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Personal happiness is the major driver for a satisfying work life, not the other way around, according to new research. Also in this article: who's on the move in HR roles.

Evidence-based workforce planning is always important, but particularly so when 10-year project timelines call for precise talent strategies, an HR leader says.

Most HR functions using AI tools are focused on efficiency, but a new report quantifies how AI can also improve experience, effectiveness and productivity.

In the face of ongoing social and technological change, two increasingly critical leadership traits are a growth mindset and an adaptive style, according to a strategy specialist.

Leaders and employees alike tend to be good at being busy, "but that doesn't necessarily deliver value", a leadership specialist says. Meanwhile, feedback is open on the next phase of the FWC's project to draft a modern award WFH term.

Most new CHROs have come from outside the organisation, and those appointed internally are less likely to be promoted to the C-suite, according to a new report that lays blames on a lack of senior HR succession planning.

The "external shock" of gender pay gap reporting will end up strengthening HR's standing and influence, if Australia's experience mirrors that of participants in a UK study.

Leaders who spent 2024 "marching to the beat of the compliance drum" might realise they turned down the volume on a chorus of workplace issues, but they can tune back in for greater harmony next year, a people and change specialist says.

HR "can't just be consulting" when it comes to workplace change; it needs to be leading, a people experience specialist says. Meanwhile employers should expect unfinished projects to be "the norm" at the end of the year, research shows.

People investments are business investments, and 2025 is the year to finally make it clear that investing in people, and the systems and processes that support them, is not "a generous act", a workplace expert says.