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Excessive procrastination at work might have more to do with low emotional intelligence than feelings of stress and overwork, a new study by Swinburne University has found.

A Sydney employer's workers are an estimated 40 minutes "better off" each day thanks to a new office layout - and a new approach to technology - designed to increase engagement, productivity, collaboration, and creativity.

Prioritising shared values ahead of technical skills when recruiting staff is one of the keys to high engagement levels at Swinburne Online, according to its head of HR.

Rewards programs are the single largest expense item in most organisations, and with executives increasingly scrutinising their ROI, HR must stop guessing the value of these initiatives and start measuring, warns EY partner Richard Kantor.

Employers don't have to change the behaviour of every worker to fix a toxic culture; they should focus their efforts on "rapport leaders", says leadership and performance coach Peter Keith.

Giving employees an opportunity to pitch their ideas to senior management is a cost-free way to improve engagement and develop better systems, processes and products, according to HP's Michelle Sutherland.

The best way to get leaders' buy-in for people initiatives is to 'get their skin in the game' and have them drive it, according to the HR director for employment services company Adecco Australia, Erica Page.

A staff-driven "hackathon", where employees develop, produce and market a new product in 48 hours, has helped online employment company Seek tangibly demonstrate its EVP and increase staff engagement in the process.

Special programs aimed at retaining top performers could be obsolete, according to a study of more than 3000 exit interviews, which found these employees leave mostly for the same reasons as everybody else.

As a not-for-profit organisation, Starlight Children's Foundation has a lot to do with limited funds, so it places high expectations on its people.