Small business urged to do more to promote women in business as wage disparity hits 20-year-low
Research suggests Australia is still 37.5% short of a economic equality for women in business, prompting advocates to call on small business to do more.
Why emotional intelligence is the new black
Emotional intelligence has been said to be twice as important as intellectual ability by the highly respected Harvard Business School.
Is fractional work a threat or a productivity opportunity?
If owners and founders don’t adapt to growing demands for flexible work options, their businesses won't win or retain the best talent.
How Shopify’s chief and founder Tobi Lütke uses priming to change employee behaviour
Time and again the use of environmental primes, or nudges, have been set up in the Shopify offices as a way to shape employee behaviour.
Planning a successful Christmas party: Avoid the common pitfalls with these tips
The humble work Christmas party is a great way to cap off the year, but it can easily go very wrong.
Macquarie boss Shemara Wikramanayake named fifth most powerful woman in the world
Shemara Wikramanayake, the first female chief executive designate of Macquarie Group is fifth on the international version of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women list.
“Impossible to run a business”: Fair Work Commission to force employers to justify flexible work decisions
Employers will have to provide written responses to employees justifying why they've denied flexible work requests, the Fair Work Commission has decided.
Why people are not engaged at work and what you can do about it
Engaged employees can be hard to come by in any business. Here's three things you can do to improve employee engagement.
Why betting company Smarkets lets employees decide how much they get paid
Letting employees decide how much they get paid could be the future of wage negotiation, Smarkets chief executive Jason Trost believes.
EQ and success at work
IQ permits a certain arrogance on the part of those who ‘make the cut’, whereas, with EQ, we are all forever developing.
Bookkeepers, payroll clerks labelled “redundant roles”: The jobs that will rise and fall over the next four years
Many of the jobs small businesses rely on will become "redundant roles" in the coming years, as automation pushes workers into more human-focused occupations.
Facebook posts prove to be key evidence as Fair Work throws out employee’s unfair dismissal bid
The Fair Work Commission relied on numerous Facebook posts as evidence when deciding to throw out this employee's unfair dismissal application.
