No matter the size or stage your business is currently at, having employees leave is just bad for business. If you want to avoid this negativity, it’s best to retain your best employees. And, you can do that by following these six tips. 1. Hire Selectively Before you can begin to retain employees, you have to make sure that you have the right employees to begin with. 2. Offer a Competitive Benefits Package Salary If you want to keep top-notch talent, then you’re going to

We hear it all the time, our most valuable asset is our people. But what do we do as leaders to support these words. As great leaders, we need to continually review what we are asking of our people and focus on our behaviours to ensure we are maximising their full potential and fully utilising the talents they have on offer. If we do not, we will find ourselves with a resource crisis • Time, they say, is what each employee has to dedicate to productive work daily (that do

We often feel that the point an employee hands in their resignation is the point of decision making and exit. The truth of the matter is that resignation is a far more complex process than writing an email to your boss. To get to the point of resignation an employee goes through a process of mindset adjustment before they make the ultimate decision to hand over their resignation letter. The first stage that is often un-noticed is what is called ‘Social Disengagement’. This

Working remotely may be one of the most challenging things we need to face in the current environment. Here are some of the key challenges and tips for you and your team. 1. A Sense of Isolation Without the social interaction of the normal workplace, it’s easy for workers to feel lonely. Ensure you schedule regular online meetings and events to enable your people to feel part of a team. 2. A Lack of Personal Interaction Workers need to be able to see you. It’s important be

Below is a summary of an article by Aaron Goonrey, Partner, and Mayomi Kondasinghe, Graduate, Lander & Rogers At the heart of the issue is an employer’s legal obligation to ensure the health and safety of its employees. COVID-19 is a risk to health and safety in the workplace, which employers are required to manage. Work/Occupational Health & Safety obligations The NSW Personal Injury Commission recently published a decision in which an employer was held to be liable for a

The biggest challenge for a leader in a crisis, not matter how big or small the crisis may be is to create a level of calmness and certainty for the team. The key to this is collaboration and frequent and honest communication. The leader sets the tone and as such needs to partner with their team to create a safe and secure future and vision for the team, so they are all working towards the end goal in unison. To be highly successful in these challenging times and to support

Here are some things you can do to maintain momentum and help your workers navigate through such a unique and difficult time. 1. Make daily check-ins a priority This gives workers the chance to ask questions, get answers and raise any concerns. You could use video conferences for daily check-ins and face-to-face meetings, email and text for quick messages, and one-on-one video calls for more sensitive issues. 2. Be supportive Keep in touch and make sure your workers are co