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Since realising its job ads weren't appealing to female applicants, ANZ's technology division developed a workforce re-entry program that's attracting them in droves.

Giving employees more freedom, but within a framework, helps to tackle the challenge of "bare minimum Mondays", a people and culture leader says.

As an increasing number of organisations trial and adopt four-day working weeks, there are clear signs employers should take a staged approach, and that failing to tailor their offering is "a pathway to disaster".

Employers are increasingly turning to mentoring as a development and retention tool, as technology makes it easier to administer programs and make the right matches, a specialist says.

Fostering an "ownership mindset" in its workforce has helped a top employer maintain consistently high engagement levels, and in turn discretionary effort, according to its people leader.

Since applying simplification principles to a time-intensive annual process, the "panic" it once provoked has eased, and employees report feeling "lighter", an HR leader says.

Ikea's new enterprise agreement "walks the talk on inclusion", and allows access to benefits such as paid parental leave "from day one", a leader in its people and culture team says.

After learning that its employees felt ill-equipped to deal with conflict, an organisation has built conversation skills in more than a third of its 4,200-strong workforce, and the results are palpable, its learning experience business partner says.

An employer has overcome local skills shortages and achieved an ambitious hiring target, using market-leading data analysis and talent mapping strategies.

An organisation has used its people data to launch a benefits package that positions it as an employer of choice without resorting to above-market pay rates.