February 24th, 2009
Why is That?
We understand that happier staff make a more profitable business, but creating a happier culture often is left to the HR professionals, and others that don’t weld the influence that leaving the direct line manager at times disconnected from this responsibility.
The Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research and Teaching analysed high performing workplaces [...]
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February 23rd, 2009
We have five generations working together for the first time in history, and intergenerational warfare in the workplace is going to be a real issue
Simply thinking about the generations, what are the traits and behaviour differences between dogs, cats and rats?
Dogs are easy to train, more compliant, loyal and obedient.
Cats are more fussy, will consider [...]
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February 22nd, 2009
What are Inspired Workforces and how to build an Inspired Workforce.
Are you responsible for the performance of others in your workforce, or have you previously been responsible for this role?
Would you agree that leading and managing people is at times a difficult and complex activity?
We are faced with some pretty tricky issues such as the [...]
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February 21st, 2009
Gender perceptions – The Stereotyped Female Leader
Women who succeed in male dominated professions frequently elicit hostile responses.
What the research suggests:
In an experiment illustrating this phenomenon, women described as succeeding in the masculine careers of electrical engineer or electrician were perceived as less likable, attractive, happy, and socially desirable than women described as succeeding in [...]
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February 20th, 2009
Hormones have a massive neurological affect at different stages of a women’s life:
The teenage girl brain
The dating years brain
The new mum brain
The don’t touch me I am peri menopause brain
The mature woman’s brain
The neurology of a Women’s brain can alter as much as 25% over the course of a month.
Quote from Dr Louaane Brizendine author [...]
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February 19th, 2009
The Physical Differences
For a long time scientists thought that women were smaller versions of men with different reproductive systems.
Given that women and men’s brain sizes are different it was assumed that because the male brain was larger it was more intelligent.
Wrong – men and women have the same number of neurons – women’s are more [...]
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February 17th, 2009
Everything we do is about communication.
Communication is about the transfer and understanding of meaning.
For any communication to be successful, the meaning that you wanted to convey must be understood.
The impact of poor communication to business
Reduction in staff morale leading to staff disengagement
Potential to lose good people
Dissatisfied consumers of our services
Loss of market share
Overall risk to [...]
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