Well what a question to ask me – I married the boss!!! If you want to know the full story you will have to book me in for a coffee. However I still have a professional view on this question, and I would like to […]
Some weeks are slow on the Q&A front then it just pours questions!! So here I am sitting in Cornwall (UK), on holiday enjoying a very nice English summer while its cold an wet at home blogging 🙂 So this question comes from another […]
The office environment has evolved over the past decade. From typewriters, fax machines to working in primitive layouts that reflected the rigid manufacturing industry to crowded little cubby holes deprived of natural light with executives enjoying the scenery from their private offices and smoking rooms! […]
I know as a small biz owner you are questioning the “need” for workplace policies, if your entertaining the “need” then your thinking expensive consultants, loads of wordy documents that you don’t really understand, that don’t reflect your workplace culture nor fit your budget?! […]
So many companies still see their brand as an external resource that show’s potential customers who they are, they fail to realise that it is the window company culture is often seen through. Just because you have your brand messaging pinned to staff room walls, […]
It might be this years HR buzz however onboarding is nothing new. Businesses have been onboarding for years, the point of difference now is the focus on culture and a move away from ticking boxes. HR departments have created forms, written processes, monitored progress, given […]
H = Human U = Unique M = Mindful A = Articulate N = Nurturing R = Resourceful E = Encouraging S = Successful O = Outstanding U = understanding R = Respectful E = Emotional S = SME HR is – = an overhead cost that […]
Everyone has been in this situation at some point in their working lives, or have they? I work with numerous SMEs and large organisations where people have been promoted or hired into people managing positions without prior people management experience. In some organisations this is […]
Rory and I met through work, VP and HR lead meet and fall in love, quite the fairy tale. He was living in Sydney at the time and I in Auckland with my 4 year old daughter Sophie Lee, now 8 years old. Cutting a […]
A Great article by the Huffington Post – Had to share. The Brutal Truth about those Pyramid Schemes