Challenging quotes #4

Don't wish it were easier;  wish you were better - Jim Rohn … [Read more...]

Challenging quotes #3

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try.  – Debbi Fields … [Read more...]

Encouraging Life quotes – #3

Your life doesn't get better by chance ... it gets better by change - Unknown … [Read more...]

Workplace Culture is the key …

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As managers, how to improve employee performance is often right under our nose, yet rarely spoken of or addressed. Most people understand that workplace culture is important, but they don't understand it in simple terms … in that sometimes … [Read more...]

Challenging quotes #2

'Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character. The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the feelings he subdues ... not by the power of those which subdue him.' - William Carleton  … [Read more...]

People development – overlooked by technically-minded managers

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21/02/2013 It is notably more difficult to focus technically-minded managers on the development of their employees … but it is not impossible and it is increasingly necessary. Organisations must realise that when they ask these managers to … [Read more...]

Performance Reviews – stifle regular feedback

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Recently, an HR expert and author was calling for an end to traditional performance reviews, arguing they actually stop managers from providing useful feedback to their team members. Holding once or twice yearly reviews stifles more effective … [Read more...]

Challenging quotes #1

To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult. – Johann Wolfgang Von Goeth … [Read more...]

Encouraging Life quotes #2

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. - Nelson Mandella … [Read more...]

Combat talent shortage – nurture top performers

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The threat of a talent shortage is nothing new for Australian companies; studies consistently show that the issue will continue to persist for years to come. A recent 2012 survey found that 50 per cent of employers in Australia are having … [Read more...]