High-performing teams thrive under leaders who "delegate deliberately", but success hinges on building trust and having an assurance strategy in place, a leadership specialist says.
The amount of effort that leaders invest in relationships now will determine how well their teams perform, but they must "make a conscious decision around creating time and space", says a leadership expert.
The pandemic has exacerbated the severity of family and domestic vi-lence situations, but two common myths are holding employers back from providing appropriate support, according to a lawyer.
It's a myth that workplace wellbeing can't be measured, but determining appropriate metrics requires assessing both leading and lagging indicators, a wellbeing specialist says.
Legal exemptions are allowing employers in gender-imbalanced industries to breach discrimination laws so they can build up their female talent pipelines.
Employers alone can't respond to the shift in what employees now want from work, and meeting expectations will require legislators to step in, a briefing heard this week.
The different ways in which employees return to workplaces is likely to impact diversity and inclusion progress as some employees become less "visible", says an expert.
All employers should consider putting in place a workplace s-xual harassment prevention plan, even though such plans are only expressly prescribed in one jurisdiction, according to a risk management expert.
Recent events have shone a spotlight on whistleblowing, placing employers firmly on notice that their response to a protected disclosure could be subject to intense scrutiny. Watch this webcast to understand the role HR plays in this challenging space.