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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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Workforce Management (2)

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Choosing the right HR platform for your growing team

The right HR platform for a growing team centralises your people data, includes hiring and engagement tools rather than bolting them on, and tells...

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Mining industry HR Australia: a guide to better teams

HR in the Australian mining industry has four distinct challenges: designing cohesive teams for FIFO sites, retaining skilled trades in a tight...

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Choosing the right compliance training platform

A compliance training platform delivers, tracks and reports on mandatory employee training in one place. The right one automates enrolments and...

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How to reduce employee turnover and keep your best talent

To reduce employee turnover, fix the causes rather than the symptoms: hire for fit as well as skills, adapt leadership styles to what each team...

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Choosing an engagement survey platform: a guide for leaders

People problems don’t appear from nowhere. They happen when tools manage process risk but ignore people insight risk. If you have ever watched your...

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Compare HR software features to solve people problems

To compare HR software features properly, score every feature against the two risks HR actually manages: process risk (admin errors, compliance...

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Absorb LMS alternative: building capability over completion

If you have spent any time in the world of learning and development, you know the hollow feeling of looking at a dashboard showing 100% completion...

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Corporate LMS: building capability over compliance

Capability gaps aren’t just training gaps. They are the result of using a corporate LMS that tracks completion but ignores what your people actually...

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Innovation and collaboration: how to build a creative culture

Innovation and collaboration are linked because innovation is almost never a solo act. New ideas come from people with different perspectives working...

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Understanding Performance Evaluation Bias for HR Managers

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