With any new hire, most organisations want a new employee to ‘hit the ground running’ and more often than not, due to work demands, the induction process (aka ‘on-boarding’) is ad hoc, under-rated and under-prepared. As a result, new employees can be poorly armed for success in their new role.

A positive change to parental leave has taken effect this month. Find out how this change will benefit your flexibility around parental leave payments and returning to work. 

How many of you chose to wear a pink shirt in your workplace on the 26th of May? The CEO of the Mental Health Foundation called on all employers to celebrate Pink Shirt Day and to wear a pink item in support of anti-bullying

Recent employment legislation changes have prompted employers to review and modify employment agreements to ensure they are legally compliant

For leaders to change it is not enough to know what to do, to know how to do it and to know why, they have to care why. If they care why then they will drive the change.

New employment legislation came into effect on 1 April 2016 which specifically affect hours of work, restrictions on secondary employment and deductions from wages. Employers have until 1 April 2017 to ensure they are compliant.

As we get closer to 1st June, farmers should be thinking about the impact on any employment relationship that exists, due to the pending sale and purchase of farms, or changing sharemilking jobs.

Although board behaviours have less influence on culture than those of the CEO and management team, they do set the tone at the top which in turn has a significant impact on the culture within.

Now more than any other time in history embracing change is vital to be successful whether you are President of the largest nation in the world or a business in Taranaki..

As the leader you have to be able to “move in the dance and to watch the dance from the balcony at the same time”. Mostly, we do one better than the other. To be a leader of culture you must care about both.