Tag: Staff

Fantastic employees underpin flourishing companies. The question is, who should you hire and what attributes should they possess? Hint: skills are only half the package.

Artists, designers, and programmers are different, difficult, and – depending on your strategy – delightful.

It’s common sense to create a workplace where people enjoy work, yet many organisations don’t try to create that type of workplace. Too many people simply don’t enjoy the work they do and this holds back performance in many ways.

Hired the wrong employee or just can’t seem to get on top of your cashflow? You’re not alone. Here’s a look at the five most common areas SMB owners get it wrong, and some advice for fixing these issues.

No boss should enjoy losing an employee. But you can help smooth out the exit.

Use this checklist after terminating an employee to ensure that you, your employees, and your company remain secure.

The interview process is the first impression someone gets of a company and even if a candidate is unsuccessful, you want them to have had a positive experience when they exit the recruitment process. Here’s how to protect your brand and reputation when recruiting new staff.

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.

Mental illness in young men is costing the Australian economy more than $3 billion per year, $237 million of which are direct costs to businesses, and experts are urging SMBs to get a handle on this growing issue or risk seeing a decline in productivity and the loss of key staff members.

Microsoft has been named the best employer in Australia and New Zealand in an annual index, thanks to its ongoing efforts to ensure employees feel valued.