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ONBOARDING EMPLOYEES The process of onboarding a new employee is to assist them to integrate into your company and team as smoothly as possible. Onboarding allows you to give your new starter a great first impression of your business and to retain...
POSITION DESCRIPTIONS A position description or job description is a document outlining the duties and responsibilities of a particular role. A position description details what your employee in the role is expected to do and why the position exists. Why are position descriptions...
How to Build a Great Team Culture As experienced HR specialists, we’re often asked what constitutes a great team culture, and how do we go about building one? As with almost everything that relates to people, the answer is never straightforward. There...
Managing underperformance in the workplace Underperformance is a term used when an employee isn’t meeting performance targets, or is behaving in an unacceptable way at work. Underperforming staff members negatively impact productivity and workplace morale problems can escalate if the matter is...
When is casual really casual? Lots of businesses rely upon casual employees, mainly due to the flexibility they afford the business, but be careful! When employing casual workers the employer needs to ensure that they are aware of all the obligations under...
Each year, Western Australian companies spend a fortune trying to make their business operations more efficient. They use analytics to devise complex formulas for improving outputs and develop strategies to reduce operating costs. While these management tools obviously contribute to running...
This morning we’ve had several calls from frustrated business owners asking us “we have employees taking sick days before the public holiday” What can we do…. Here in WA, the Queen’s Birthday is almost upon us, presenting an opportunity for unscrupulous employees...
5 Simple steps for employee happiness Happy employees are critical and the key to having happy customers and following these five suggestions can help your business develop and your team become more productive and positive. As a business owner running a growing business,...
One of the biggest things I hear about in businesses is that communication needs to improve or I’ve been called into help a team when communication has broken down so significantly that the environment has become toxic and a culture of...
Understanding people and getting them to deliver on your requirements is probably one of the most complicated aspects of running any business. The complexities of working with people don’t fit nicely in a spreadsheet. Yet getting the HR and people components...