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Empathy has the power to transform hidden workplace resentment into constructive dialogue, but in many organisations it's still seen as a soft skill rather than a powerful leadership tool, a strategy consultant says.

Leaders' self-awareness can have a big impact on the success of engagement and retention efforts, but ensuring they view feedback through the right lens is crucial.

It's true that including more voices can lead to better workforce strategies, but the quality of group decision-making is being undermined by factors at both the macro and micro level, according to an expert facilitator.

Setting a structure for conversations helps improve the quality of group decisions, but very few strategy meetings tend to do this, a specialist says.

The National Psychosocial Safety Network, HR Crowd and Diversity Council Australia are among the many organisations appointing specialists in HR-related roles recently. Meanwhile, employment law firms have also been busy promoting and recruiting staff.

Despite taking on more strategic responsibility, some HR teams are doing themselves a disservice by stepping in to "fix" issues that other leaders could solve, according to a coach.

Instead of always coming up with new strategies to solve perceived organisational problems, sometimes it's better for HR practitioners to step back and consider which strengths they can more effectively leverage, an advisor says.

Workforce strategy is falling off the CEO radar, while expectations on HR keep growing. Meanwhile, many people initiatives aren't progressing beyond the rubber stamp stage. This webcast explores how HR leaders can regain strategic influence, prioritise effectively, and secure meaningful organisational buy-in.

With generational diversity comes different values, experiences and competencies that can benefit an organisation, but also a range of preferences that can cause division, a leadership specialist warns.

If leaders aren't aware of the power they wield and its impact on others, they're much more likely to exercise it in ways that compromise psychosocial safety, a leadership specialist says.