HR leaders who practise being "everyday bold" will be better prepared to tackle the dual challenges of building employee trust and encouraging innovation, a conference heard this week.
To prevent the corrosive effects of employee change fatigue, employers must ensure two key components of psychological safety are embedded in the workplace culture, an expert says.
Australia is performing below global norms for employee experience, with new-hire intent to stay suggesting attention to onboarding hasn't matched employers' focus on talent attraction, an expert says.
An "adaptive challenge" should have enough "heat" to motivate, mobilise and engage a leader, but not so much it overwhelms them, according to a leadership expert.
The less time employees spend absorbing behavioural expectations by "osmosis" in the office, the more intentional organisations have to be about reinforcing them, and "culture coaches" are a potential solution, an expert says.
An independent review into PwC Australia's practices has revealed an overly "collegial culture" and a disproportionate focus on revenue, leading to "shadow sides" of its culture, where aberrant behaviours went unchecked.
The need for "future fitness" in organisations has never been more urgent, and according to a global change expert, the right "tech stack" is futile without the right "people stack".
When conducted well, organisational redesigns motivate people and drive substantial value, but too often, they're undertaken for the wrong reasons, change experts say.
A transformation decision that prompted the "worst day" for an HR leader has ultimately helped to turn high-performing individuals into a high-performing team.
Leaders who expect organisational change to be hard, and understand the three main barriers, are better placed to manage it successfully, a transformation expert says.
