Performance, HiPos & productivity | Page 7 (750 items)

An HR leader investigating how time is spent in her organisation says a crucial part has been convincing employees the process is about helping them work at their "highest agency", and not about making roles redundant.

It can be difficult for leaders to hold employees accountable for poor performance or behaviour when they haven't made it "really clear" what their expectations are, according to a communications specialist.

Incorrect assumptions about what motivates employees have led to suboptimal HR practices, new research suggests.

Foxtel Group's performance management approach used to be complicated, time-consuming, and inconsistent with its "unique showbiz proposition", but that's no longer the case, its people and culture leader says.

HR systems that capture information and make decisions about employees' performance will only improve motivation and productivity if people understand why they are being monitored, new research shows.

The average time it takes for a new employee to become productive is now 35 days in Australia, up from 24 last year, research shows.

Employers are being urged to regularly review their control measures in performance management processes, to reduce their risk of workplace psychosocial hazards and workers' compensation claims.

With burnout on the rise, more employers need to "encourage a leave culture" and let staff know that "taking leave is about taking care of yourself", a chief people officer says.

More than half of employees would accept an alternative to a salary increase if they were to be promoted, and flexibility around when they work is as desirable as a financial reward, research shows.

Employers that try to rally their staff around a shared purpose to increase productivity risk alienating them instead, according to an HR advisory leader.