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Many teams are simmering in "artificial harmony" because their leaders don't know how to address "healthy disagreements", a workplace expert says.

Loneliness is an issue that organisations tend to overlook, despite it deeply affecting employees' performance and underlying HR costs, a workplace researcher says.

The employee who seems the most compassionate and considerate member of a team is sometimes the most manipulative, warns a lawyer who is observing certain behaviours on the rise.

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.

An employer that was among the first to trial a four-day working week has shared some key lessons and tips from its journey.

Senior leaders and HR managers in the Productivity Commission will undergo trauma-informed and victim-centred response training, after a review revealed a "permissive" workplace culture where allegations of s-xual harassment and s-xism are minimised and inadequately investigated.

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.

Now is the time for HR to be AI's "driving force", as the value of using tools in areas such as performance management and onboarding becomes clearer, according to a human capital innovation specialist.

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".