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Mark Shaw

Jul 252 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Jun 112 min read

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,...

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Mark Shaw

Mar 243 min read

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....

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Mark Shaw

Sep 25, 20232 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Aug 16, 20233 min read

"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,...

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Mark Shaw

Aug 16, 20233 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Jul 27, 20233 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Jul 5, 20233 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Jun 26, 20232 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Jun 7, 20232 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

May 18, 20232 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Mar 20, 20232 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Jan 9, 20232 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Dec 20, 20222 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Nov 9, 20222 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Oct 23, 20222 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Oct 2, 20222 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Sep 23, 20222 min read

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...

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Mark Shaw

Jul 25, 20222 min read

Is HR making life better or harder for managers and workers?

I was recently reading an article titled ‘How the HR monster destroyed the workplace’ written by Juliet Samuel and published in the UK’s...

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Mark Shaw

May 31, 20222 min read

Overcoming HR’s biggest mistake

Scenario Jose has worked for the business for about four years and has been an average to above average employee until about six months...

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