Being assertive is not easy. It’s often easier to be aggressive or passive. So how does someone without natural assertiveness, learn the skill? And why is it important for aviation safety?

Office politics play out in every business and it is human nature and basic sociology to have power dynamics within a group. But do we really want to go to work feeling like we have to slay dragons?

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

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.

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.

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.

New Zealand leads the world in many things but, unfortunately workplace health and safety (OH&S) is not one of them. In a bid to address the country's poor workplace safety history, legislation has been introduced by the government. Together with this, health and safety should be seen as an investment in good business practice, alongside improved productivity, reliability and an engaged workforce. The Health and Safety at WorkAct has come into force and has a number of key goals including: Protecting...

Welcome to our website. We are very excited to be launching and are very energised about the shift that this means for us and our Human Resources business. Just to give you a bit of history; over a decade ago the Staples Rodway Human Resources (HR) team was formed. This occurred as a result of many existing accountancy clients needing HR input into the people part of their business. At the time the focus was very much on IEA's, disciplinary issues,...