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Discover insights into culture, engagement, talent acquisition and employee development.

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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Deepak Singh

4 min read

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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Teresa Lilly

4 min read

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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5 min read

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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How Movember uses AI to hear every candidate's story

Movember's talent team built an AI agent into their recruitment process, and the reason had nothing to do with efficiency. Edan Haddock, Head of...

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OzHarvest's one hiring rule that protects culture

OzHarvest protects its culture with a single hiring rule: "if it's not a hell yes, it's a hell no." Sharon Gray, the charity's Chief People Officer...

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She sends candidates the interview questions in advance. Here's why it works.

Anna Liumaihetau Darling, GM of People Experience at Sharesies, gives every candidate the interview questions before they walk in the door. Not a...

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6 min read

How Compono Hire assesses candidates for organisational fit

Compono Hire assesses candidates by measuring the alignment between an individual’s work preferences and your specific company culture, rather than...

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The HR Influence Awards

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HR Influence Awards: Nominations are open for the Top 12 ANZ

There’s plenty of HR content online. Hot takes. Frameworks. Templates. Threads. But real influence is rarer. It’s the HR contributors whose work...

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HR leader tools: why process-first tech is incomplete

People problems are real. They come from tools that manage process but ignore decisions. If you are an HR leader in today's workplace, you have...

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Here’s a sobering thought: 20% of new employees leave within their first 45 days. Many employees...
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