The do’s and don’ts for providing feedback

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The do’s and don’ts for providing feedback

Providing feedback to your employees can be difficult, especially if that feedback isn’t positive.

How do you provide feedback to your employees?  Here are the do's and don'ts for providing feedback to your employees... Some employers opt to provide negative feedback in the form of a ‘feedback sandwich’ providing positive, negative and then positive feedback again.  This acts to ‘soften the blow’ for what the employer actually wants to tell the employee.  However, this can come across as insincere a
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How to manage poor performance in your Workplace

Across Australia, in any industry or workplace, you will meet Employers dealing with poor performance from their team members. The impacts of this can have far reaching consequences, and if left untreated, can severely damage the spirit and future performance of your team.

According to recent studies, the most common causes of poor performance are absenteeism, lateness and inconsistent standards of work related tasks and duties.

Research suggests that absenteeism costs
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Allowing Employees to work from home – does it work?

In today’s digital age, more and more businesses can allow their employees to work remotely. Home offices can benefit both employees and employers, and lead to decreased costs and increased productivity. As someone who has worked from home for many years, here are some advantages to allowing your workers to stay at home. They’ll be more productive. A recent study found that employees who work from home are 13 percent more productive compared with their in-office team mates. When deadlines are looming, sometimes its h
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Planning for Annual Leave. It makes it that much sweeter….

Bustling markets, rich in character and ripe with the aroma of traditional street food. White sand beaches, hot underfoot with crystal clear oceans gleaming in the sun light. There is no doubt that we all enjoy taking some well-deserved annual leave and heading off for a bit of R&R or on a whirlwind adventure. In the excitement of counting down to the big day, it can be easy to focus more on the trip ahead, and forget about the team and clients/customers you will be leaving behind. En

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Maximising Productivity in the Workplace

Top 7 ways to improve Workplace Productivity

As Australians, we work very hard however productivity, innovation and efficiency are always key in the workplace.  So how can we be more productive?  There are many ways we can do this and there is not a one size fits all but here are a few tips to increase workplace productivity. 

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Absent…but still at work?

Employees can be physically absent from work, but what happens when they are ‘absent’ when they are still working? There can be many reasons for this - some employees might feel unmotivated or under challenged in their current role, some may be looking for another job already and just riding it out until they secure one and some might have already given notice but really have no desire to still be there for their notice period. In situations such as this, Employers need to act. If an Employee gives notice and it’
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How do you deal with Employee HR questions?

Your business is what you do best, it's what you know and what you work hard at.  But, managing people and being faced with employee HR questions?  Some of them are tricky, difficult and in most cases not something that business owners know enough about to give the right answer.  Infact, many business owners/managers will pretty quickly turn the other way when the topic of Human Resources is raised.  So, how do you deal with employee relations questions? What do you do whe
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Strategies to make your employees as effective as possible

Read about key effective strategies for your employees to make the most out of their working day... These days, employees are spending more and more time at the office–certainly exceeding the typical 40-hour workweek. However, increasing hours worked does not necessarily translate to increased efficiency.  So, how can leaders and managers improve employee productivity while still saving time? Here are some top tips of things you can do to increase employee efficiency in your business:

Enable flexible work

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Happy New Year’s Resolutions!

Welcome Back!  It's 2017.

The start of a New Year calls for some New Year's Resolutions. New Year’s resolutions don’t just have to be personal, such as getting fit, or cutting out sugar, they can be business focused too. Perhaps you have management resolutions in place, such as ideas around reviewing your staff management to assist in a more successful and productive year? Plans to get more organised or exploring new systems/technology to help you work more effectively may also be on your list.

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