I will argue in this blog that indeed we are. I will argue that we seem to be bend-over-backwards to recognise and support the rights of...

Humanising is to make something less unpleasant and more suitable to people. Yet I would argue that in many workplaces, HR policies and...

It may surprise you to know that you most of your HR decisions can be made with just two processes; a Blue process and a Red process....

Karen Wickre, James Fox and others argue, HR does not exist for the employees, it exists to fulfil a corporate need (or a Department need...

At a recent management presentation, I opened by stating the cost of compliance activities in their business costs them about 25% of...

Let’s face it.  Performance Appraisals are the elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about. Something is fundamentally wrong...

My recent Blog “Stop Killing Bambi – A View of Managing Staff Performance” generated a lot of interest and discussion. This blog will...

My good friend and colleague Di Armbrust in our book “The 2% Effect” makes the following observation. “Bambi’ is a euphemism I’ve coined...

Based on most anecdotal feedback I receive, the current answer is emphatically “NO”. But in my experience HR can help increase...

I recently saw a question on social media from a senior and experienced HR Practitioner asking who has moved away from of "mid-year"...

I am going to argue the that the more detailed and specific your HR Policies and Procedures become, the less effective they are. Consider...

At the recent Future of Work Conference, a Whitepaper was released that included expert commentary from Rowena Barrett, Professor and...

I was at a recent networking event listening to the Senior Partner of a major Law firm and he made two comments that resonated with me....

Are we overly pampering to the wishes of the minority? I will argue in this blog that indeed we are. I will argue that we seem to be...

I am increasingly being asked to discuss performance management because people consider the system is broken and they are looking for an...

In giving presentations I often hold up the object in the photo and ask the audience “what am I holding?” The typical responses include...

Regular readers will be aware of my definition of The 2% Effect – i.e. where rules are written for a small percentage of people who don’t...

I have just spent the most amazing weekend with 117 students from 11 Queensland High Schools at the Aus Space Design Competition...

Catching up with a friend for Christmas the conversation turned to work. My friend (I’ll call him Chris- not his real name) explained...

In a recent complaint of race discrimination in the workplace, the Victorian Human Rights Commission noted that: The training regimes...