Mountains of empirical evidence show that Best Employer companies achieve on average four times the profit growth of other organisations. They perform three times better when it comes to comparative stock market returns. The reality is that profits don’t create great workplaces – it’s the other way around.
The first time I realised that the way I thought about training was very different to many business owners came in a conversation I had with a neighbour some years ago. I told Mick, the owner of a large maintenance business that I’d spent the morning running a seminar. ‘Feeding the chooks you mean,’ he …
Effective Up-Skilling – Not Just Feeding The Chooks! Read More »
Last weekend my husband was lying on the couch reading the newspaper (yes, he’s still one of those people that actually reads them) when he drew my attention to a full-page colour hiring ad seeking workers to build the new AUKUS nuclear submarines. He knows I love talking about recruitment, so this was either some …
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When Victorian dairy farmers, Jim and Nancy, attended one of my masterclasses last year they were close to giving up their business. The 70-year-olds owned one of Australia’s largest herds, and were exhausted. Chronic staff shortages meant that after years of running a highly successful business, the couple were now milking every day and hadn’t …
What is the difference between an organisation that increases its profits by 80% in one year and one that loses 140 -180 employees every month? The answer often lies in attitude. Consider these 2 business case studies – one where management operate like Big Brother, and the other with a more inclusive, benevolent approach. The …
As manager of a retail store many years ago, I started employing temporary and casual workers to fill in for absent employees. The trend caught on and soon my organization, global travel retailer Flight Centre, was employing ‘temps’ across the globe. The practice became so entrenched that one enterprising employee even started her own temp …