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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 unlock employee potential in modern teams

To unlock employee potential, you must align individual work preferences with specific team activities while providing a leadership style that matches their natural work personality.

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Best Spark Hire alternative for data-driven hiring

The best Spark Hire alternative depends on what you want the tool to do once the videos are in. Willo and Hireflix are the closest like for like...

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A guide to evidence-based assessment for modern teams

Evidence-based assessment is the process of using proven psychological research and objective data to evaluate a person’s fit, skills, and potential...

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WHS training software: a guide to safer modern workplaces

WHS software is an umbrella term for two different products that buyers often confuse. A WHS management system records incidents, hazards, risk...

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How to identify and fix a bad workplace culture

A bad workplace culture is defined by low trust, poor communication, and high employee turnover, often resulting from a misalignment between company...

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Employee training software: a guide to smarter development

Employee training software is a digital platform designed to manage, deliver, and track learning programmes that improve staff skills and performance.

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Effective performance drivers at work for modern teams

Performance drivers at work are the individual motivations, environmental conditions and team dynamics that determine how effectively people deliver....

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How to implement unbiased candidate assessment in your team

Unbiased candidate assessment is achieved by replacing subjective gut feelings with standardised, data-driven evaluation criteria that measure a...

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Toxic culture at work: how to identify and fix it

A toxic culture at work is a pervasive environment of mistrust, exclusion and poor psychological safety that undermines employee wellbeing and...

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Choosing the best HRIS Australia for modern teams

Last reviewed August 2026 The best HRIS in Australia is the one that handles local payroll, superannuation and Fair Work obligations natively,...

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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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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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7 Free Personality Tests for Employees to Boost Engagement

Last reviewed August 2026 The best free personality tests for employees and team building are the...
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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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The complete guide to employee onboarding: best practices for 2025

Employee onboarding best practices come down to four things: start before day one, structure the...
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What is a Job Description? Understanding Its Importance and Components

A job description is a formal document that sets out a role's purpose, essential duties,...
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HRIS system: complete guide to human resource information systems

An HRIS (human resource information system) is software that stores all employee data and automates...
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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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