Tag: Managing Staff

Think you’re a great leader? Make sure you aren’t guilty of one of these three reality-distorting traits.

How to recognise some of the most common leadership styles and improve on them.

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.

It seems like smart just-in-time staffing: You hire for big projects and then let people go when they wrap up. But here’s why it hurts more than it helps

Organisations need strong performers, working smarter and more productively, with competent leadership who will engage and motivate them to meet growth goals. Here are some strategies to keep your high potentials engaged, and with you for a long time.

Many business owners make the mistake of assuming that productivity means working themselves and their employees harder, but putting more pressure on your staff to get more done can actually be counterproductive. When it comes to increasing productivity, what most businesses need is innovation.

It’s not always easy to find the perfect candidate, but as Rowdy McLean discovered, hiring the wrong one can be seriously detrimental to your business. Here’s how this entrepreneur dealt with the offending employee and turned his misfortune around.

Australia really is the Lucky Country, but local businesses need to seize the benefits of the boom by supporting innovation, growing their skilled workforces, attracting investment and increasing productivity. All these goals require a workplace where employees are engaged and motivated – but, engagement doesn’t always sit well with our national persona.

Not only can your performance at work be monitored, employers are increasingly turning to social media to monitor their staff’s personal behaviour. But what legalities do managers need to be aware of? Here’s a look.

We’re used to hearing about the big corporates winning ‘best workplace’ awards but when a small Sydney recruitment firm did it recently, we wanted to know more about how it made the illustrious list.