Category: Trusted partnership
The Department of Defence’s JOURNEY program uses adaptive leadership theory to help leaders respond to complexity and influence across boundaries. Its Assistant Secretary of Defence Learning outlines the approach he and his team took.
At the 15th annual Ron McCallum Debate, panellists challenged long-held assumptions about fairness and productivity. Their reflections reveal what HR practitioners should prioritise to build more inclusive, sustainable and high-performing workplaces.
With so many senior executives leaving their posts due to exhaustion and burnout, developing ‘energy intelligence’ is becoming a business-critical leadership skill.
With the Australian Public Service tackling the professionalisation of HR at a whole-of-system level, here’s how the Department of Finance’s CPO is ensuring her HR team is growing and stretching in the right direction.
Feedback is a cornerstone of growth, but for many leaders, it’s also a blind spot. These strategies can help leaders develop the self-awareness and curiosity needed to take constructive feedback in their stride.
From dealing with a CEO who is dismissive of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to managing misinformation about the role of targets – three HR practitioners share their takes on common DEI scenarios.
What does effective leadership look like in an organisation where employees aren’t driven by pay and progression alone?
A seasoned HR leader reflects on the times throughout her HR career when she worked with her executive peers to maintain wellbeing and performance amid a workforce in flux.
By understanding the story a profit and loss statement (P&L) tells about growth, costs and profitability, HR can add value to leadership conversations and ensure people initiatives align with strategic goals.
Grit isn’t about toughness or pushing harder. It’s about designing work in a way that supports sustainable performance and long-term resilience. By helping organisations normalise discomfort and reframe success, HR can protect wellbeing while building resilience.
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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
Workplace investigations are meant to resolve harm, but they’re increasingly becoming a potential source of it. With courts beginning to hold employers accountable for psychosocial risks created during the investigation process itself, two work health and safety lawyers outline key issues for HR to consider.
AI is helping workers research, build and articulate workplace complaints with legal precision – and employers are scrambling to keep up.
Almost one million Australians now hold more than one job. But what if an employee’s second job interferes with their work or their employer’s interests? Here are two FWC cases that clarify how far employers can go to restrict secondary employment.
With the minimum wage and award increases fast approaching, here’s how HR can help their organisations to assess their options.
