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Why mandatory training is no longer fit for purpose
While mandatory training has become an increasing popular practice to use over the past decade, in my view it is no longer fit for...
Mark Shaw
Mar 272 min read
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Is your performance review system one of the 98% that fail?
A recent article in Fast Company referenced a recent Gallop survey that found that “only 2% of human resource officers at major companies...
Mark Shaw
Mar 123 min read
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Why do we continue to “Kill Bambi”?
My good friend and colleague, Di Armbrust, in her 2015 book, “The 2% Effect” titled Chapter 6 “Killing Bambi”. She refers to “killing...
Mark Shaw
Jul 25, 20242 min read
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What in the world has happened?
A colleague shared a recent experience. They were planning their annual school feast including speeches, fun activities for the students,...
Mark Shaw
Jun 11, 20242 min read
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Why almost no one survives a PIP
I’d argue the evidence over the past 20 or 30 years confirms that Performance Improvement Plans almost always end up in termination....
Mark Shaw
Mar 24, 20243 min read
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90% of Organisational Change is in the systems and processes.
In a recent presentation, Dr Beatrice Hofmeyr, an organisational change expert, highlighted that 90% of organisational change relates to...
Mark Shaw
Sep 25, 20232 min read
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"Traumatised" employee didn't genuinely intend to resign
An employee's resignation was "a cry for assistance" after a traumatic incident at work, but her employer's response was "frankly,...
Mark Shaw
Aug 16, 20233 min read
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Ongoing performance monitoring wasn't sole cause of psych injury
“Ongoing" performance monitoring, along with a team leader's management style and a heavy workload, caused an employee's psychological...
Mark Shaw
Aug 16, 20233 min read
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The more things change the more they stay the same.
“Women’s liberation groups demand equal pay, childcare, access to abortions, and protection from men’s violence. Lesbians demand freedom...
Mark Shaw
Jul 27, 20233 min read
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The real cost of not successfully managing potential psychological safety issues.
In a recent case before the Personal Injury Commission of New South Wales (reference), the Member found “… I accept that the applicant’s...
Mark Shaw
Jul 5, 20233 min read
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How HR can help improve productivity.
What impact would a 20% increase in productivity have on your business and the employee experience? Not only is such an outcome good for...
Mark Shaw
Jun 26, 20232 min read
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If only managers followed the process.
If I had one dollar for every time a HR practitioner said this to me ”if only the manager had followed the process, we would not have...
Mark Shaw
Jun 7, 20232 min read
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Removing complexity from managing psychological safety
With the introduction of the 2022 Queensland “Managing the risk of psychosocial hazards at work - Code of Practice”, the WHS Act imposes...
Mark Shaw
May 18, 20232 min read
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Improve Your HR Information.
As your business grows, HR plays a more central role in collecting, storing, and reporting on a range of employee information. Across the...
Mark Shaw
Mar 20, 20232 min read
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Why HR should focus on simplifying complexity
At the 2021 Human Resource Congress, Dave Ulrich referred to the 8th round of the Human Resource Competency Study (HRCS) produced by the...
Mark Shaw
Jan 9, 20232 min read
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Making HR as Easy as Internet Banking
I was recently at a networking meeting where the topic turned to the problems that occur when employees and managers do not follow the...
Mark Shaw
Dec 20, 20222 min read
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Applying the KISS principle to HR processes – an example
I recently wrote an article on how many HR processes used today are too complex for managers to use, for records to be maintained, and...
Mark Shaw
Nov 9, 20222 min read
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Applying the KISS Principle to HR Processes
In a 2010 text titled Managing Performance Improvement by Tovey, Uren and Sheldon, an analysis-appraisal flowchart is provided to assist...
Mark Shaw
Oct 23, 20222 min read
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Quiet firing: another passing trend or cause for concern?
In a recent article published on HRMonline (reference) the argument was made that many managers apply ‘quiet firing’ by covertly stopping...
Mark Shaw
Oct 2, 20222 min read
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The poor state of performance management in Australian Organisations
In 2021, AHRI teamed up with the University of Sydney Business School to survey 163 HR professionals and explore how performance...
Mark Shaw
Sep 23, 20222 min read
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