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

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

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...

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

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....

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...

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

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

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

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

Based on most anecdotal feedback I receive, the current answer is emphatically “NO”. But in my experience HR can help increase...

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

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

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

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....

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...

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

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

Regular readers will be aware of my definition of The 2% Effect – i.e. where rules are written for a small percentage of people who don’t...

I have just spent the most amazing weekend with 117 students from 11 Queensland High Schools at the Aus Space Design Competition...