HR Club Sydney

HR Club Sydney

The only definition of a leader, is someone who has followers

In creating HR Club Sydney, I’ve been very fortunate to be able to meet a number of very amazing and passionate individuals. I also regularly get invited to events that are happening in Sydney, and am free to write my thoughts on these topics. After all, I don’t make any money from HR Club Sydney, [...]

How many hats do you wear and how do you decide which one’s the most important?

If you follow me on twitter you might have noticed that I’ve been doing Dry July. This means that I have had much more time in the day over the weekend so I thought I might spend some time catching up on some reading and one I have been meaning to spend some time on [...]

The only constant is change

For those of you who might not know (get on LinkedIn already!), I’ve just started a new job in a law firm in Sydney, and yes it is a big change. I’ve worked at Sara Lee, then Vodafone, BOC and most recently CSIRO- and the cultures couldn’t be more different. Sara Lee (and yes we [...]

Australian HR Tech Report 2010

Recently I came across the HR Tech Report (you can download for free) which was collected, analysed and compiled by Navigo (who is an Australian HR IT company). The research was conducted by phone and email in 164 Australian organisations with over 500 employees, representing over 730,000 employees and the respondents were HR Managers (26%) [...]

The Easter Show for HR People

Last week I went along to my very first career’s fair at Macquarie University and for a HR person who loves employer branding stuff and glossy brochures, I would liken it to the Easter Show for HR people. Yes and after a day at the show, here are the contents of my showbag. Honorable Mentions [...]

You work with adults… treat them like adults

Another fantastic piece of work from Chris Ferdinandi in the United States- I just had to share this. Subscribe to his blog today for fresh ideas about HR. Rebranding HR View more presentations from Chris Ferdinandi.

Hot off the Press! Understanding the behaviour and intention of executives in Australia

In case you haven’t heard of Destination Talent by Phillip Tusing, it’s a blog which professes to cover “Musings, riffs, rants and insights on everything talent”. Phillip is an experienced Australian Recruiter, but has worked in a number of different roles over the last nine year including analyst and marketing manager. Currently he consults to [...]

Challenges in Global Talent Management

The other day I went to my second North Ryde HR Network (NRHRN) breakfast seminar, which was on Talent Management. In 2008 at the very first NRHRN event, Ronan Carolan, HR Director with Sanofi Aventis spoke about their Talent Management strategy that they had adopted in order to address performance, engagement and succession planning issues [...]

Love ‘Em or Lose ‘Em

You know I’m a romantic. I like sending gifts, surprising people and seeing others happy. Over the last 10 years boys have sent me flowers, moet and surprised me with gifts. My better half these days doesn’t believe in Valentines Day, although I suppose that’s ok given my birthday falls on February 15th. But every [...]

Top 25 Talent Management Blogs

Well this list is the Top 25 Talent Management Blogs as determined by Fistful of Talent. Again, lists are an advantageous point in the right direction for who to check out online (but not always gospel. Some are just a popularity contest). Have a look at the list and let me know what you think. [...]

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