Category: Leadership

Recognising the need for a sustainable pipeline of leadership talent after a merger, the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning engineered a transformative program to empower its future leaders.
Faced with inconsistent leadership capabilities across a complex organisation, this HR team aligned its performance feedback, succession planning and talent management strategies to create a unified leadership pipeline.
Clare Murphy FCPHR says her success in HR leadership has much more to do with listening to employees’ needs than a best-practice model.
Being a line manager is a lot tougher than it used to be. Here’s how HR can help line managers deal with their increased responsibilities.
Today more than ever, executive leaders need to understand what makes people tick. Could this mean it’s prime time for HR leaders to take the top job? 
Modern-day organisations require a combination of head and heart-based leadership, says Dr Kirstin Ferguson AM. The challenge is in knowing how to strike the right balance.
The world is full of judgement for highly sensitive people. But research suggests that, when managed appropriately, highly sensitive employees can be a real asset to an organisation and can become incredible leaders.
As organisations’ responsibilities around diversity, equity and inclusion continue to evolve, Ford is encouraging its executives to sit down and listen to their people about the issues that matter most to them.
Do your people seem exhausted, stressed and more than a little cynical about their work? Sounds like burnout. Keep an eye out for these three different types.
With inflation rates in Australia hitting a historic high since 1990, concerns about a looming recession are in full swing. How can organisations ensure that economic uncertainty doesn’t thwart their plans for growth?
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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.