Trends that will develop: Fewer workers and reliance on a more diverse talent pool will challenge the structure of organisations Innovative ways will be needed to align business objectives with...

The task ahead. Managers need to: Understnd the demographic changes that will fundamentally change the labour market. Look at the education, skills and competencies required by business and create a...

Thirty years ago, leadership implied outcomes, management by objectives, fifteen years ago it was about quality management, how to manage intellectual property. Now references are to "imaginative...

Businesses must inspire staff: Business leaders will inspire innovation through the way they treat staff every day. The more staff feel supported the more inclined they will be to think of and try...

Contracted employees perform tasks rathr than work for the enterprise. This can lead to a fundamental breakdown of employee loyalty and a pervasive alienation and cynicism. Junior managers and new...

Up tp 1.9 million self-employed Australians are facing changes that will: end contractor's existing minimum pay protections Outlaw restrictions on the numbers of labour-hire contractors companies...

Deloitte is offering an increase in flexible working arrangements for staff, resulting in an increase in the number of employees returning from parental leave (up from 67% in 2004 to 81% in 2005)....

Employees who choose to stay with a company will tell you its all about cultural fit. Lack of career opportunity was the main reason cited for staff leaving. the market position and reputation of the...

Before refusing a request for flexible work practice an employer must first consider: Does the existing workplace policy disadvantage women or carers? Would a refusal to change the policy be...

Employers have to accept that they cannot plug skills shortages by hiring new. younger staff. In the past 18 months workers in the age bracket 18-24 have had larger than average salary increases....