Leader
Leader is about understanding who you are and what you are most passionate about. It is very difficult to run a successful business that you are not fully invested in. The Leader of a Best Workplace creates an inspiring vision and embeds organisational values to drive the business by having a highly engaged workforce who are focused on delivering fantastic customer service.
Culture
Culture is best and most often described as “the way we do things around here”. Culture consists of the formal and informal communications, hierarchy, behaviours, rules, processes, rituals, symbols, image, language and management practices that exist in any organisation. Workplace culture will either support or jeopardise the aspirations of a business.
Appointment
Appoint superstars and you and your business are set to succeed. The attraction and selection of superstars is a critical success factor to any successful business. Firstly, you need to be able to attract great people, and then you need to be able to decide on the best person for your business based on ability and culture fit.
Performance
Performance of employees is the biggest indicator of business results. You need all your employees to be productive to meet your business goals. Performance is driven by employees having clear expectations, regular constructive feedback, and recognition of their contribution. As the leader of your business it starts with you setting the expectations for the business and your team.
Recognition
Recognition of individual employee contribution is critical to high levels of employee engagement. Employees (and you) need to feel valued for their contributions to the organisation. Recognition is so much more than money. Money needs to be at an acceptable level but then it’s all about how and what you recognise and reward that motivates employees to give discretionary effort.
Wellbeing
Wellbeing is about creating a happy, healthy and safe workplace for you and your employees. A workplace where your employees are able to thrive and be the best version of themselves. When employees feel calm and safe they will be their most productive. Investing in the health and wellbeing of your employees is the right thing to do, it is a nice thing to do, and it is good for business. It will result in lower levels of absenteeism and employee turnover, and higher levels of productivity.
Podcast
Mat Baxter, UM Australia, winner of the BRW Best Place to Work 2015 shares some great advice on how to motivate and manage people.
Case Study
Discover the substantial benefits that UM Australia experienced and the strategy the company followed to reach their position as the best place to work.
Presentation
Put aside 30 minutes, take a pen and paper and listen to this presentation. Listen carefully and be brutally honest about things you are doing well and could do better in your workplace.
Support
The HR Hotline provides you with an on-call HR advice service from qualified HR professionals to answer questions in relation to a range of HR and employment issues.
Updates
A premier information resource keeping members from every state and industry in Australia up to date on changes to workplace legislation and best practice.
