This post takes a light-hearted look at the common gripes in-house HR professionals have with consultants. The author is known to HR Daily and works in the HR space, but has chosen to remain anonymous. If you're an HR consultant and would like to provide a counter view, please get in touch! 

If you work in an organisation, especially in HR, chances are you've engaged the services of an external…

In the current business environment of globalisation and evolving technology, the world of work has changed dramatically. Information can be transmitted in seconds, people can be located and contacted ‘anywhere, anytime’ and mobility of the workforce means that very few roles would strictly require an employee to remain in a static office in order to perform their duties. With virtual work spaces, electronic whiteboards and teleconferencing, work teams can now be dispersed across countries…

When you come to the fork in the road take it

Finals week is extremely stressful, there’s no doubt there. Students rush through hallways, sleep less, and eat chaotically. It’s basically the worst week of a college student’s life. To keep your sanity…

When have you been most confident at work, in any job? 

I strongly suspect it was when you had a high level of competence in that job. 

I recently had reason to recall the start of my recruitment agency career, in London twenty five years ago. I was twenty two years old. I was working in an office for the first time. I was living out of home for the first time. I was resident in a country that was not my own. I was in a job that I had zero previous experience in…

Here’s the problem; we are great at setting strategic goals but often the problem is getting our teams to actually execute them – hindering progress. Most of the time it’s not because there aren’t enough goals set or that the team is incompetent at achieving them, but rather due to what we call the ‘execution gap’.

 The importance of ‘Certainty’

 Based on current brain science, there are 5 domains that our…

Does your workplace maintain access to its ex corporate elders? No - wisdom forfeited. Yes - wisdom lingers

I attended a recent presentation conducted by HAYS on Diversity in the Workplace and it got me thinking…..  We hear a lot about Diversity being good for business but do Employers and Managers really believe, understand and agree with it?    

Whilst it is great to point out the benefits (which I have…

Recently, the Wall Street Journal published a simple image based article which chronicled the history of office design and its changing form. It seems trying to find the magic workplace layout to increase employee output is not a new phenomenon. Over the years, many of us have been indoctrinated into an open plan office environment in the hope that the productivity will flow. Certainly, research…

Managers and supervisors tend to select those in their own image

By three methods may we learn: Firstly by reflection which is the noblest. Secondly by imitation which is the easiest, and thirdly by experience which is the bitterest. ( Tennyson )

Career interviews done over video-conferencing facilities are becoming more common and relevant these days, with the advent of smart devices and apps. Ashley Milne-Tyte of the Wall Street Journal reported a data from the Aberdeen Group’s 2011 talent acquisition…

Business presentations are essential to communicate projects, management issues, business restructuring, system implementations, marketing strategies, sales successes and so on. The Business Presentation is a pivotal method of communication to clients, staff and executives. How can a Business Presentation be structured to best get the message…

LinkedIn and PWC have recently trumpeted that Australia is the world's worst country for effective white collar recruitment and retention practices due to 23% of new hires quitting their job within 12 months of starting. Our closest cultural cousins, the USA and the UK, were far better with 15% and 12% respectively. 

This information is taken from research undertaken by PWC in analysing the 277 million professionals on LinkedIn as well as 2600 employers and then reported in the white…

The Government has today announced it will start consulting on workplace gender equality reporting requirements, so don't miss your chance to be heard.

According to Minister for Employment, Senator Eric Abetz, the Government wants to "get the balance right between getting…

Recently I read a newspaper article about a ‘progressive’ employer who permitted employees to bring their children with them to work.  The article sited the benefits of this arrangement for…

Two very interesting and relevant US court cases were settled in the past three weeks involving anti-competitive behavior, namely no-headhunting agreements between large and high profile publicly listed companies. 

In the most high profile case, four massive tech firms (Google, Apple, Adobe and Intel) who were the defendants in a class action suit, agreed to a settlement (subject to California court approval) of USD$324 million rather than have the case go to trial. Going to trial,…

Ok this is more of a negative, ‘what you’re doing wrong’ kind of post. So apologies about that, but I’ve had a lot of conversations recently about poor experiences on graduate programs that I felt a need to share what I’ve learnt. Future leadership roles are intended to be filled by the graduate group, and so the purpose of this article is to provide advice on retaining those future leaders and not turning them away.

A word of caution – I’m not implying grads must have it “handed to…

A major competitive advantage of small-to-medium sized businesses over their larger competitors is their inherent ability to be nimble, to adapt and change rapidly to external conditions. A symptom of business growth can be a loss of agility through increased bureaucracy and indecision. This is becoming more evident in a new era of market volatility, sharp advances in technology, introduction of new (and cheaper) products and services at an increasing rate and changes in consumer demand…

A hidden driver of high performing individuals is their mental dexterity or emotional fitness.

 Developing high levels of mental dexterity gives you greater confidence, meaning you are more likely to influence others and hold a higher degree of respect with your peers. It also helps you to become more adaptable and resilient in times of change and uncertainty, harnessing higher levels of self efficacy and ensuring your capacity to work towards goals and being successful in…