I’ll address the question by sharing a case study, then arguing what I think is the real problem before providing my answer. The Case Study While visiting a ...

How to Remove Ratings, Formal Reviews and PIPs I was recently asked if it was possible to move away from ratings, “mid year” and/or “annual” performance revi...

OK I admit up front I cannot guarantee that by following the guidelines in this blog you will be deemed to have taken ‘reasonable management action in a reas...

am going to argue the that the more detailed and specific your HR Policies and Procedures become, the less effective they are. Consider a Corporate Dress Cod...

I will argue in this blog that indeed we are. I will argue that we seem to be bend-over-backwards to recognise and support the rights of all minorities to th...

Humanising is to make something less unpleasant and more suitable to people. Yet I would argue that in many workplaces, HR policies and processes are dehuman...

It may surprise you to know that you most of your HR decisions can be made with just two processes; a Blue process and a Red process. Proactive HR activities...

Karen Wickre, James Fox and others argue, HR does not exist for the employees, it exists to fulfil a corporate need (or a Department need if you are in the P...

At a recent management presentation, I opened by stating the cost of compliance activities in their business costs them about 25% of their actual revenue. To...

Let’s face it.  Performance Appraisals are the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about. Something is fundamentally wrong when you consider that:...

My recent Blog “Stop Killing Bambi – A View of Managing Staff Performance” generated a lot of interest and discussion. This blog will build on that article b...

My good friend and colleague Di Armbrust in our book “The 2% Effect” makes the following observation. “Bambi’ is a euphemism I’ve coined for your good employ...

Based on most anecdotal feedback I receive, the current answer is emphatically “NO”. But in my experience HR can help increase productivity by up to 30% if t...

I recently saw a question on social media from a senior and experienced HR Practitioner asking who has moved away from of "mid-year" and/or "annual" performa...

I am going to argue the that the more detailed and specific your HR Policies and Procedures become, the less effective they are. Consider a Corporate Dress C...

At the recent Future of Work Conference, a Whitepaper was released that included expert commentary from Rowena Barrett, Professor and Head, School of Managem...

I was at a recent networking event listening to the Senior Partner of a major Law firm and he made two comments that resonated with me. “The best contract be...

Are we overly pampering to the wishes of the minority? I will argue in this blog that indeed we are. I will argue that we seem to be bend-over-backwards to r...

I am increasingly being asked to discuss performance management because people consider the system is broken and they are looking for an alternative – someth...

In giving presentations I often hold up the object in the photo and ask the audience “what am I holding?” The typical responses include a: Pen Parker pen Par...