Category: Strategic HR

For HR leaders, having a solid working relationship with senior management or the executive in your organisation is critical. Being able to work together as a ‘united front’ is often the key to progressing important HR and organisational matters. 
From setting failure goals and budgets to offering awards for the ‘best failed idea’, organisations will need to build psychologically safe environments in order to benefit from experimentation.
HR practitioners have all the right ingredients to become impactful culture leaders and champion meaningful work, and legendary business thinker Seth Godin has the recipe for them to follow.
By understanding the characteristics of quality decision-making and taking steps to build more decisive cultures, HR can actively contribute to progress and performance.
To avoid defaulting to solution mode or asking the wrong questions and missing a core piece of information as a result, leaders should use a mix of different question types.
AHRI’s updated Australian HR Capability Framework has been created to help HR practitioners identify the key skills they’ll need to become well-rounded, strategic practitioners.
Global future of work thought leader Ravin Jesuthasan walks HR through some practical frameworks and ideas to prepare their organisations for the future.
Employing this five-step design thinking framework can help HR practitioners craft empathetic, innovative and aligned strategies.
Almost one in five employees are deemed “not proficient” in their roles, according to a recent report. Here’s how employers are responding to productivity barriers caused by skills gaps.
So you’ve got an HR initiative that you think will improve business outcomes. How do you actually get it over the line?
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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

An employee was recently awarded over $36,000 by the Fair Work Commission due to flaws in her employer’s workplace investigation process. What can HR learn from this decision?
Several recent cases heard by the Fair Work Commission (FWC) suggest verbal agreements in the workplace can carry more legal weight than some employers realise.
In a climate where diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are under scrutiny, how can HR help ensure their organisation’s gender equality targets stay on track?
Social media may be considered part of the workplace for politicians, finds NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). Where can HR draw the line in terms of their legal obligations around an employee’s online activity?