Mathan Allington

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Treat people how they want to be treated (the platinum rule for leading diverse teams)

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Culture is not an event (it's the sum of your micro decisions)

Mathan Allington:

Sharon Gray doesn't think culture is academic. She thinks it's everything.

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The unconventional path (and why the best people leaders never started in HR)

Mathan Allington:

Edan Haddock was arranging wedding bouquets when most HR professionals were writing their first performance review.

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AI won't replace HR (but it will expose who's been coasting)

Mathan Allington:

One of Movember's founders pulled Edan Haddock aside and asked him, point blank, what on earth he was doing. "We're humanistic. Why are you bringing...

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The 'Brilliant Jerk' problem (and why every winner has a bad hire story)

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Alex Pusenjak was sitting across from someone who ticked every box. The technical skills were sharp. The KPIs were being smashed. On paper, this...

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Purpose is the new perk (and why mission-driven cultures are winning the talent war)

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Sharon Gray went home and asked her kids.

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From cost centre to command centre: how HR leaders are rewriting their own story

Mathan Allington:

Somewhere in the middle of Matt McFarlane's interview, he said something that made everyone pause. "We already are strategic, we're just doing a...

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Meet the HR Influence Awards 2026, Top 12 ANZ

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The HR Influence Awards 2026, Top 12 ANZ have been announced, and we could not be prouder of this group.

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HR Influence Awards: Nominations are open for the Top 12 ANZ

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There’s plenty of HR content online. Hot takes. Frameworks. Templates. Threads. But real influence is rarer. It’s the HR contributors whose work...