April was a record month for our Consulting area, a popular area is around the Employee Relations and Industrial Relations legislation. We are lucky to have our own legal experts as part of our service offering. The team at Optimum Legal have compiled the top 5 ER/IR myths: It is against the law to give
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From Chaos to Productivity – 7 Tips!
How many of us work in chaos? How many of us think we do not have enough hours in the day to do our job? At certain points in time all of us! Take a moment to think about a situation when you have been out of control at work: everyone wants a piece of
How to Better Understand and Avoid Work Stress
Work stress is very common. And many of us can be quite blasé about it. However, we should not be so flippant as work stress can often lead to significant health consequences, like colds and flues, to more serious complications like heart disease. We need to take a closer look into understanding work stress to
Are You Winning Gold Medals At Work?
As the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games slowly drifts away into history, it got me thinking about what it takes to put in a Gold Medal performance at work and how to replicate high performance again and again. There’s got to be more to work than just getting paid For many in the workforce, they
How to De-stress During the Work Week
I don’t know about you, but I like to make my weeks at work as stress free as possible. While I understand that there are always going to be certain pressures that cannot be avoided, I also am a big believer in the little things that you can do to help calm things down. So,
One Simple Way to Work Smarter, Not Harder!
One trend which has gained a lot of traction over the past few years is the idea of working smarter, not harder. Businesses have started embracing this idea, and it’s difficult to go a day without hearing the phrase mentioned somewhere. The idea of working smarter not harder is great, but the execution of this
Performance, Performance, Performance!!
The time is here (or soon will be) that your HR department will remind you that it is time for you to do your Performance Reviews. Unless you are the lucky people that have changed to a more continuous improvement methodology and performance is a normal. If you are thinking of revamping your performance process
How to aim for (and actually hit) the stars!
After a briefing with an advertising agency and our goals for the coming year, the agency’s managing director came up to me and said, “I like your style. ‘To hit the trees, aim for the stars,’” he said. He was referring to our stretch goals for the year, and he was genuinely impressed that he
The Big Talent Challenges for 2018 – What are yours?
As we launch full on into another year (doesn’t time go quickly?!) I thought I would reflect on what our clients have told us through the last quarter of 2017 when we asked this simple question: “What people challenges are you going to face in the next 12-18 months?” From the responses there seems to