The "silly season" can be a hectic time for all employees, and especially for working parents, but it is possible to maintain high performance without burning out, a mental skills coach says.
Employees feel more rewarded for their work when they can perform at their best, and that requires a return to strengths-based development, according to an expert in human flourishing.
When people start "editing" their commitments, responsibilities and inputs, "not out of guilt but out of focus", they become more effective, respected and fulfilled, a productivity expert says.
Paying employees fairly is an obvious starting point when addressing the psychosocial hazard of inadequate reward and recognition, but employers shouldn't overlook the simple step of expressing feedback and appreciation, a wellbeing specialist says.
"Human resources could have intervened more effectively" when an employee's concerns about her performance rating continued to escalate, the Fair Work Commission has found.
Organisations that hold their people accountable are more likely to sustain revenue growth, but accountability should be driven by leaders, not HR, new research suggests.
After an inaugural survey revealed how much its people "wanted to have a say", an employer has won an award for its culture and achieved significant lifts in key engagement metrics.
If HR leaders want more effective and psychologically safe performance processes, getting rid of the word "review" is a good place to start, an advisor says.
Performance processes tend to serve as an annual reminder that they're not meeting their objectives, and an advisor suggests HR leaders can start moving them beyond a box-checking exercise while "the pain is fresh".
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