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One-way mentoring tends to be unsustainable, but reciprocal mentoring relationships can make both parties feel valued, increase empathy, and enhance psychosocial safety, a new book says.

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.

Taking a playful approach at work can deepen relationships, expand perspectives, and trigger breakthroughs, according to behavioural change specialists who advocate "playfulness" in coaching.

An employer has launched a goal of hiring 10% of employees from disadvantaged youth backgrounds, as it builds out its ESG commitments.

An executive sponsorship program is moving more women up the leadership ladder at ANZ, with the program lead noting it's "pivotal" for emerging talent to have someone "in their corner".

Celebrating milestones is an important retention strategy at FedEx Australia, where more than half of the 5,000-strong workforce have been employed for at least 10 years.

Getting employees to return to the workplace takes more than inviting them back to socialise, and leaders could benefit from tapping into some basic skills they might have 'forgotten', a neurocoach says.

Too many employees are burning out because they cannot be themselves at work, but a factor complicating this issue is that most people "don't know who they are".

A mentoring program that links junior employees to the company's founder is turbocharging engagement and giving participants crucial insights as to how a business is run, its HR leader says.

A health and community services organisation whose busy leaders struggle to "down tools" for development has achieved a 100% approval rating on a program designed for new and emerging leaders.