This years annual Business Day Out held by Commerce Ballarat looked a little different. Instead, due to COVID-19, it was Business Day In; in front of your computer, via Zoom, from the comfort of your workplace or wherever you wanted to base yourself for the day. It was a great initiative from the Commerce Ballarat […]
Volunteering – A Great Way to Improve Your Career
Who wouldn’t want to get involved in Volunteering when research shows volunteers live happier and healthier lives? I am a huge advocate of volunteering. For me the value of volunteering shouldn’t just be about what you get out of doing it and statistics show that most volunteers don’t do it for themselves. I believe first […]
Inclusion – Achieving great things together!
I am no expert on inclusion, I haven’t studied it, or analysed the psychology behind it. But I have experienced it. I have experienced the raw emotion and deep fulfilment that comes from it. I have seen it demonstrated so effortlessly in the younger generation. A generation where they have no awareness that they are […]
It’s Time To Revisit Your Workforce Plan Now….It’s More Important Than Ever!
What does the future look like for your business? Adapt, Adjust, Pivot and Innovate are words I keep hearing over and over again. It’s the advice coming from the business guru’s – the experts on what we should be doing to survive COVID-19. They are the words I keep hearing from the business owners I […]
Working in HR during COVID-19…. the good, the bad and the ongoing legislation changes!
Working in HR is diverse and each day is different, throw Coronavirus into the mix and the role of HR is even more challenging! The variety in HR is vast and I have found this variety has only increased during this pandemic. From keeping up to date with legislation changes, Leadership support to Wellbeing support, […]
7 Tips for Recruiting During a Pandemic
You might think that it is less than ideal to be trying to recruit at the moment. We are all juggling doing business and navigating our way around our new norm; working remotely, social distancing, employees being stood down, why would you want to add recruiting to your to-do list. There are however, many positives […]
Managing from the Kitchen Table | How to Lead a Remote Team
A large part of our population has moved to working remotely, many for the first time. In an ideal world we would have established remote working and communication protocols, and provided training in advance. Given the rapid onset of the pandemic, this wasn’t possible. With little time to prepare, we are now faced with leading […]
From my perspective – COVID-19: Through the eyes of a small business owner
March 2020 will be a month that I remember forever. I’ve been a small business owner for 6.5 years now and this month has been the most challenging period in that journey so far. It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions, sleepless nights, hard decisions and every where I turn it’s all about Coronavirus; it’s on […]
Working from home during COVID-19…….with kids
Throughout the last few weeks, we have helped businesses plan for the impacts of COVID-19 and have seen a large number of organisations move to staff now working remotely. Our organisation is not exempt from the pandemic and we too have been working remotely for well over a week now. As everyone’s individual circumstances come […]
How to stand down employees fairly, legally and with compassion
Recent government decisions and a decline in demand/supplies, has quickly moved many of us from infection control and social distancing, to how do we keep our businesses afloat. The majority of our conversations with businesses this week has been around how and when to stand down staff. Never an easy discussion or decision for any […]