Performance management 'pits employees against each other'
Employers remain tied to performance management systems that reward individuals at the cost of building high-performing teams, according to a Gartner expert. » more »
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Team-based working can harm employee wellbeing
Despite benefits to collaboration and organisational performance, teamwork can also have a negative impact on employee wellbeing, research shows. » more »
Giving leaders "permission to play" at work
Creative strategies that solve complex business problems emerge when senior leaders have permission to 'play', according to a facilitation expert. » more »
"More web-like and less tower-like" organisational structure needed to drive teamwork
Collaborative teams are the key to thriving in an era of increasingly complex and multifaceted work, according to leadership experts. » more »
Activity-based working gets a revamp
Activity-based working – or 'hotdesking' – has not lived up to its promise of boosting productivity, but experts are more optimistic about the next evolution in work practices. » more »
Westpac self-assessment highlights cultural failings
Westpac has acknowledged a range of cultural shortcomings - including a tendency to overcomplication, conflating responsibility and accountability, and failing to prioritise learning - in a new report. » more »
Perceptions of long-tenured employees 'outdated'
Many organisations undergoing transformations run the risk of losing corporate wisdom and their "cultural soul" by failing to engage long-tenured employees in the process, says a leadership expert. » more »
The Ripple Effect: Future-proofing HR through networking
In this highly practical webinar, relational strategist Julia Palmer will share critical communication and networking techniques to help HR professionals future-proof themselves in the 'human age', and build meaningful connections in their organisation. Premium members should click through to request a complimentary pass, while free subscribers can upgrade their membership level here for access. » more »
Webcast: Reengaging long-term employees
Long-tenured employees are sometimes overlooked in workplace culture, engagement and transformation efforts, but losing these employees and their knowledge can be devastating. This webcast sets out how to reengage them to become "second-half heroes". » more »
"Knowledge obesity" causing workplace dysfunction
Organisations are suffering from an epidemic of "knowledge obesity", caused by feeding employees excessive information that does not translate to action, says Atlassian's resident work futurist. » more »
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