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Academic research has added weight to the business case for HR investment, finding organisations are more productive when they offer work-life balance and reduce their gender pay gap.

When overwhelmed managers can distinguish between their productive and unproductive struggles, they're less likely to feel like they're "spinning [their] wheels and stagnating", a performance consultant says.

A new report calls for employers to stop treating upward bullying as an "interpersonal issue", and recognise it as "a distinct organisational and governance risk".

Workplaces are full of well-intentioned leaders who are confused as to why "morale is low, collaboration is stalling, and trust is slipping through their fingers", not realising the gap that exists between their intentions and their impact, a leadership behaviour strategist says.

Researchers have found emotional intelligence training boosts performance in high-pressure situations, while lowering stress levels.

• Employees' "full spectrum of responsibilities" causing burnout
  
• FWC seeking feedback on AI guidance
  
• News on minimum wages; workplace protection orders; counselling records...

Too much focus on digital technologies could advance workplace productivity "at the cost of human meaning", according to a research team now urging "a more proactive HR response".

Some high-performers operate within an "impossible" system that rewards over-functioning and ends up keeping them "stuck", according to a performance specialist.

Confusion about who should own AI adoption in organisations has the potential to impact HR's perceived ability to drive productivity improvements, a new report suggests.

A first-of-its-kind guide on capturing and reporting on workforce neurodiversity data aims to equip employers to identify and act on their neuroinclusion 'pain points'.