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The unconventional path (and why the best people leaders never started in HR)
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)
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)
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)
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
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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What whiteboard markers can teach us about employee engagement
Deepak Singh asked his team a simple question after running an engagement survey: what would actually make a real difference? Some teams came back...
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Culture is who you promote, not what's on the wall
Most companies define culture as their values statement, their Friday drinks, their Slack emojis. Teresa Lilly, founder of Culture Pilot Co and a...
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Why pay is never about the number (and what startups keep getting wrong)
Pay is one of those things that founders think they can figure out later. Matt McFarlane, compensation consultant and founder of FNDN, has spent...
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The Post-It Note Test for team culture
A Post-It note on your desk can give you a daily read on your team's culture between formal check-ins. Drew Mayhills, Chief Learning and Innovation...
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Completion rates vs capability: why training numbers lie
Completion rates measure how many people finished a course, while capability measures whether those people can actually perform the task effectively...
