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It's only after employees have all the tools they need to take care of themselves that they can properly care for colleagues and customers, a managing director says in outlining how his organisation uses wellbeing to unlock business performance.

A growing company is taking a unique approach to retention, with a program that rewards and develops key talent but with a chief focus on those who "protect the organisation's DNA".

• Organisations 200 years away from closing Indigenous employment gap
  
• Seven in 10 employees want to learn more about Indigenous culture
  
• Actionable steps for more inclusive environments

Some employees are getting stuck in a "competency trap", where they perform so well in their roles that it stifles their future career opportunities, a leadership expert says.

Remote-first workplaces are more viable than hybrid, but employers can't take a "half-hearted" approach to the policy, a workplace commentator says.

A volunteer program is helping an employer to realign its organisational and employee values and reconnect teams in the new world of work.

Nudging employees on their wellbeing journey by embedding prompts into their workflow helps convert awareness into action, says a wellbeing and engagement specialist.

• Organisations facing ultimatum amid declining engagement
  
• Office dogs an "unexpected mechanism for connection"
  
• Tech employers devote a day to upskilling

Until now 'flexible' work has largely been limited by boundaries and parameters, but leading employers are replacing their policies with frameworks as they shift family-friendly practices up a gear.

A sense of fun at work has all but dissipated, and many employers are failing to capitalise on moments that matter, according to an employee experience expert.