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Mathan Allington

Mathan Allington is Head of Marketing at Compono, where he writes about hiring, culture, capability and the people-insight side of HR that most tools ignore. He turns behavioural science and workforce data into decisions HR teams can actually defend, and has spent his career building demand for B2B software across Australia and beyond.

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What causes employee turnover and how to prevent it

Employee turnover is usually driven by poor management, a lack of growth, and a mismatch between a person's work personality and their daily job. Pay matters, but the manager relationship and cultural fit are the factors that most often push good...

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How to measure and maximise your HR investment ROI

HR investment ROI is the net financial gain from your people initiatives divided by their total cost, then expressed as a percentage. Calculating it...

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Unlocking potential with modern ANZ HR technology

ANZ HR technology is software built for Australian and New Zealand employers that goes past payroll and record-keeping to give leaders workforce...

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HR tech trends 2026: the future of workforce intelligence

The defining HR tech trends of 2026 are workforce intelligence, predictive personality mapping in team design, multi-dimensional hiring that scores...

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How to conduct a skills gap analysis for your team

A skills gap analysis is a structured comparison between the skills your organisation has today and the skills it will need to hit its objectives...

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How to fix the hidden costs of incomplete HR tech

Incomplete HR tech costs you in three ways: fragmented data that hides what is really happening in your teams, manual workarounds that drain HR time,...

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How to choose the best employee engagement software Australia

The best employee engagement software in Australia helps you measure, manage and improve the connection employees have with their work and...

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HR tech for Australian business: a guide to smarter growth

HR tech for Australian business helps leaders move past manual spreadsheets to build data-driven cultures that attract and keep good people in a...

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Choosing the best recruitment platform for mid-market businesses

The best recruitment platform for a mid-market business solves two problems at once: it runs hiring efficiently at growing volume, and it tells you...

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