It's a common mistake to call leaders a "team" when they function as a group, and the opportunity cost is significant, a behavioural scientist and leadership coach warns.
Even when an employee has a good manager, they report low commitment to stay with an organisation if they regard its leadership as poor, research indicates.
Business leaders have an even greater impact on attrition than line managers, and leadership transitions can jeopardise retention to a significant degree, new data shows.
Time spent in-person with colleagues can build a valuable sense of belonging at work, but if employers really want to create this, mandating a return to the office is one of the worst ways to go about it, a culture expert warns.
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.
A leader whose meeting about Christmas party conduct has gone viral has been praised as "refreshingly authentic", while some of his comments raise "red flags".
When an employer accused its CEO of serious misconduct, suggested his termination was "likely", and gave him only hours to decide whether to resign, it effectively dismissed him, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.
The publication of employers' gender pay gaps has noticeably driven up the focus and attention given to pay equity, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
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