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.
Some four years after abandoning its "soul-crushing" and "antiquated" performance review process, Adobe hasn't looked back and is sharing its own method of employee appraisal with other employers.
Opting for a quieter recruitment period and an all-digital approach has helped an employer retain 95 per cent of its grads in the past five years while minimising its program costs.
HR practitioners are often the last to know about performance issues or behavioural problems in the workplace, but more attention to building trust and being "present" can ensure they notice issues as they arise, says an award-winning specialist.
Greater support from line managers is the key to developing grads who are more confident and attain proficiency faster, according to a graduate program manager.
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