Australia has undertaken a massive social experiment in flexible ways of working. As the new financial year begins, the immediate practicalities of getting staff to work from home effectively have mostly been addressed, boosted by the re-opening of schools. Slowly, social distancing restrictions are lifting in some Australian states, with many offices and places of […]
Many of us are starting to plan a return to the office as restrictions ease in many states (except of course Victoria) and we gingerly emerge from the character-building exile to our Home Office, cheerfully bidding a fond farewell to spending hours each day on Zoom yet dreading the resumption of the daily commute. Hopefully […]
In May this year, it was reported that “nearly half (46%) of all working Australians working from home in late April and early May”. If you are a HR manager, it might be tempting to wish that with such a large proportion of staff working remotely, instances of bullying might slow during these strange times. […]
Not so long ago, before lockdown, we took many things for granted, in our workplace and in our personal lives. For most of us worker-bees, it was axiomatic that we had “the workplace”, that shared physical space where we shared the daily tasks, encounters, frustrations, joys, rituals, meetings and celebrations of our respective workplaces. And […]
Raised Expectations In the final report of the banking Royal Commission in 2019, Commissioner Hayne described workplace culture as a “root cause” of misconduct in the financial services industry. A prompt regulatory change after the release of the Hayne report was the introduction of additional requirements on ASX-listed companies in the area of ethics and […]
In response to COVID-19, there has been an unprecendented workplace shift as offices close and people work remotely from home. Of course, working remotely presents a whole new set of people risks for organisations to manage. In this webinar Grevis Beard explored various ways to manage scattered teams, remote workers, and the present but invisible […]
This year is tough. It is incredible to think that only four months ago Australia was still coming to terms with the devastation of the bushfires. As Australia’s bushfire season officially closed on 31 March 2020, we were already experiencing the spread of COVID-19 around Australia with virus related deaths already reaching three quarters of […]
In these current times of uncertainty, daily virus updates and general shut-down, I found The Queen’s recent message both inspiring and positive. I hope you did too. But if I might take the liberty (like the late Lord Altrincham) of providing one small piece of constructive advice to our monarch, it would be for Her […]
Since the social distancing restrictions have begun, each day feels like about a week. The speed of changes happening across the economy and broader society mean that day to day life has slowed to a snail’s pace in comparison. I was doing a Wine Zoom with a friend the other night (I quite like the […]
We truly are living in unprecedented times. The rapidly evolving situation with COVID-19 is unpredictable and beyond our control. The shattering impact the protective measures are having on many of our professional and personal lives and the constant stream of more bad news makes it hard to think about anything else and it is easy […]