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HR Club Sydney

Shades of grey or should I just get over it?

Ok so just one last thing after the Digital Citizens Event earlier this week. I posted the question below: and here are some of the responses: Part of me wonders if these responses were just a knee-jerk reaction to someone questioning personal freedom on social media (hey guys you are preaching to the converted here! [...]

Only Wet Babies Like Change

A few weeks ago, I came across this e-book called ‘Only wet babies like change; Workplace Wisdom for Baby Boomers’ by Mary-Frances Winters. The title caught my eye and made me laugh. Was this the bible I had been looking for? Working in the public sector in Australia often means in HR that you are [...]

Developing Your HR Project Management Skills

Last Friday I attended my first North Ryde HR Network seminar at the Stamford Hotel. They had organised for David Byrum and Chris Geraghty from Kepner-Tregoe to present to HR professionals on their approach to project management, and this was something I haven’t learned a lot about, so I was keen to hear what they [...]

Some ideas from the Change Blog

Recently, HR Daily featured an article on workplace harassment where claimant Christina Rich received an undisclosed multi-million dollar settlement from Pricewaterhouse Coopers. This was as a result of sexual harassment and victimisation in PwC’s ‘boys club’ environment. I myself have heard my fair share of poor behaviour in the workplace, from my own experiences to [...]

Helping people change by changing the way they think

Although the blog has been quiet for a few days, I can assure you that there has been a lot of movement for me behind the scenes in my personal life and in the world of work. I’ve spoken about change quite a bit before, but I’ve somewhat hit a wall in being able to [...]

Helping your employees manage change in uncertain times

This morning I was reading an article by Towers Perrin called ‘Ten Tips to Help Your Employees Manage Change in Uncertain Times’ and they had a couple of great ideas that I really loved. Of course there are the commonly articulated tips like for example, make sure you clarify your strategy and vision for dealing [...]

What is change management and what does it mean for employees?

Change management may be defined as ‘the process of continually renewing an organization’s direction, structure, and capabilities to serve the ever-changing needs of external and internal customers’ (Moran and Brightman. 2001). However, from an employee perspective it usually just means one thing- job losses. In the middle of a recession from the global financial crisis, [...]

Times are a changin…

Although change is a part of life and always been an inevitable occurrence in the organisational landscape, arguably over the last twenty years the pace of change has rapidly accelerated. Dealing with this accelerated change is increasing in importance to organisations as highlighted by Kotter (1996. pp. 3-4): ‘By any objective measure, the amount of [...]