#Employee Management
Conquering chaos: The importance of communication & collaboration in a home/office hybrid workplace
As the pandemic continues to change how businesses manage staff, it’s clear that communication and collaboration are imperative for success…
Aussie employees prefer straight talkers
Australians may not be as laid back as the popular stereotype suggests when it comes to their work, a new survey reveals.
How to keep employees engaged
The key to developing employees with oomph is communication.
How to help employees be more innovative
Increasing numbers of business leaders have started to see that those who succeed are those who are constantly developing and innovating to stay ahead of the rest of the pack.
Why employee engagement is good for business
The cost to the Australian Economy of employees who are not engaged by their work is estimated to be $42.1 billion a year. This is pretty staggering isn’t it? What it goes to show is that staff are the linchpin to most, if not all, businesses.
Jack Welch on how to manage employees
The controversial retired GE CEO Jack Welch discussed his strategies for generous leadership and effective management at the 2012 World Business Forum.
7 reasons good teams become dysfunctional
Here are the most common habits of a dysfunctional team and how to change them so you can get your group back on track.
A simplified way to manage contractor employees
Across the business landscape, workforces are changing. There’s an ongoing shift toward assignment and project based work, which means more SMBs are turning to white collar contractors to facilitate a scalable workforce that’s sustainabe and profitable. Managing this new and complex workforce comes with a new set of challenges, which one expert addresses here.
Why your employees are lying to you
Honesty may be the best policy, but there are some cases in which employees feel compelled to feed you lies. Here’s how to avoid them.
The risk of being too nice in business
Having good relationships with your clients is critical to overall business success, making it important that everyone you’re directly associated with sees you as a ‘people person.’ Despite this, being too nice can lead to low productivity and smaller profits.
Are your talent management practices out of date?
Face it: Job hopping is a new reality. So stop thinking you can keep talent around for a lifetime.
Why being present is a crucial business skill
Being present and focused takes willpower, but achieve it and you’ll be amazed at all the tasks you’ll be able to tick off your business to-do list.
Put an end to competition from within
Unfortunately for some businesses, competition can also come from within, as employees behave as if they belong to another team. What’s a manager meant to do with these individuals?
Top 10 people and HR priorities for 2012
The New Year is upon us, which means now’s the time to plan for people management success in 2012. Here’s 10 tips for ensuring HR success this year, from a team of people management experts.
Avoid a liability hangover from the office Christmas party
Employers should ensure staff have fun at the office Christmas party, but not at the expense of the business’ liability insurance. So here’s some tips for encouraging appropriate behaviour this festive season.
Chucking a sickie over bad management
New research has shown that Australian employees are more likely to ‘chuck a sickie’ because of poor management.
Get unresolved conflict sorted, or face the consequences
Remember that fight two of your employees had that wasn’t fully resolved? It could be the cause of absenteeism, bullying and harassment in your business.
The business mental health checklist
With Mental Health Week (9-15 October) approaching fast, it’s important businesses implement strategies to manage stress and anxiety in the workplace for employees, managers and owners alike. With this in mind, here’s some tips for managing mental health in the workplace.
Bust workplace stress with these tips
With career pressures causing higher stress levels for Australian workers, it’s vital employees implement tips to lessen stress triggers in the workplace.
Managers: Can you pick the gorillas from the monkeys?
Brett Morris blogs about whether or not you should take on your employees problems. “Where do you draw the line? Sometimes you might find yourself facing a big monkey, or a small gorilla. Do you take those problems on?”
How managers can avoid contracting Management OCD
Managers must learn how to distance themselves from being problem solvers and instead as problem finders and givers, Brett Morris blogs. “Popularly, these voracious problem finders are known as micromanagers. But because of the obsessive compulsive traits they display, we like to say that they’re suffering from Management OCD.”
Emotional roadblocks that undermine management’s purpose
Brett Morris blogs about how managers can create a business that’s able to function and prosper in their absence. “Central to making this work, practically and effectively, is ensuring that when employees are faced with a problem, we don’t allow them to simply ‘handball’ their problems up to us.”
Small business satisfied with Government super initiative
99 percent of small business owners making use of the Government’s Superannuation Clearing House have reported being satisfied with the service, and said they’d recommend it to other small businesses.
All effective management is one-on-one
Brett Morris blogs about the most effective means of managing employees. “In a frenetic business environment, managers are easily pulled every which way. Couple this time pressure with a lack of management maturity and too often managers fall into the fatal trap of attempting to manage their people as a group.”