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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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Boosting employee engagement for better business outcomes

Employee engagement is much more than a buzzword or a trending topic in HR circles. It’s the secret sauce behind thriving workplaces, motivated teams, and positive business outcomes. Yet, achieving truly engaged employees takes more than an...

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The Best Employee Engagement Model to Enhance Workplace Motivation

The best employee engagement model is the one that connects engagement to outcomes you can measure. Four frameworks dominate the field: Gallup's Q12,...

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Unlocking the Power of Alignment: A Revolutionary Approach to Organisational Success

Misalignment. It’s a word that sends shivers down the spine of business leaders everywhere. When employees and organisations aren’t on the same page,...

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10 Employee Recognition Ideas to Boost Engagement and Morale

The most effective employee recognition ideas are specific, timely and tied to real behaviour: peer-to-peer shout-outs, milestone celebrations, a...

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4 Steps to Develop a Successful Human Resource Strategy

To develop a human resource strategy, work through four steps: assess your business goals, evaluate your current HR capability against them, set...

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The Strategic Importance of Measuring Company Culture

You measure company culture because the gap between how work happens now and how your people believe it should happen predicts performance problems...

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Understanding Assessment Personality Tools and Their Impact

Personality assessment tools measure how people naturally behave and prefer to work, usually through structured self-report questionnaires....

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7 Free Personality Tests for Employees to Boost Engagement

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How to post job ads on LinkedIn: A step-by-step guide for HR managers

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What is a Job Description? Understanding Its Importance and Components

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The complete guide to employee onboarding: best practices for 2025

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HRIS system: complete guide to human resource information systems

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Understanding Performance Evaluation Bias for HR Managers

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