As employees return to workplaces, psychological safety is paramount, and getting it wrong will harm retention, creativity, and productivity, a mental health specialist says.
Vulnerability is now a key skill for leaders, and it's changing performance management and driving results for a major pharmaceutical company, its people leader says.
Grounding values in empathy and normalising taking a break has transformed an employer's approach to communication and mental health, its people leader says.
Peer-based performance feedback is not only more accurate but also far more engaging for employees to receive, says globally renowned leadership specialist Simon Sinek.
With vaccinations and other COVID-related conversations poised to divide workplaces, it's time for HR to proactively drive their organisations' 'conversation culture', a conflict expert says.
Performance management should operate virtually the same way it does in person, but managers are avoiding these conversations completely or not holding them well, an experienced HR leader says.
Remaining an employer of choice in a pandemic comes down to "common sense" strategies, not "tricks or shiny things", according to the HR leader of this year's 'best place to work'.
Costly legal disputes continue to highlight the many risks employers face when managing, disciplining, or dismissing employees while they are absent, injured or incapacitated. Attend this webinar for an up-to-date review of the legal framework applying to workplace absenteeism, injury and incapacity, and lessons from recent case law.
