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A rotating panel of volunteer staff has become a much-tapped resource for devising, testing, implementing and evaluating a range of initiatives at Deloitte Australia, its chief people and purpose officer says.

"Challenging the status quo mindset" is critical in any workplace committed to growth and innovation, says the founder and CEO of an award-winning business group.

Leaders can't afford not to have regular one-on-one check-ins with their employees, and HR professionals play a crucial role in selling the value of these conversations, a communications specialist says.

Building trust in teams doesn't just depend on whether a manager or employees have earned each other's trust, it has to take into account each person's "headspace", according to a psychologist.

The best HR professionals are shaping their employers' future every day through small actions that prioritise the human side of work, a futurist says.

It's critical to approach conversations about employees' absences with curiosity, instead of going in "like a bull at a gate" with assumptions that could be incorrect, a communication specialist warns.

When an employer mishandles its messaging during redundancies, sometimes the "reputation of the business just cannot recover", a communications specialist says in the wake of a "completely avoidable" PR disaster.

A restructure announcement that took employees by surprise and resulted in significant venting and complaints on social media highlights some of the issues that can arise when major workplace decisions are executed quickly, a lawyer says.

Despite the clear benefits of implementing play in the workplace, very few organisations are "brave enough to really make this a habit", an expert on the topic says.

Online catchup meetings that employees take turns to host are building "really critical" engagement and connection at a remote-first organisation, its people and culture leader says.