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As a manager your task is to manage people. Not tasks. This can be difficult as it requires you to cease telling your staff how to do their job and instead establish the strategic direction, deadlines and milestones that allow...

Quitting your job can be daunting, but telling your co-workers that you’re leaving, well that can be just as difficult. And how you choose to undertake this task has the power to set the tone for your entire service to...

You’ve left your old job for greener pastures. It was the right career move for you. Or so you thought. A month has passed, maybe a year, and you find yourself wishing you were again working for your old employer....

People often fudge details when telling a story. It’s normal, right? And it is not too much of a stretch for the odd individual to exaggerate their credentials when it comes to presenting a job application. The desire to land...

Last week we discussed the benefits of employee engagement. I challenged all of you to consider how you could improve employee engagement at your workplace. Where did your thoughts take you and what realisations did you discover about your team?...

A disengaged workforce can negatively affect turnover, culture and performance. So naturally every manager in the know understands how critical it is to have a team of highly committed workers. Employees who are engaged are more invested in accomplishing the...

Every employer wants to see their staff arrive at work, fresh and ready to churn out a productive day, where important advancements are made and goals are achieved. It’s understandable. Yet there are variables in play that can influence your...

To offer diversity in the workplace is to offer an inclusive environment that accepts individual’s differences while embracing each other’s strengths and providing opportunity to all to achieve their full potential. Typically we talk about diversity in terms of age,...

Candidate interviewing techniques have certainly come a long way. And the evolutionary development of video interviewing is an exciting demonstration of exactly this. Now with so many benefits for both the candidate and the recruiting company, will this practise become...

Many employees head to work each day knowing that they will undertake a series of responsibilities outside their job description. Maybe times are lenient or maybe the company simply cannot afford to hire additional staff . Regardless of the circumstances...