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An experiment that showed imagination can be a significant business asset is transforming an Australian company's approach to learning and development, and leadership.

When HR professionals want to pitch ideas to a boardroom, "framing out" their audience's potential issues is often the most important step in the process, says presentation expert Phil Preston.

"There's no doubt that boardroom influence is something we all want more of," says Presentability co-founder Phil Preston.



This presentation outlines how to:

• gain attention from the outset;
• frame out issues for your audience; and
• effectively sell your ideas.

The parental-leave process can be fraught with confusion and misunderstandings, but according to return-to-work expert Emma Walsh, employers can take simple, inexpensive steps to make the transitions easier for everyone.

Flexible work can be fraught with challenges if employees perceive that it's being offered on an unfair basis, but "mainstreaming" flexibility helps employers avoid many of these issues, according to a new paper from the Australian Institute of Management.

In order to be personally effective and have business impact, HR managers must master six key competencies, according to a new book based on 25 years' worth of global research into the HR profession.

An understanding of how individuals make decisions is a valuable tool for HR professionals struggling to get support for workplace initiatives, according to psychologist and executive coach, Dr Grant Robertson.

Even the best leaders have weaknesses, but whether it's a lack of creativity or a problem with public speaking, many of them can be overcome - and the solution is disarmingly simple, says EnHansen Performance senior coach and facilitator, Kristen Hansen.

Organisations seeking to avoid sexual harassment scandals should rely not on policy or procedure to change their culture, but on the behaviour of their leaders, says Professor Julie Zetler of the Faculty of Business and Economics at Macquarie University.

HR professionals need to consider three levels of integration to ensure people strategies are aligned to clear business outcomes, says experienced HR executive, Frank Kennedy.