Hello and welcome to Episode 175 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Today Iām excited to be joined by a special guest, who is here to chat to us about avoiding hiring disasters!
Deb Houston of Phlox Consulting is a Hiring Strategist and Mentor, she has been helping job-seekers and hiring managers nail their interviews and land their dream jobs and employees for more than seventeen years.Ā
She takes a supportive and consultative approach to recruitment, personalising the process for each and every client, whilst always making sure itās fun along the way. For Deb, finding the right job or candidate is a lot like dating ā you just have to find a match you want to commit to!
Today is Part 1 of a 2 part discussion Deb and I had on this topic, and today weāre sharing the 3 (or more) biggest hiring mistakes we see businesses make and why you should avoid them.
Join me again next week for part 2, where we share proactive hiring strategies everyone should be using.
Hello and welcome to Episode 174 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Today Iām sharing how Iām really feeling right now ā guilty! Guilty for the long to do list I canāt seem to get on top of, guilty for feeling exhausted after a 10 hour day and needing a break, and guilty because there is always more to do.
Iāve also been reminded, via a client this week, that our team have a knack of also making us feel incredibly guilty from time to time.
So today weāre talking āboss guiltā. Iām unpacking what it is, the two types Iāve seen play out recently, how to identify if youāre heading down a boss guilt spiral and some strategies for breaking free from boss guilt.
Iād love to hear about whether you have suffered from boss guilt before, and what strategies you use to navigate it when you feel it popping up, so Iād love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, HR Support for Australian Businesses, so I can learn more about whatās working for you and any challenges you might be havi...
Hello and welcome to Episode 173 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Today weāre talking about Interns, itās actually a topic we really havenāt spoken about here on the podcast before.
However, I have decided to experiment with having interns in my business, so I thought Iād share that journey with you over the next 6 months by recording a couple of episodes on the process, and share the proās conās and my learnings.Ā
In this episode weāre looking at when an intern might be the right addition to your team.
I unpack the different types of interns, address the question of pay, chat about why Iāve decided to experiment with this for my team, and share the opportunities that exist with interns.
Iād love to hear about whether you have engaged interns before, or are considering it in the future, so Iād love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, HR Support for Australian Businesses, so I can learn more about whatās working for you and any challenges you might be having.
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Hello and welcome to Episode 172 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Today weāre talking trust, and why itās so important to your teams success. Specifically in todayās episode weāre looking at why:
When your team donāt trust you as the leader the results will be increased turnover, under-performance, gossip and toxicity, morale and motivation will be low, they donāt work together and essentially nothing is good.
Getting your people to trust you isnāt that difficult, itās doing the simple things consistently. Follow through on your promises, take action when you should, being honest, communicating and treat people fairly.
Secondly, you need to trust your team. If you donāt trust your team, youāll be constantly deciding to do things yourself and / or micromanage, which will hold your business back. If youāre feeling like you donāt trust your team, you may need to consider whether...
Hello and welcome to Episode 171 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Today Iām excited to bring you a conversation I had with Nick Mills.
Nick is an expert facilitator, trainer, coach with a strong focus on leadership, management, and inclusion in the workplace.
To list all of his qualifications would take a long time but safe to say he has a variety of qualifications in leadership, management, adult educations at masters level.
Currently, Nick is also completed his PHD at the University of Tasmania focusing in inclusion for LGBTQI + leaders in the finance and professional services sectors.
His paper which will be released late this year called āHow Australian companies can be truly inclusive and welcoming spaces.ā Was in part motivated by Nicksā passion to help leaders have more meaningful interactions and effective and sensitive conversations with all team members across their organisations.
In our conversation we discuss what led him to his current studies, what challenges...
Hello and welcome to Episode 170 of the People Powered Business Podcast.Ā
Well we have hit the time of year where motivation tends to be low ā so today weāre talking about giving your team a mid year motivation boost!
Firstly weāll unpack why motivation wanes at this time of year. From the high energy and enthusiastic start to the year, post Easter we always see a decline in motivation. Coupled with that itās cold and miserable, weāre tired and on any given day every second person is sick!
And thatās why itās so important to give your team a motivation boost right now. You can rest assured if youāre feeling blah ā your team are too! Focusing on motivating the team right now will certainly set you up for a better second half of the year and letās face it, we all need something to focus on and look forward to.
We wrap up this episode with my sharing some of my favourite mid year motivation boosting strategies and tactics.
But Iād love to hear about what youāre doing to motivate your...
Hello and welcome to Episode 169 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
This week we have a brief but important technical update for you after the Fair Work Commission announced its decision around the National Minimum Wage increase effective 1 July.
This year has seen the most significant increase in the history of the Fair Work Act with a 5.75% wage increase being applied to the National Minimum Wage and all Modern Award Minimum Wages effective 1 July 2023.
In addition to the wages increasing, all of the allowances in the Awards will also increase, so you need to keep a close eye on that.
If you pay staff Award rates, or if you have IFAās or AWAās in place, this is time to review.
If youād like to connect with other businesses who are also juggling the challenges of teams, Iād love you to join us inside our free Facebook Group, HR Support for Australian Businesses, so I can learn more about whatās working for you and any challenges you might be having.
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Hello and welcome to Episode 168 of the People Powered Business Podcast!
In today's episode we are talking about revisiting one of the most popular episodes - tackling tough talks with your team.
You know the conversations I mean, the one where you get a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach, the ones which give you heart palpitations at the thought of having them, that keep you up at night.
Whether itās a performance management issue, a change in the business, a termination or anything else that is going to be a tough conversation with our team, weāve all been in a situation where we have to have them, and maybe even try and avoid them!
However, avoiding those conversations in bad for business in many ways, which we unpack in this episode, and I also share with you a simple framework to follow next time you need to tackle a tough conversation with a team member.
As promised, you can get your free guide to tackling tough conversations here - www.peoplepoweredbus...
Hello and welcome to Episode 167 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Today Iām covering off the key compliance changes that every business needs to be across right now ā given the absolute avalanche of changes that we are seeing, it feels āunprecedentedā.
Starting with the introduction of the āSecure Jobs Better Pay Actā which as the name suggests, is designed to make jobs more secure for workers, and put upwards pressure on wages across the board.
The changes here include pay secrecy clauses becoming banned in employment contracts, significant changes to the enterprise bargaining landscape, including the massive expansion of multi enterprise bargaining. Through to the broadening of flexible work requests and limitations on denying them and the new l imitations on fixed term contracts coming into place by December.
Then we cover the changes to and introduction of Family and Domestic Violence Leave.
And finally the Respect@Work Act which sees a āPositive Dutyā places on employe...
Hello and welcome to Episode 166 of the People Powered Business Podcast.
Often here on the podcast I chat about themes or topics that keep showing up āwhether with my private coaching clients in the Power BOSS Program, with our People Powered HR members, my consulting clients, in conversations I am having with leaders and experts I am speaking to and generally in the content that seems to randomly show up in my social media feeds - and this weeks no different.
I wanted to start todayās episode with a quote from Sheryl Sandberg āwe cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but changeā.
I think this sums up perfectly the discussion of today, we need to create self awareness in our leadership skills, because without awareness nothing can change, and with awareness change and development is inevitable.
So in this episode we look at how aware you are of your current leadership skills, strengths and blind spots.
Weāll then discuss how you can create b...
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