1 July 2015

Farewell to the Financial Year – So, What’s Next?

Welcome to the new financial year, though for most of us, the old one still hangs on doggedly and will do so for a few more weeks. The new financial... Read more...

24 June 2015

People Join Managers and Leave Managers

Late last century Marcus Buckingham gave us the insight that ‘people join companies and leave managers’.  Times have changed, people have changed and it would appear that Buckingham’s insight has... Read more...

19 June 2015

The Arc of a Story

I was presenting at a senior HR conference this week in Sydney, and my subject was ‘Mastering Presentations’.  Dang, talk about raising the stakes – giving a presentation on presentation... Read more...

12 June 2015

Why you actually need to think about HR

As an HR professional, I got a little scared even writing that title – is it possible that some people don’t think about HR or even think it doesn’t actually... Read more...

10 June 2015

Identify Your Contra Values

We’ve worked in a range of companies and now, as consultants, get to interact with many more, from large to small. Almost without exception, these companies have nothing but positive... Read more...

28 May 2015

The One Question Succession Plan

How many hours are devoted to succession planning in your organisation? Are you happy with both the process and the outcome? Does the process result in a pipeline of ‘ready... Read more...

HR Mastery 22 May 2015

Become an HR Master – 6 Reasons to come to our HR Mastery Program

The HR Mastery Program Register You might have noticed we write a lot about the HR function, providing our POV and insights into what we do, how we do it... Read more...

20 May 2015

BLOG SERIES: The Most Memorable Thing I Have Learnt

The most memorable thing I have learnt My colleague, Glen Petersen has asked the Partners at Generator Talent and our clients and friends to write a brief blog in answer... Read more...

15 May 2015

What your HR Persona says about your Leadership Style

A word that you don’t see much in common use these days, persona evolved from an ancient Greek term to describe the masks actors used in plays.  Short of talent,... Read more...

13 May 2015

This thing called work, I just can’t handle it….

Who came up with idea that 5 days a week, and 40+ hours is the way ‘work’ should work? A lot of us grew up in the world where this... Read more...

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