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NZ Rugby Head of People: Vulnerability is Urgently Needed in Leadership
For 125 years, rugby has been the sporting backbone of NZ culture, a sport celebrated for its focus on teamwork, respect and promoting a fun and healthy lifestyle. However, In 2016 New Zealand Rugby f …
What are the Secrets to HR Technology Success? The Research Is In
Today's HR leaders face rapidly changing workforce environments that require management of an overwhelming amount of data. The business case for HR systems is no longer a debate, but figuring out how …
Nokia's 7 Step Approach for Turning Managers Into Leaders
As the former market leader in mobile phones, Nokia has been challenged on a number of fronts in recent years, including increased market competition, changing demographic and consumer preferences as …
How to Use Employee Stories to Strengthen Your Employer Brand
Storytelling isn't a new idea. It's how information has been passed down from generation to generation since cave drawings and ancient hieroglyphics. In our modern age, when done strategically and tho …
Does Engagement Drive Performance? The Chicken and Egg Question
If you have ever linked employee engagement scores to business outcomes (sales volume, customer satisfaction, financial & operational performance, etc.), you have likely been part of a “chicken or egg …
6 Ways of Creating a Learning Culture
Learning is no longer just the role of students or apprentices. Technological advances, such as AI and automation, are creating an environment of almost constant change. Organisations that don't encou …
5 Steps You Need to Take for HR Analytics Success
HR executives have a wealth of information at their fingertips: data on employee performance, onboarding, recruiting campaigns, and much more. You would assume this knowledge would translate to the po …
Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Know Tools Can't Fix Collaboration. Here's What They Do Instead
When I see high-performing teams working well together, I can attribute their success to three things every time: their people, tools, and practices. When I see dysfunctional teams, they almost always …
Building a Learning Ecosystem: Insights from Amazon's Senior Learning Strategist
Online and social learning reduces the cost of training, expands the ability to reach a larger audience for your content, and increases the speed at which learning experiences can be accessed and offe …
Blended Learning is Opening Internal Development Paths at Defence Health
“How can we get there if we don't know where THERE is?” employees of Defence Health were often wondering when it came to their career progression. Although they had impressive levels of staff engageme …