Be Uplifting

If you are starting to see a trend of people leaving without a ‘real’ reason, it is definitely time to start to investigate why. A likely culprit could be: Office politics. The backbiting, [...]

The rumblings start innocently enough—a few people griping about a people problem within a project. But make no mistake, these vent sessions can fester and turn into a full-blown problem if you [...]

No matter where you work—unless you happen to be a company of one—there’s going to be office politics. Big or small, every organisation deals with the reality that gossiping happens every day. It [...]

If you don’t think it’s important that your employees understand, and hopefully even stand behind, what your business does, then you miss out on some amazing benefits of engaged employees. And, [...]

As a HR/People and Productivity consultant, I quickly determine how high performing an organisation is by asking team members four simple questions. Are you aware of the company values? What is [...]

It’s Monday morning. You’re sipping your coffee, catching up on email and then it hits you: it’s time for the weekly meeting. Eye roll. Grab your laptop or phone and your coffee and head to the [...]

2016 Australian of the Year and Chief of Army Lieutenant General David Morrison famously used the line, “The standard you walk past is the standard you accept,” to push for gender equality in the [...]

Of course, both parties in a hiring situation hope for the best: The new employee will love his or her job, fit in perfectly with the rest of the team AND add value to the business. The reality [...]