Category: Culture Leadership

The APS is bringing psychosocial and psychological safety – distinct but complementary concepts – under one umbrella in order to create the conditions for mental wellbeing within the public sector.
Australians are living longer, with 40 per cent of the population estimated to be over 55 by 2050. Yet, HR’s perceptions of what it means to be an “older worker” is getting younger. What risks does it raise for organisations and Australia more broadly?
By replacing niceness with a culture of curiosity, and a focus on feedback, OzHarvest has shifted towards a more sustainable model of high performance. Here’s how it made kindness a strategic capability.
HR practitioners are often required to deliver tough decisions that can leave them feeling emotionally drained. Navigating this emotional labour goes deeper than burnout. In some instances, it’s leading to moral injury.
By co-designing a shared cultural operating system, this Chief People Officer aligned 900 people around a common language and purpose – while preserving each team’s unique identity.
To enact meaningful, targeted culture change, HR practitioners need to go beyond traditional methods of measuring culture and move towards more predictive, AI-led solutions.
Much of the recent backlash towards DEI is fuelled by flawed assumptions about merit. But a closer look at the evidence suggests effective DEI programs help reveal merit, not obscure it.
Guy Chalkley, CEO of Endeavour Energy, has spearheaded a transformation from a male-dominated to a diverse and inclusive workforce. He shares advice about how to keep DEI on the C-suite’s agenda.
Culture isn’t something you build once. You need to shape it continually in order to make it visible, felt and operationalised. Here’s how an HR leader has done just that at major ASX-listed companies.
To thrive during periods of upheaval, HR practitioners need to model a curious mindset, anchor teams with stability and move beyond managing, to leading their organisations through change.
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HOW TO

A HR practitioner offers a range of thought-provoking questions to help you plan your next career move.
Keep these tips in mind to ensure your organisation’s probation periods go beyond being a tick-box exercise and become a driver of strong culture and high performance.
From building your case in advance to avoiding the trap of false politeness, use these strategies to help you engage in constructive dissent at the executive level.

LEGAL

A case currently before the Federal Circuit Court highlights the dangers of cutthroat, “win at all costs” work cultures. But where do courts draw the line between a competitive culture and a psychosocially unsafe work environment?
Ahead of a report into the latest Closing Loopholes legislation, we ask an expert lawyer to explain the casual conversion rules in their current form.
NSW has significantly raised the legal stakes for workplace health and safety compliance, including the management of psychosocial risks. Here’s what the changes mean in practice, and their implications for employers across Australia.
The new financial year will bring changes to pay, superannuation, parental leave, psychosocial risk management and more. Here’s what these changes will mean in practice for HR.