You may not have had an employee brash enough to use the well-known phrase uttered by Cuba Gooding Jr’s character in Jerry Maguire. But if you work in management, or are a business owner, you have no doubt been approached…
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There was a theme running through my LinkedIn feed one day last week. Every second item my connections were posting seemed to be sending a similar message: “Don’t pick a job. Pick a boss,” one said, for example. “Your first…
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The recruitment of a graduate into your business can be an expensive exercise, including the cost of time and labour to source, screen and appoint your successful candidate. For example, a typical recruitment cycle for graduates can take anywhere from…
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What are the best – and worst – ‘team building’ activities that you have ever engaged in? And what made them work, or fail? The idea for this Blog came about 30 seconds into one of my hourly planks. We’re…
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Gone are the days when ‘diversity and inclusion’ was just about CSR or warding off the threat of employee litigation. Here’s our list of six business drivers for a diversity and inclusion strategy in your organisation. Diversity and inclusion –…
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On Monday, a colleague of mine returned to work after a three-week holiday. He looked a little bleary eyed by the time I got in, so I enquired after his jetlag. “Jetlag? What jetlag?” he replied. “I was fine until…
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International Women’s Day was born out of a workplace dispute 108 years ago, so it’s only appropriate that the workplace continues to occupy a central position in the annual call to action for gender parity on March 8th. But before…
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With the Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda looking to tackle the changes needed to fuel an innovative nation, Australia’s management practices have again come under the spotlight. Ai Group has long drawn attention to Australia’s broad challenge to lift…
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It’s official – a mobile-enabled ‘always on’ work culture is elevating occupational stress to unprecedented levels. So what can employers do about it? When SafeWork Australia released its first report on work-related mental stress almost three years ago, it reported…
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With the direct costs of absenteeism to the full-time workforce alone amounting to approximately $22 billion across the economy, it’s surprising that only 45% of organisations responding to Ai Group’s 2014 Absenteeism and Presenteeism Survey had an attendance management policy…
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