Don’t like performance reviews? Here’s how you can improve them in a hybrid work environment
Here are three challenges that employers and their employees will face when conducting performance reviews in a hybrid workplace, and the ways they can overcome them.
How Dai Le’s resilience and persistence helped her win Fowler as an independent
Dai Le took the seat of Fowler in south-west Sydney, a seat that had been held by Labor since 1984 and that star candidate Kristina Keneally was hoping to win.
Worker shortages, inflation, and climate: Here are the key small business concerns as Labor takes power
Sensing the potential for a Labor shake-up in Canberra, small business organisations have expressed their key concerns.
“Dolphins never hurt you”: The professional lives of five MPs before politics
From fashion to energy and even dolphin training, here's what sort of expertise a handful of incoming MPs are bringing to shake up the Parliament of Australia.
What the Albanese government can do to end wage ‘theft’
"The complexity of the awards that outline minimum pay rates and conditions of employment result in many employers unknowingly underpaying their workers," writes Pitcher Partners' Sudha Viswanathan.
How one cohort of candidates completely changed the course of Australian politics
These powerful new parliamentary members never wavered from a clear vision, one the Liberals failed to counter.
What small businesses and startups can expect from the new Labor government
Prime Minister elect Anthony Albanese and senior Labor MPs have outlined the party's economic vision.
Women ‘doing it all’ is a myth. It’s time for business and government to step up and help
It’s time we recognise the notion of women ‘doing it all on our own’ for what it is. A myth. An impossible fiction that's damaging to women’s identities and demeaning to our value.
UNICEF and Parents at Work certify 70 employers as Family Inclusive Workplaces
One year since the launch of Family Friendly Workplaces by UNICEF Australia and Parents at Work, 70 employers have been officially certified as a ‘Family Inclusive Workplace’ from hundreds of applicants.
The confrontation conversation: How to deliver tough feedback
In this extract from Let's Talk Culture, Shane Hatton breaks down a process leaders can follow when approaching difficult conversations.
Walk the talk: The blueprint Australian business leaders need to tackle our mental health crisis
A new study by Diversity Council Australia shows mental health in Australian workplaces is a tale of two halves: senior executives are finding ways to cope with mental health challenges, while employees in entry level and non-managerial positions are finding it harder.
Intrepid Travel’s ANZ leadership team to be all-female for the first time
For the first time in its 33 year history, the world’s largest travel operator Intrepid Travel has an all-female regional leadership team operating in Australia and New Zealand.