Culture is the heartbeat of an organisation, the essence that shapes its identity, and the driving force behind both its achievements and the satisfaction of its employees. Read on to see how you can take steps to build your own positive culture in your workplace.

Effective talent acquisition is essential for organisations to access top talent, gain a competitive advantage, drive business growth and success, foster innovation and creativity, enhance employee engagement and retention, and achieve cost savings.

It is a strategic priority that requires careful planning, investment, and execution to ensure long-term success and sustainability.

In the context of organisations, values represent the core principles and beliefs that define the organisation's identity, culture, and purpose. Organisational values provide a framework for decision-making, guide behaviour, and shape the organisation's relationships with stakeholders.

Collaboration in the workplace is essential for driving innovation, improving productivity, fostering positive relationships, and delivering superior outcomes for both employees and customers. By promoting a collaborative culture, organisations can create an environment where individuals thrive, teams excel, and the business succeeds.

It’s common knowledge (or at least we hope?!) that the success and growth of any company are inherently tied to the wellbeing and productivity of its employees. However, creating an environment that fosters positivity, growth, and success requires deliberate and concentrated effort and attention.

Just what is Organisational Development anyway… why should I care… oh, better profits. Yes, please!

As Halloween approaches, the world seems to be overrun by spooky creatures and monsters lurking in the shadows. While these creatures may be the stuff of nightmares in our personal lives, they also bear a striking resemblance to some of the challenges we face in the workplace.

It never fails to surprise us that when the majority of business plan their business growth, the considerations of their People Strategy are (usually) pretty non existent.

We’ve said it before and we’ll keep saying it.

A business will succeed or fail because of the people in it.

So what are the 9 things stopping your business growth and what do you need to do about it?

It’s arrived – the start of Quarter 2 and like many other business owners, you have probably just completed your next cycle of 90 day planning. That’s awesome, we have too!

How many of those plans are directed specifically toward your people?

L.O.V.E is in the workplace! This month we are challenging you to commit to bringing more L.O.V.E to YOUR workplace. Read this month’s blog to find out all about what L.O.V.E in the workplace can look like, then follow us on social to discover tips and hints to bring this all to life.

It’s the start of a new year and coming back from a break can be a tough transition. Couple that with the seemingly never-ending “new year, new me” posts and it’s no wonder we can start to feel overwhelmed.

Whatever your business aspirations are, whether you are maintaining, growing or developing your business, you need to think about your people strategy and the sooner you do, the sooner you can start reaping the rewards.

Well, we can cut out the apocalyptical scare mongering that science fiction gives us and deal with the issue head on. The issue of being human in the workplace.

Basically, we want more of it, and I’m going to tell you why.

Human beings while unique, share something in common. We are all insecure. Some may be better at hiding it than others, but its there in all of us.

In all likelihood you will have heard about the spaghetti test. This was an experiment that challenged various groups of people to build the tallest structure possible out of stands of uncooked spaghetti, string, tape and 1 marshmallow – which had to be on the top of the structure.