Have you ever had that sinking feeling when someone on your team is not performing? You know the one. Right in the pit of your stomach. It’s been hiding in plain sight for a while. Missed deadlines. Falling short of targets. A flatness about them that wasn’t there before. And the temptation, […]
We spend an awful lot of time in organisations talking about culture, engagement, retention, and wellbeing. These are BIG words. Important words. But somewhere in the middle of all that conversation, a simpler thing gets lost. The quality of the dialogue. Socrates believed that knowledge wasn’t “given.” It was produced through the shared exchange of […]
I was reading through the AHRI summary of the recent AFR Workforce Summit, and one thing jumped straight out at me. The conversation has shifted. It is no longer just about finding someone with the right experience or the right qualifications. The leaders in that room were talking about something far more interesting. […]
And most organisations never see it coming. AHRI’s latest research is clear. Australian organisations are investing heavily in technical skills but falling short when it comes to developing the human ones. Yet we keep taking our best technical people, giving them a bigger desk and a round of applause, and leaving them to […]
Everyone is talking about AI. And yet, in the conversations I am having with HR professionals and people leaders, what comes up more than the technology itself is the anxiety sitting underneath it. The people I talk to generally have mixed feelings. They see AI as a tool that can help them get stuff […]
The latest Employee Engagement report from Gallup landed, and what it tells us, I think is quite sobering… Global employee engagement has now fallen for the second consecutive year, sitting at just 20%. In Australia, we are at 21% (down 2 points). That means 4 in every 5 people going to work every day are […]
An article I came across this week got me thinking. HRD Australia published an interesting piece stating that gut feel hiring is out and structure is in. They’re right. And it’s something I’ve lived on both sides of. Over my career, I’ve hired a lot of people. In the early years, like most, […]
I sat down this week to write a post about leadership. And then I stopped. In times like these, rising costs, global uncertainty, the constant noise of the news cycle, the usual conversations about growth and strategy feel a little hollow. Not because they don’t matter. But because people matter more. The […]
Here’s what the data says about Australian organisations right now. 64% of CHROs believe their leaders don’t have the mindset to lead change effectively. Almost two-thirds. That’s not a training problem. That’s a pipeline problem. And it might be the most expensive problem your organisation has, even if it doesn’t show […]
Your best people aren’t leaving because they don’t care. They’re leaving because they cared too much, for too long. A new HRD Magazine article published this week has put a name to something NFP leaders have been living with for years. It’s called “burnover.” It’s the moment burnout converts into turnover. And […]