When the Boss Is the Business: Why Culture In SMEs Needs a Different Playbook
Let’s be honest — most leadership advice floating around the internet is written for the Googles and the Westpacs of the world. Unlimited budgets, whole HR teams, and enough corporate buzzwords to fill a bingo card. But what about the business owners who are the HR team, the payroll officer, the complaints department, and the person still […]
The Action Trap: Why Your Workplace Culture Strategy Isn’t Working (and What to Do Instead)
Business leaders love action. Culture workshops. Values posters. Leadership training. All the bells and whistles. It feels like progress.It looks like you’re building culture.But according to organisational culture expert Dr Jessica Kriegel, you might be stuck in what she calls the action trap—and it’s quietly killing your employee engagement efforts. What is the action trap? The […]
Building an “always learning” culture
“No matter how much you’ve done, or how successful you’ve been, there’s always more to do, more to learn, more to achieve” Barack Obama One of my favourite questions to ask of potential new employees is “what is something in your area expertise would you’d like to learn more about” When looking to future employees […]
Apprenticeships should support workforce planning
In 2013 when this most recent downturn hit I was made redundant from my job (the joys of working in a support service – you aren’t seen as an income generator so off you go). I am passionate about youth employment and an opportunity arose for me to work in the apprenticeships & traineeships space. […]
Is your recruitment strategy killer, or just a buzz killer?
Right now, the reality for many businesses is that quality candidates, or just any candidates for that matter, are hard to come by. Whether that be because of a skills shortage, geographical location, that the vocation lacks a bit of “cool factor”, ineffective recruitment practices or the reputation of the employer; businesses approaching their talent acquisition efforts without having some sort of plan in place is an inefficient use of financial & people resources.
It’s gonna take money, a whole lot of spending money
Just incase I drew you in with my clever use of a George Harrison lyric, you can read the first 2 blog posts in this series here & here. This week we are going to look at Compensation & Benefits * queue a chorus of groans from all the bean counters out there *
According to a recent Employment Hero report 63% of employees say that remuneration is one of the top 3 considerations when selecting a new role. But it is not the make-or-break factor it once was, when it comes attraction and retention of employees additional benefits such as flexible work arrangements, training & development, salary sacrifice, reward programs & perks such as free snacks (🐷) go a long way to singling your business out as an employer of choice.
Stop ghosting your candidates – the vlog
I love recruitment, out of all the HR functions it’s my favourite, I tell people it’s because it’s mostly a positive experience, you know, up until you have to tell someone they were unsuccessful for a job.A lot of companies and recruiters deal with this by just not getting back to candidates, whether by the […]
People | Process | Power
Last week I wrote this post to give you an overview of strategic HR management and how each element adds value to your business, today we are going to take a closer look at one of those elements; Workforce Planning.
Put simply, workforce planning is “having the right people in the right place at the right time”
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