘Yes!’ I said. The second wa […]

]]> 0 714bdf90800c98ae4021eeaa0987d53b Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, What Do I Do if I Need to Make a Role Redundant? https://herbusiness.com/?p=49381 Wed, 07 May 2014 14:00:00 +1000 No one wants to be in this position but the reality is that, at some point, you are likely to have to make a role redundant. It’s important for the continued commercial viability of your business to be able to be […]

]]> 0 1f863f9198a1db6a25201a23f2461e8c Natasha Hawker wrote a new post, What to Do if an Employee is Suspected of Stealing from You https://herbusiness.com/?p=48653 Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:00:00 +1000 I suspect that this is a subject rarely discussed publicly amongst fellow business owners for fear of ‘loss of face’. Other reasons include client security breaches and reputation, but I can tell you that at least […]

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