There are many lessons to be learned by companies at the moment, one of the biggest is maintaining a strong team spirit and developing or maintaining a high-performance team. Teams in National or International organisations who were geographically dispersed prior to Covid are well familiar with the context and situation, but for many teams in [...]
Jobkeeper has been a wonderful initiative that has enabled many businesses to retain their employment base through the last 12 months or so. It allowed a number of businesses to continue to engage their employees, thereby preventing (or softening) undue stress on the social security systems. The results from the last 12 months in business [...]
I was speaking to two senior HR leaders this week and there’s a common theme starting to surface around demands in their marketplaces. In a broader and broader range of industries, goals are being driven by customers more significantly and specifically. I understand that’s the basis of any business, but the demands are starting to [...]
Many things can send projects off track, but one of the main ones is poor people and behavioural skills. This applies right across the board, interactions between employers, subcontractors, client, suppliers etc. All have the potential to go pair shaped and negatively impact the project. Increasingly we are being asked to assist people with their [...]
The term ‘Change Management’ has now pretty much been relegated to describe the activities that surround progress change and system upgrades in organisations. Essential, but in this fast past world, nowhere near enough to keep an organisation ahead of the game. Management Gurus like Peter Drucker, Charles Handy and Peter Senge have been advocating for [...]
Traditionally there are three areas we are developing our staff in, these are: To develop their skills to do their current job better, more efficiently (Training and Development) To develop their skills for the next job they could move into (Succession planning) Remedial training to bring them up to speed in their current role (performance [...]
The network revolution is here! No ifs, no buts, no choice. If you’re in HR, you are going to be impacted, BIG TIME. How? 70% of roles currently done by your workforce won’t exist in 5 to 10 years' time. 70% of your workforce will be doing jobs in 5 to 10 years' time [...]
Ever notice how some people sail through life seemingly without a care and others get hooked or caught up on something along the way and appear to be stuck. As Heraclitus said “The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change” and some people have trouble accepting that fact. If Heraclitus said this over 2,500 years ago, [...]
Ask any Organisational Change person how long it takes to change the culture in an organisation, and they will tell you 2 to 3 years. Why so long? Well if you want to change the way people think, interact, respond and work, it is challenging, really very challenging. Getting your ducks in a [...]
We, as humans are complex and unique, all holding a variety of skills, strengths, and weaknesses. We are the sum of our learning, experiences, environment and competencies and we apply all that in a complex environment of work and social interactions. We are much more than just the pure technical ability we bring to [...]
Dr Susan Roberts says: