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.
Shared ownership of ideas is one of the key tenets of Cirque du Soleil's success, as all employees work better when given a "share in the pot", says the circus's former director of creation.
What makes employees go the extra mile? This year's 'Best of the Best Employers' finds empowerment, "tough love" discussions and reasonable boundaries work better than financial rewards.
Finance, health and technology giant GE has reduced the role HR generalists play in its recruitment process, after deciding they were too heavily involved.
Gender diversity in an organisation is relatively easy to measure. But measuring whether a workplace is inclusive towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) employees is not so simple.
Australia Post has cut by half the number of people it hires externally, using a strategy that identifies and builds on the skills already within its organisation, says the company's head of recruitment and transition, Rebecca Houghton.
Up-skilling new recruits in multiple areas prevents other employers snapping them up while they wait for an opening in their chosen career path, the Australian Army has found while making efforts to improve its workforce diversity.
