Resources

Free resources to help bring your people strategy into focus—across hiring, engagement, development and workforce capability.

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Why Fluent Commerce made hours irrelevant

Rudy Crous:

Alex Pusenjak stopped tracking hours at Fluent Commerce and started tracking impact. The result: 96% employee...

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What whiteboard markers can teach us about employee engagement

Rudy Crous:

Deepak Singh asked his team a simple question after running an engagement survey: what would actually make a real...

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Culture is who you promote, not what's on the wall

Rudy Crous:

Most companies define culture as their values statement, their Friday drinks, their Slack emojis. Teresa Lilly, founder...

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Why pay is never about the number (and what startups keep getting wrong)

Rudy Crous:

Pay is one of those things that founders think they can figure out later. Matt McFarlane, compensation consultant and...

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The Post-It Note Test for team culture

Rudy Crous:

A Post-It note on your desk can give you a daily read on your team's culture between formal check-ins. Drew Mayhills,...

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How Movember uses AI to hear every candidate's story

Rudy Crous:

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

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How to hire for culture add: process and interview questions

Mathan Allington:

To hire for culture add, map the mix of working styles your team already has, define the gap that would make it...

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What is culture add? A plain guide for hiring teams

Mathan Allington:

Culture add is the practice of hiring people who bring something your team is missing, rather than more of what it...

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We removed location as a hiring constraint before it was 'cool'. Here's what we found on the other side.

Tamara O'Sullivan:

Before March 2020, if you told most HR leaders you were hiring remotely and letting people work from wherever they...

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What HR could learn from Customer Success

Daryl Ning:

Put simply… Treat your employees like your best customers. Acquiring a new customer costs more than keeping the one...

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Stop hiring the same salesperson at every phase of growth

Justin Coutts:

When most companies think about hiring salespeople, they picture the same type of person. Confident. Persuasive....

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What a customer service award actually measures

Mathan Allington:

Compono just won The Talent Tech Customer Service Award at the TIARA Talent Acquisition & Talent Tech Awards ANZ 2026....

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Is personality testing at work legal in Australia? (2026 Guide)

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Yes, personality testing at work is legal in Australia, provided the assessment is strictly job-related, scientifically...

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The 2026 guide to workplace personality assessments: build better teams

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Workplace personality assessments are structured psychological tools used by employers to evaluate a person's...

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Understanding the helper personality type at work

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The helper personality type is a work profile characterised by deep empathy, a focus on team harmony, and a natural...

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What is the evaluator personality type? Traits, careers and leadership

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The evaluator personality type is defined by a logical, analytical, and highly objective approach to work, thriving on...

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How to choose the right employee engagement survey tool in 2026

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An employee engagement survey tool is a software platform designed to measure, track, and improve how connected and...

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Most common work personality by industry 2026

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The most common work personality by industry depends heavily on the core demands of the sector, with analytical...

3 Ways People Analytics Makes You a Powerful Strategic Coach

Join Rudy Crous, CEO and Corporate Psychologist, as we explore how people analytics can elevate HR from a transactional...

This new way to shortlist candidates changes everything

One of the most important, yet time-consuming, parts of the hiring process is working out who to shortlist for an...

What exec teams really want from HR in 2024

In this one-time-only live webinar, Bob Schwartz (former Founder and President of eCommerce giants Nordstrom and...

This one simple change dramatically improves your hiring.

People Leaders! What if one simple change to your hiring process could increase staff engagement and performance by up...

What elite team sport can teach us about workplace culture

Elite team sports are high-pressure environments. And the difference between success and failure is often razor-thin....

How to Build More Sustainable Talent Pipelines.

Watch now as Mike Beeley, CEO, Lightbox Communications joins Raife Watson, Director of Partnerships, Compono to...

Are you the Evaluator,Coordinator,Doer,Auditor,Helper,Advisor,Pioneer,Campaigner ?

Take the assessment to discover your dominant work type based on your personality.

In less than 2 minutes and you will get a report with major characteristics, work preferences and potential blind spots.

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