Employee Engagement

๐Ÿ‘€ Still โ€œresearchingโ€ AI while your competitors are implementing it?

HR + TA friends โ€” letโ€™s fix that. ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ If youโ€™ve been meaning to upskill in AI but donโ€™t want to fall down a YouTube rabbit hole or get buried in tech-speak, this is for you: โšก๏ธ The AI Masterclass for HR + TA Pros โš™๏ธ Real tools. Real use cases. Zero fluff. ๐Ÿ’ฅ Weโ€™ll […]

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Bullying Is Back: The Rise of Fear-Based Leadership

In this final installment of my series examining the concerning resurgence of outdated management practices, I want to tackle an alarming trend identified by Forbes: the return of strict, authoritarianโ€”or as some might say, bullyingโ€”leadership. In his March 2025 Forbes article, “Bullying Is Back: How Hard-Line Leadership Is Crushing Morale,” Chris Westfall strongly critiques this

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Is There Still Value in the Role of Managers?

Continuing our exploration into the surprising trend of companies reverting to traditional and, some might argue, outdated management practices, today I want to tackle another provocative question: Is there still value in the role of managers? Recent trends indicate a growing skepticism toward middle management. Deloitteโ€™s 2025 Global Human Capital Trends report highlights a significant

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Rank and Yank is Back – But Should It Be?

Last week, I raised the question about whether we’re slipping backwards into outdated management practices. Today, I want to dive deeper into one of the most controversial practices making an unexpected comeback: “rank and yank,” or stack ranking. Made famous (infamous) by Jack Welch at General Electric during the 1980s and 1990s, rank and yank

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๐Ÿš€ **New Edition Alert: Future-Proofed Newsletter!**

Ever felt like you’re constantly hitting a talent wall? Well, you’re not aloneโ€”and there’s a smarter way forward! In the latest edition of my Future-Proofed newsletter, we’re exploring the innovative concept of Role Deconstruction and how itโ€™s reshaping workforce strategies across industries. ๐Ÿ”ง Discover How One Sydney Firm Thrived by Rethinking Roles A forward-thinking engineering

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The Never-Fail Recipe for Employee Retention in 2025

๐Ÿงญ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿต ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒยฎ โ€“ ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ What really drives employee engagement and retention in 2025? Hint: Itโ€™s not just pay. And itโ€™s definitely not ping pong tables. Fifteen years ago, I developed a framework based on 5,000+ exit interviews that identified the real reasons people stay, thrive – or

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The Rise of the Empowered Workforce: A New Era for Leaders and Organizations

In my work as a Business Futurist, I’ve been exploring a fascinating, transformative trend I call “The Rise of the Empowered Workforce.” This shift is fueled by a perfect storm: a critical global skills shortage driven by declining birthrates and amplified by rapid AI adoption, colliding head-on with an increasingly discerning (some would say picky)

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Workplace 2035: Crafting a Modern Talent Strategy in the Age of AI

๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ – ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฅ ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฌ๐—– ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ! I am heading to New York and am thrilled to be hosting an exclusive Executive Roundtable for HR business leaders titled, Workplace 2035: Crafting a Modern Talent Strategy in the Age of AI In an era when AI is revolutionizing the workforce, we

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Worst Office Behaviour

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