Author name: Karlie Cremin

The devastating impact of the bushfires across Australia will be felt for a long time to come, as Governments and other organisations now address the tasks of assisting people and communities to recover and review the causes and consequences of the fires. For HR practitioners, among the challenges were to maintain contact with employees and […]

The primary mission of any board of directors is, of course, to equip the CEO and the organisation in general for success. But too often, dysfunction inside the boardroom jeopardises the organisation’s productivity and output and causes the board to become stagnant, antagonistic or both. It’s easy to spot when a board is dysfunctional, but

Managers want productive employees, but micro-management and work pressure is not the solution, according to a University of NSW professor. We need to stop believing people need to work harder to be productive and instead think about how we can work smarter, says Associate Dean of Research, Professor Frederik Anseel. “How can we make sure

In 2020, HR leaders will be focused on five key measures to continue driving business outcomes, according to Gartner, Inc. The priorities include: building critical skills and competencies, strengthening the current and future leadership bench, incorporating organisational design and change management, driving digital business transformation, and enhancing employee experience. “HR leaders’ priorities for 2020 reflect

We recently published a piece on Imposter Syndrome – the insufferable sense of incompetence, insubordination, and under-qualification that riddles our society and has us all half expecting to be shown the door at any given moment. We explored its symptoms, its effects, who suffers, and what we can do to overcome it so as to,

Work is causing or exacerbating mental ill-health for one in five Australians, according to new research. The survey by Superfriend, a national mental health organisation that partners with the superannuation and insurance industries, found that: one in two Australian workers have experienced a mental health condition43% of those workers report their workplace caused or made