Small and non-profit employers are often unable to offer staff the same pay and training opportunities as the corporate sector, but there are other ways to reward and engage staff, says award-winning manager Julie McKay.
If a case for change is not carefully prepared before it is presented to senior staff, "no one will buy into the process", according to a health and safety GM who says pointing to past mistakes can be a powerful motivator.
Managers need to "scan" their environment to ensure the strategies they develop are relevant and effective, according to a new guide from Victoria's State Services Authority.
Manager/employee relationships require four components to work in sync in order to thrive and boost business outcomes, says business psychologist Sebastian Salicru.
Employers that determine the value of a role according to its place in the business strategy - and target HR initiatives accordingly - are more likely to be successful than those whose business and human capital and strategies are "out of synch", says WRDI Institute director Colin Beames.
HR professionals should see managers as more than just message amplifiers, system executors or a "necessary evil required to keep employees in line", say the authors of a new book.
Employers that want their graduate employees to become young leaders should start teaching them the necessary skills from year one - even if this means spending less time on "the basics", says Development Beyond Learning managing director Josh Mackenzie.
An award-winning manager says he learned more about people management from observing and interacting with his own managers than he did from any training course.
