A summit has recommended gender diversity targets - and short timeframes - to address the paucity of women in senior leadership roles, and warns that if these measures fail, "quotas could be just over the horizon".
Once an employee reaches the point of requesting a pay rise, it's often too late to retain them, according to Learning Seat chief executive Tim Legge, who says that if a high-risk employee needs to initiate an increase, "you're probably doing something wrong".
If we're honest, we know that giving good feedback is so tricky, and that often we don't do it well. We fear the reactions of our employees if we ask them to improve. So we avoid giving feedback or we sugarcoat it...
Because we serve all constituencies in the organisation, we're better positioned than most to help the organisation step back and see "the forest from the trees" at those moments when perspective is necessary...
The Fair Work Act's flexible work provisions have been in place for well over a year, but many managers still don't have a "proper grasp" of them, and base their decisions on misunderstandings and prejudices rather than fact, says Mills Oakley partner Luke Connolly.
Employers that let management, rather than the board, "drive and manage" executive remuneration could face criminal penalties following recent changes to federal legislation, says Mercer Australia head of executive remuneration Christine Deveney.
In the two years since the Fair Work Act's adverse action provisions commenced there have only been a handful of court decisions, but employers shouldn't assume they are unlikely to face a claim, says employment lawyer Natalie Spark.
One of the most common traps managers fall into when organising an event is underestimating the time and resources needed to pull it off, says John Allen, foundation director of the Australian Centre for Event Management.
How do you deal with behaviour when it involves actions that are labelled as "sabotage"? You know the type of internal cheating I'm talking about - email tips, gossip about someone's performance, misinformation and yes, even stealing the ideas of others and presenting them as your own...
Here's the thing: Social media, and the effect it might have on your brand, your connectivity, your business performance, your quality of hire, is so intangible, so ethereal, that it would be like trying to catch the wind. The thing is to just do it...
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