Creating Moments That Matter: Small Actions, Big Impact
Moments that matter is all about showing employees you care about them as people. This will increase your engagement, resulting in all sorts of other benefits from improved employee happiness to profits!
5 Must-Have HR tools for your Tech Stack
Wondering what makes an ATS or a HRIS? Read for some quick definitions on HR systems and what they do.
Employee Engagement Surveys: The SME Advantage
SMEs can benefit greatly from employee engagement surveys, as their smaller size allows for faster and more effective action on feedback. When employees feel heard, it directly boosts engagement, creating a happier and more productive team.
The Four-Day Work Week: Productivity Paradise or Passing Fad?
It’s National Work Life Week… so a let's dive into one of the hottest topics in workplace flexibility: the four-day work week. This post discusses the pros and cons of the four-day work week trend, providing data on its impact and tips for implementation.
World Mental Health Day 🧠 - Creating Psychologically Safe Workplaces
It's World Mental Health Day, so let's talk about the concept of psychological safety in the workplace, its benefits, and strategies for fostering it within teams.
The Hidden Costs of Poor Onboarding 💸
Did you know only 12% of employees agree their organisations does a great job of onboarding? Onboarding really matters for retention. Read for some scary stats!
The Power of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Thinking about the benefits of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)? They can be a game change for fostering diversity and inclusion. Boost your engagement, retention, development and even innovation with ERGs in your workplace.
Skills-Based Hiring: The New Frontier in Talent Acquisition
Skills based hiring is the new frontier. Organisations need to get with the program and think about redesigning recruitment to maximise skills based hiring! Are you ready for it?
🤝 R U OK? Day: Building a Culture of Support at Work
Let's talk about the importance of mental health support in the workplace, coinciding with R U OK? Day, and talk strategies for creating a supportive work environment.
HR Tech Innovations: Work Smarter, Not Harder
The right HR tech can be a game-changer for small and medium-sized businesses, improving productivity and saving precious time. But before jumping head first into a new system, consider what you need it for, and importantly, consider if it integrates!
The Gen Z Shift: Is Your Workplace Ready?
Understanding Gen Z isn't just trendy - it's crucial for your business success.
How Emotional Intelligence Drives Team Performance
Research shows that emotional intelligence is a crucial driver of team performance and job satisfaction, explaining up to 58% of success in all types of jobs - by developing self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management, managers can significantly boost their team's outcomes in today's complex work environment.
Feedback Fatigue: Are We Overdoing It?
While only 21% of employees strongly agree they receive meaningful feedback, those who get weekly feedback are 2.7 times more likely to be engaged - so it's not about reducing feedback, but rather focusing on regular, quality, future-oriented conversations that create a culture of growth, not scrutiny.
Right to Disconnect: Are You Ready?
With the Right to Disconnect legislation kicking in on August 26th for non-small business employers, it's time to consider your business risks, update documents, train managers, and rethink those late-night emails - remember, it's about creating healthier boundaries, not restricting flexibility.
THE SUNDAY SCARIES 😱
With 80% of professionals experiencing 'Sunday Scaries', addressing this pre-Monday dread isn't just about feeling better - it's about increasing happiness, engagement, and potentially even profit margins at work.
Is the 9 Box Dead?
While the 9 box remains a simple and effective tool for talent mapping, effective succession planning requires serious and objective assessment of employees' talents - collect 'objective' data to guide the conversation and mitigate bias.
Navigating the Tight Labour Market
With 27% of surveyed organisations indicating redundancy intentions alongside increasing wage expectations, the labour market remains tight - those looking to move roles might need to sit tight a bit longer.
Setting Boundaries at Work
Setting effective boundaries at work, like learning to say no or limit availability, helps you be a better team player and protects your wellbeing - it's not just for interns and grads anymore!
Goal Alignment and Manager Success
Misalignment of work with business goals leads to a 2.4 times higher risk of manager failure, so it's crucial to ensure your team understands how their day-to-day work fits into the overall strategy - if not, it's time for some clear communication.
Why flexible work… works
New research shows that having control over work hours, rather than the number of hours worked, is key to job satisfaction and retention - even for busy employees who feel in control of their schedules.