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Employees who report receiving clear leadership communication at work are five times happier in their roles than those who say communication isn't clear, new data shows.

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An employer on a mission to become "the healthiest workplace" started by asking its 4,000 employees, "What if work didn't feel like work?", a conference heard this week.

Being clear on why an organisation wants to host an end-of-year event helps ensure HR plays more than a compliance role, an experienced consultant says.

Only slightly more than half of Australian Gen Z employees say their current job aligns with their ideal career, and just 6% plan to stay for a long time in their role, according to a new report.

The solution to "survey fatigue" isn't fewer surveys, but rather ensuring surveys are relevant, and convincing employees their feedback will be heard and acted on, an EX scientist says.

A consulting firm's "disastrous" use of generative AI in a government-commissioned report demonstrates a failure of alignment between technology and culture, and highlights a risk many organisations are yet to address, a culture expert says.

A "cultural shift" is required to improve many employers' speak-up programs, ensuring that all complaints, reports and disclosures are treated with equal respect and dignity, experts say.

When people start "editing" their commitments, responsibilities and inputs, "not out of guilt but out of focus", they become more effective, respected and fulfilled, a productivity expert says.

Working through a Reconciliation Action Plan has the end result of improving all workplace policies and procedures, according to a chief people and culture officer whose organisation recently completed the 'Innovate' tier.