Westpac has achieved a massive shift in its people leaders' attitudes to flexible work by having them start from a place of 'yes' when asked about flexible arrangements, an HR leader says.
A professional services firm has made two widespread phenomenon - the desire to receive honest feedback, and the failure to give it - the focus of a company-wide coaching initiative.
Transforming leadership development at KPMG involved asking a lot more of its senior people, meaning the company also had to be clear about what they could stop doing, or risk sabotaging its efforts.
One of the hardest aspects of a multinational's move to revamp its recruitment practices has been ensuring hiring managers dedicate themselves to recruiting before a job is even available, its head of HR says.
Opting for gender diversity measures rather than targets played a key part in winning employees' support for equality strategies, according to an employer's people manager.
Adopting metrics can be challenging and expensive, and the mistake many organisations make is analysing too much data at once, an HR specialist for NRMA Insurance says.
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