76% of Australian workers express dissatisfaction with certain aspects of their jobs, mainly due to unrealistic work expectations (37%), slow responses to resolving issues (36%), and pressure to cut corners for efficiency or cost savings (33%).
Mentoring programmes, inclusion policies and flexible working are concrete ways of honouring the role of parents - and a day of celebration too, of course!
According to WorldatWork, 80% of organisations acknowledge that their employees lack comprehensive knowledge of pay policy. Most companies are still searching for the best way to share pay transparency information with their current and future workforce. Only 12% of companies have developed and implemented a pay transparency strategy.
High-performance workplaces have common factors and respond to the needs of the workforce, which is returning to the office after the pandemic. Common spaces for informal chats, videoconferencing or relaxation stimulate productivity.
A team without soft skils is nothing more than a collection of egos at odds with each other, with no notion of joint goals and no problem-solving skills. In other words, a ship destined to sink.
In an exclusive interaction with People Matters, Acuity Knowledge Partners CHRO Avadhesh Dixit weighs in on what the characteristics of good feedback are, how employees can use feedback to grow, and what are the skills to give critical feedback effectively enough to register.