The Direction – January 2016
Note from our Director
Happy New Year! Last month I couldn’t believe it was Christmas now I can’t believe we are well and truly into a New Year! Welcome to our first edition of The Direction for the year – inspiring you towards maximising performance and productivity of your team. We hope you have had a good start to the year and have a brilliant 2016!
If you would like to discuss any of the issues covered in the newsletter or anything else please contact us on 07 3890 2066 or admin@hrbd.com.au.
Inspiring thoughts…..
Great Workplaces? – I read an article recently about the 20 best workplaces in retail and it was interesting to see the reasons as to why they were determined to be the best workplaces…. Read more
How to get your team excited about their work in 2016! – If you’re like most people, you can use January as a time to rest – a time to think about the successes an challenges of the previous year ….. Read more
I want it now….but wait, do you really? – We certainly Live in a society today where people are becoming accustomed to getting what they want or what they need to know about almost instantly .… Read more
Industry News
Seven Queensland Industry Sectors have been identified as requiring a targeted effort to improve safety in order to keep the state’s work injury rate trending down…. Read more
The CBA drives success through predictive analytics – to help them to drive action today that avoids a problem tomorrow…. Read more
Case Summaries
Worker successfully claims compo after slipping in shower – In June 2015, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QITC) ruled worker Robert Ziebarth’s back injury…. Read more
Industry Statistics
Increasing employee engagement investments by 10% can increase profits by $2,400 per employee per year. (Workplace Research Foundation)
Only 29% of high performers are also high-potential employees. (Corporate Leadership Council High-Potential Management Survey)
Announcements
The final report into Australia’s Workplace Relations Framework was released just prior to Christmas by the Productivity Commission….Read more
Clients
Thanks TVS architects, always great working with you and catching up and discussing the impact of changes in your business to HR related issues… Read more
Looking for more inspiration….
Join our LinkedIn group – Inspiring Greater Than HR and join in the conversation. Be Inspired. Inspire Others. Greater than HR. Some recent discussions:
Ø Embracing the cloud for better team productivity
Ø The right way to off-board a departing employee
Ø Our workforce in the future