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View all featured posts, articles by Rudy Crous, (Corporate Psychologist, Compono CEO and Co-founder), or filter below for your desired topic.

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How to move HR from police to advisor

Moving HR from police to advisor requires shifting from a focus on compliance and enforcement to a partnership model that prioritises strategic talent development and organisational health.

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How a work style assessment builds high-performing teams

A work style assessment shows how each person prefers to work, decide, communicate and handle change. Across a team, it shows which kinds of work are...

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Meet the HR Influence Awards 2026, Top 12 ANZ

The HR Influence Awards 2026 Top 12 ANZ are Kerri-Ann Allen, Anna Liumaihetau Darling, Sharon Gray, Edan Haddock, Teresa Lilly, Drew Mayhills, Matt...

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Culture benchmarks Australia: a guide to high performance

Culture benchmarks give Australian organisations objective reference points for measuring workplace culture against local industry standards and...

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What makes a good hire

What makes a good hire is a combination of technical proficiency, alignment with your organisation's core values, and a work personality that...

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Why employees are not learning and how to fix it

Employees are not learning for three main reasons: training formats that clash with how individuals naturally work, time poverty that pushes...

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How to manage reputational risk in HR

Reputational risk in HR is the potential for an organisation's people practices, culture, or leadership behaviour to damage how the public,...

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Essential HR software checklist for growing teams

An HR software checklist for a growing team needs to cover four areas: hiring, onboarding, engagement and development. The mistake most growing...

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How to build a sustainable employee engagement strategy

An effective employee engagement strategy is a deliberate framework designed to align individual motivations with organisational goals to drive...

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Does culture affect performance in modern teams

Does culture affect performance? Yes, a strong organisational culture directly improves financial results, employee retention, and productivity by...

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The Six Learning Science Principles We Live By

The six learning science principles that make training stick are retrieval practice, spaced...
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7 Free Personality Tests for Employees to Boost Engagement

For team design, start with the Compono Work Personality™ assessment. It is free, takes four...
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How to post job ads on LinkedIn: A step-by-step guide for HR managers

To post a job ad on LinkedIn: log into your company Page, go to the Jobs section and select the...
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Full Research: Latest HR & Talent Statistics (August 2026)

Last reviewed August 2026 This page collects the HR, talent acquisition, engagement, culture and...
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Predictive index results types: understanding the 17 profiles

Predictive Index results are grouped into 17 reference profiles across four categories: Analytical,...
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What is proficiency levels: a guide to mapping team skills

Last reviewed August 2026 Competency levels (also called proficiency levels or levels of expertise)...
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Understanding Performance Evaluation Bias for HR Managers

Last reviewed August 2026 Bias in performance appraisal is a systematic error in judgement that...
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Conscientiousness in the workplace: the ultimate guide

Conscientiousness is one of the Big Five personality traits: the tendency to be organised and...
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