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Hug Your Boss Day
Hug Your Boss Day is celebrated every year on September 13. The intention of the day is to show your boss how much you appreciate them...

Collaboration is critical...
Is there an opportunity to create a dedicated Taskforce concerned with integrated talent management across the resources industry?

Invest now for the long-term....
Think beyond the need to just "recruit now" and plan for the long-term sustainability of your business.

Holistic approach to workforce planning...
Part three explores ways of addressing the Australian skills shortages.

Culture eats strategy for breakfast
Building and maintaining a strong company culture will play a key role in reducing the impact of a resources skills shortage.

Closing the gap, WA's skills shortage
Pit Crew’s Resources Sector Workforce Report got me thinking – what can we do differently to address WA’s skills shortage?


Investigating WA’s attitudes to technology in the workforce
It’s no secret that over this past decade there have been incredible developments in technology

Happy birthday Josh
Thirty years ago today at precisely 7.20am, I became a mother for the first time. It is one of the most defining moments of my life – I...

Are you striking the right balance?
Are you on the "outsource / insource / shared services / offshore / backshore / centralise / decentralise" merry-go-round again?...

Loneliness at work
I had the privilege of being interviewed by the fabulous Jenny Cole for her Positively Beaming Collective. (More about that here) One of...

Recruitment is like dating - it's all about tolerance levels
A wise woman once told me “If your reality doesn’t meet your expectations – change one or the other…” How much tolerance do you have...

The three offshoring & outsourcing traps
Are you a subscriber to Theory E in change management? This singular focus links directly to the number one mistake companies make when...

Skills of the here and now... leadership and people management
April seems so long ago… my post at the beginning of April about our future workforce and skills of the future being here with a...

9 Workforce Trends post COVID-19
According to the latest Gartner research, post-COVID19 there are nine trends that businesses will need to focus on and assess for...

3 blocks to build on as we start the recovery from COVID-19
Digital workplaces are now the norm (hallelujah!), but there are other side-effects that have come out of COVID-19 and will continue to...

Mother's Day
The first in five years where I've had both my children within touching distance and, I have to say, it is a huge relief for my anxiety...

So…. now what and what next? Are you prepared for what happens after restrictions are lifted?
You and your team have been working remotely, some employees and leaders thriving, others not so much. You have sprinted your way to...

The Future of Work? Skills of the future?
What has become very clear over the course of the last few weeks, is that the skills of the future and our future workforce is here with...

Remote working - how to make it work
After my last post, many people reached out for support on remote working and how to keep connected through what are increasingly anxious...

COVID19: is it the step-change we need to actually understand that remote working, works?
Attitudes towards remote working reminds me of the onset of ATM’s – until we were forced to use them, we didn’t want to… but where would...
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