#Retaining Staff
3 signs your amazing company culture actually sucks
Has your company culture morphed into a frankenstein with a life of its own? It’s almost certainly distracting you and everyone else from actually doing great work.
How a strong team will help you land big deals
Follow Warren Buffett’s example – the confidence to close big deals comes from having a strong team behind you.
Motivating staff not interested in career development
Not every staff member will want a vertical promotion, so employers must look to alternative career paths to motivate employees that aren’t interested in leadership opportunities. Here are some ideas to try.
SMEs warming to flexible working
An increasing number of small and medium businesses are adopting flexible working practices, and they’re seeing rises in productivity and revenue as a result.
Businesses hold onto staff in downturn
A recent survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Management has shown that 90 percent of businesses are confident about surviving the economic crisis, and see retaining skilled staff as the number one priority for their business during the downturn.
How to gain an employees’ trust
Staff often have a healthy distrust of managers who pay a lot of lip service but don’t commit words to action. A simple way to gain your employees’ trust is to do what you say you will do. Too often, managers make announcements to maintain the facade of keeping everyone up to date when the […]
Retain staff by rewarding commitment
Australia’s workforce is ageing; no surprise there. But what are you doing to retain older employees? After all, these committed employees have the skills you need. National Seniors Australia has launched a Corporate Employees membership category, for employers looking to reward their 50-plus employees. “Recent research funded by National Seniors has revealed that as workers […]
Business lifestyle ideas to keep staff happy
Work, rest and play is the mantra for splitting up your day and creating work-life balance, but who says they need to be separate? Here are some business lifestyle ideas to keep staff happy, give yourself a break or to indulge in some of the finer things in life. Work–Play Balance Your office may not […]
Finding and retaining staff
Australia’s skills shortage is making the process of finding and retaining staff increasingly hard. But don’t let the skills shortage get you down; here are some simple and inexpensive staff recruitment methods. The focus of organisations on finding and retaining staff has greatly expanded over the past decade. This is partly in response to the […]