Category: Performance

To grow high-performing teams, organisations need to prioritise relationships, ensure regular debriefs and allow time for recovery, says sports psychologist Dr Pippa Grange.
High-performance teams only exist when they’re built upon a foundation of trust and psychological safety. Experts share tips to help HR bake both into their strategies.
It’s the prerogative of every employer to set high standards for their workforce. However, a recent case demonstrated that employers must be able to justify their performance targets. How can you ensure KPIs stand up to scrutiny?
The FWC recently found an employee’s termination for failure to meet KPIs unfair due to ‘arbitrary’ and ‘unreasonable’ sales targets. What went wrong for the employer in this case, and how can HR avoid similar claims arising?
When we talk about performance management, we tend to focus on dealing with employees who are not meeting expectations. But what about your best performers?
Hard working employees are what will see every company through this pandemic. But how do you best recognise and reward them when everything is so disrupted? 
Getting performance improvement plans wrong can cost your business, as this recent Federal Court decision shows.
Facebook has put stack-ranking back in the spotlight. Critics say that while the practice might be appealing, it results in troubling outcomes.
Dignity in the workplace has become scarce for a variety of reasons. However, employees increasingly need to be treated with dignity to remain engaged.
Nepotism can have far-reaching impacts, including on a company’s bottom line. How should HR respond to nepotism? For those of you who are curious about idioms, you might be surprised when you look up the origin of the phrase “Bob’s your uncle”. Most of us understand the phrase to mean “everything will be ok” –…
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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

With the minimum wage and award increases fast approaching, here’s how HR can help their organisations to assess their options.
Victoria has become the first Australian state to legislate the right to work from home. Here’s how the new legislation will work, and what it could mean for Australia’s broader industrial relations landscape.
As the financial year draws to a close, use these prompts to ensure both you and your organisation are prepared for EOFY requirements across tax, payroll and reporting.
The definition of a lawful and reasonable direction is at the heart of many employment disputes. From return-to-office mandates to drug and alcohol testing, here are four areas where workplace directions can come under scrutiny, and how to ensure your approach holds up.