Hello and welcome to Episode 288 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Running a business with a team is hard enough - and when it comes to HR, most small business owners admit theyâre just âwinging it.â A contract here, a policy there, figuring it out when problems pop up.
The trouble is, winging it only works for so long. Eventually, it costs you time, money, and stress, and leaves you stuck chasing your staff instead of leading them.
In this episode, Iâll share:
If youâve ever felt like HR in your business is messy, ad hoc, or just one more thing on your plate, this episode will show you why winging it isnât the answer. Feeling stuck from winging it? Email me at [email protected] and letâs...
Hello and welcome to Episode 287 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Weâve spoken about our employees rights a lot lately, specifically most recently about our employees right to disconnect from work.
Posting in our People Powered HR members community about these changes and a member asked âdoes that apply to us tooâ? And itâs a good question.
Because often as business owners we are bad at disconnecting, at setting and upholding boundaries and at protecting our self care when things are busy.
So today we will discuss the real technical answer to the question as to whether these new rules apply to us.
But more importantly this is a conversation about the need to set or re establish boundaries with our teams, our customers and ourselves, and to protect our energy and look after ourselves to show up as the best leaders we can be.
An Invitation:
If youâd like to connect with other businesses who are also juggling the challenges of teams, Iâd love you to join us inside our free F...
Welcome to Episode 286 of the People Powered Business Podcast
Iâve been having some great conversations about leadership â team leadership, business leadership, self leadership, thought leadership and I wanted to explore common threads that I've been seeing.
We are all leaders, CEO of our business - You are a leader if you listen to this podcast - so let's talk leadership.
Firstly I want to start with why itâs important to consider yourself a leader (even if you only have contractors, VAs or casual staff).
Then I'll share 3 common traits of people powered leaders.
Finally I discuss why this is a skill anyone can (and should learn), and why you donât need to go it alone.
Want to work with me on this? Just email [email protected]
Hello and welcome to Episode 285 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Today weâre bringing you a tech tip episode â but Iâm not recommending a system â in fact the opposite. Iâm sharing how you can use what youâve already got to solve your HR admin headaches and why you donât need a HR system or expensive software subscription to do that for you.
To start with I encourage you to do an audit of what you already have, what those systems can do for you, and then really looking at where you do have gaps, and what specifically you need to solve them.
We then look at using your existing workspaces, whether itâs MS Office, Google Suite or something else and leverage and that more effectively. Are you using the integrated AI in those programs to shortcut things and create tools such as spreadsheets to support you?
And of course we touch on AI and I share how Iâm using Chat GPT and Chrome Extensions to help with HR tasks in my business and to support members of our People Powered HR Comm...
Hello and welcome to Episode 284 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
I have a bit of a theme going at the moment which Iâm calling âCompliance Quarterâ and today weâre taking a look at the looming deadline for small business to comply with the new right to disconnect laws.
In this episode we unpack what the right to disconnect is and what it actually means, we discuss the implementation, pathway and why this matters for small business now and we take a look at what will it actually mean for your businesses in practical terms.
I also share some real life examples of what I am seeing play out with the clients I am working with and how they are implementing the right to disconnect.
An Invitation:
If youâd like to connect with other businesses who are also juggling the challenges of teams, Iâd love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, The People Powered Community, so I can learn more about whatâs working for you and any challenges you might be having.
Join Here -Â https:...
Hello and welcome to Episode 283 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
I have a bit of a theme going at the moment which Iâm calling âCompliance Quarterâ and today weâre taking a look at the recent changes to casual employment.
We discuss what changed and when, the new definition of a casual that was inserted into the Fair Work Act last year, an update to Casual Conversion pathways and why the onus is on you as the employer to get it right.
In  August 2024 a new definition of what constitutes a casual was inserted into the FWA (so itâs law). From this point of time onwards, employers had a legal obligation to ensure that if they engaged someone as a casual employee, they had to meet this definition.
The casual definition requires that an employment relationship must:
1. Have no firm advance commitment to continuing and indefinite work (like a guaranteed weekly roster); and
2. Entitle the worker to casual loading or a specific casual rate under a modern award, enterprise agreeme...
Hello and welcome to Episode 282 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Today Iâm sharing a conversation I recently had with Juliet Robinson over on the Grow Your Influence Podcast.
So often when we are recruiting new people into our teams, we are doing it under pressure. We need someone NOW and it can be tempting to just fill the job that has been created, rather than thinking strategically about the skills we need in our team.
When weâre recruiting we often bring in people like us. People we can relate to in interviews so we think they will fit in the team and we can train them up for the job. Sometimes that works. Often it doesnât. And either way, it takes a lot more time and energy that taking a skills-based approach in the beginning.
In this episode Juliet and Kristy-Lee talk about the challenges of recruiting for a skills-based team that also âworksâ. That is, the new joiners âfitâ with the team culture and have the skills to contribute immediately, even if the way they work...
Hello and welcome to Episode 281 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Today weâre tackling a topic which I canât believe we havenât discussed before in isolation on the podcast â productivity.
Iâve been having a lot of conversations recently about team productivity â and a lot of business owners seem to have busy confused with productive.
In addition there is a lot of chatter more broadly about productivity declining, ways we can improve it and why it matters.
So in this episode we will look at what productivity actually means, why itâs important to monitor it, and how you might go about measuring (and improving) productivity in your business.
If youâd like to connect with other businesses who are also juggling the challenges of teams, Iâd love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, The People Powered Community, so I can learn more about whatâs working for you and any challenges you might be having.
Join Here -Â https://www.facebook.com/groups/hrsupportaustralia
Hello and welcome to Episode 280 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
In this episode weâre unpacking a recent Fair Work Commission decision that has seen a worker based in the Philippines being deemed to be an employee of an Australian based business, and what that means for those engaging offshore workers.
In the case, the worker, based in the Philippines, was working for a Brisbane based business. Her tasks were to work as a Paralegal. She worked from her home, and was required to work Australian hours â 8:30am to 5pm QLD time.
Her engagement was terminated by the business (because she allegedly copied company data onto a personal computer drive â an allegation she denies).
Upon termination she felt wronged and unprotected. She felt unprotected by Philippines workplace law because of how her engagement was set up, but also wasnât sure she was covered by Australian workplace law, but because she felt like she was acting just like an employee â she would make an unfair dismissa...
Hello and welcome to Episode 279 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
In this episode weâre talking about workplace relations changes and whatâs on the horizon.
Recently HRM Online shared an article where they interviewed the Federal Workplace Relations Minister, Amanda Rishworth, on what we can expect and whatâs on the Governments agenda when it comes to Industrial Relations law changes over the next few years.
You can read the full article here: https://www.hrmonline.com.au/organisational-enablement/new-workplace-relations-minister-governments-upcoming-agenda
Today we look at what we know is changing, what we donât yet know, and what you need to do to be prepared.
I also shared that the best way to ensure you are up to date with all the changes is to get support, which we can offer you through People Powered HR - This simple membership gives you everything you need to handle HR the right way. From compliant plug and play resources to expert answers, youâll have the tools and ...
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