Tag Archives: HR
HR departments: I’ve never really understood the point of them
Oh my goodness. I’m sitting there yesterday, on the NSW public holiday watching Dr Phil (episode on obsession and yes I’m a huge Dr Phil fan lol!) when I see this article on twitter (care of @aarondodd). Yep- it’s called … Continue reading
Filed under General HR
Employee engagement- can you do it on your own or should you get help?
Happy Monday everybody! I can hear the groans already. Mondays are a bit of a pain but then again, you have to start somewhere. Aside from being a morning person, I opened my mail this morning to find this little … Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Employee Engagement
Smarter Workforce; Government Leadership Forum
This week I was fortunate enough to be asked to attend the Smarter Workforce Government Leadership Forum hosted by IBM in Canberra. I was invited by my Executive Director for HR because he needed to take along a Gen Y’er, … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Social Media/Technology, Uncategorized
What are you ALLOWED to view at work? The grey area of social media in the workplace
Last week when I was chairing the Australian Employment and Workplace Relations Summit, the very last panel featured Pete Williams from Deloitte Digital and so the conversation skewed towards social media and what companies allow employees to access. I mentioned … Continue reading
Filed under Social Media/Technology
Chairing the Australian Employment and Workplace Relations Summit: A huge learning experience
A few weeks ago I was asked by Jo Knox of HR Daily if I would be interested in chairing the summit. My first instinct was, ‘wow that would be a great development opportunity’ and I said ‘sure put my … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Learning and Development
HR Club Sydney Event- Monday 24th August- More reasons to be there
I’m sure I don’t need to bribe any of you to come along Monday, because we have three amazing speakers who’ll be talking about “Improving Customer Service and Performance with Motivational Development at Qantas”. We have had huge interest in … Continue reading
Filed under Events
Top ten effective habits of a highly successful networker
With our very first HR Club Sydney networking event coming up (get tickets here), I thought it was only fitting that I blog about networking because let’s face it- sometimes it isn’t something we do that well in HR. We … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Uncategorized
Tickets now available to the first HR Club Sydney Event
I am very pleased to have secured a venue for our very first HR Club Sydney event. The event will commence at around 6pm on Monday 24th August at the Forrester’s Hotel, which is located on the Corner of Riley … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Recruitment, Talent Management
Jack Welch Says HR Managers Have the Most Important Job in America
Earlier this week I wrote a post “Banking on People”, which outlined David Morgan’s speach at the AHRI National Convention. He made a number of genuine statements about how important people are to your business and how important it was … Continue reading
Filed under AHRI National Convention
FL!P Peter Sheahan speaks about mindset flexibility at AHRI National Conference
Peter Sheahan How do you stay ahead in a world where ‘fast, good, and cheap’ are just the price of entry for your clients, customers and staff? What is the X factor you need to differentiate your offering – and … Continue reading
Filed under AHRI National Convention
