Employee engagement is no longer about perks. Here’s what replaced it
Employees have begun looking beyond material offerings and assessing how they feel about the company they work for — and that requires a different approach.
If you want high performance, act like a SME
The key to unlocking exceptional results lies not only in expansive budgets and top-tier talent but also in the nimble and adaptive practices of SMEs.
How small businesses can support new and expectant parents in three simple ways
One of the biggest ways you can support expectant and new parents in your business is to build a culture that puts their wellbeing front and centre. Best of all? It doesn’t cost a cent!
Smart50 Workplaces 2023: What can these Top Performers teach you about hiring and retention?
SmartCompany is pleased to reveal our inaugural Smart50 Workplaces, leading the list were our six category top performers.
In the age of quiet quitting, here’s how to build a positive workplace culture
While some employers might be annoyed by workplace memes and double down on bad behaviour, the memes and trends should ultimately be cause for reflection: How many of your employees are quiet quitters? Could you be accused of quiet hiring?
Performance reviews should not just be an annual exercise — here’s why
Performance reviews can be the key to engaged, high-performing employees, but many of us are still stuck in the past with our approach. Here’s how to future-proof your review process, to make it enjoyable, effective and inclusive.
Chinese companies are reinventing management. Here are some tips for your business
China’s companies have long been acclaimed for their manufacturing prowess and, more recently, for their pragmatic approach to innovation. Now they are reinventing the role of management through an approach the authors call “digitally enhanced directed autonomy,” or DEDA.
There are reasons why staff ignore your emails. Here’s the fix
We spend a huge amount of time writing and receiving emails, and yet, employees regularly disregard messages. So what can you do about it?
Six Cs to check when going into business with a friend
As Amy Parfett and her best friend approach eight years since launching Wedshed, she says working together has had an unmatched upside.
Three reasons why almost every company does a terrible job onboarding new staff
There are three structural reasons contributing to widespread ineffective onboarding.
Study reveals hybrid work shift has business leaders struggling with productivity paranoia
Approximately 85% of leaders surveyed by Microsoft say the shift to hybrid work has made it challenging to have confidence that employees are being productive.
More managers are employing “bossware” surveillance technology, but it comes with big risks
It is managers’ desire — which technology enables — to know more than they can, and to trust workers less than they should. Bossware promises managers that illusion.