​There's no question that performance is important in the workplace and is generally a key metric within a business when it comes to annual reviews. But what happens when trust starts to erode within a team, or if it wasn’t there in the first place? What's more important - performance or trust when it comes to building a successful and sustainable business?Simon Sinek worked with the Navy Seals who are the top of the pops when it comes to high-functioning teams and asked them how th [...]

​​Without doubt, we are currently working through some interesting times when it comes to recruiting for our clients with a candidate shortage in almost all categories from hospitality to construction, from admin to account management.  Which all sets the scene for retention of quality employees being even more important than ever before. Losing employees and having to go through the recruitment process is costly.  Not only will you likely face lost productivity with [...]

​Last week, we talked about the need for flexible leadership in turbulent times as we witness some interesting behaviours in the workplace such as quiet quitting and the depletion of cognitive energy.  We looked at ways to reduce the incidence of burnout by reducing or removing meetings altogether, not multitasking, minimising change in your business if possible and supporting an Employee Assistance Program.  This week, we are taking a look at some ideas that can help increase p [...]

​I started working a long time ago.  It wasn’t exactly the time of dinosaurs roaming the earth, but smoking was allowed inside the office (can you imagine!!)  and it certainly was pre mobile phones, email and the magical world wide web.  Time marches on and instead of reaching for a gasper while waiting on the client order to be confirmed via fax, we are standing up at our desks, tapping away at our computers and accessing files from ‘the cloud’ while comm [...]