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Most "change" strategies are dated and doomed to fail, but employers can build a foundation for change success with five "enabling assumptions", according to management consultant Peter Fuda.

Employers of diverse workforces must be more vigilant about harassment and discrimination during challenging financial times, diversity experts agree.

Employers that think of their workers as individuals as opposed to a stakeholder group with "homogenous interests" are more likely to distinguish themselves as employers of choice, a researcher says.

Most employers are forced from time to time to slow hiring, freeze headcounts or make layoffs, but "mature-class" organisations never stop nurturing their talent pools, according to HR analysts.

A great business strategy is almost worthless if employees aren't informed and inspired to execute it, say the authors of a forthcoming book.

Managers directly influence around half of employee resignations, according to a retention expert, but they can take low-cost steps to avert them.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is often perceived as a fringe activity to be sidelined when times are tough, but CSR programs can help a company "thrive" in an economic downturn - providing employers know how to "communicate their involvement", says Manpower's Chris Riley.

Rolling separate talent-development strategies into a single process is critical to creating a high-performance culture and "taking control" of your budget, according to a new SumTotal white paper.

The core reasons why employees leave their jobs haven't changed as a result of the GFC, but despite the labour market conditions more employees are taking "lifestyle breaks" from work, new research shows.

From exercises in the park to gruelling, Survivor-style workshops on a tropical island, a major Australian employer is boosting staff morale - and its "competitive advantage" - by investing heavily in the fitness of its workers.