How a HR Health Check can assist your business

What is a HR Health Check?

A HR Health Check is a diagnostic tool used to assess the people management aspects of your business. 

How can a HR Health Check assist my business?

A Health Check will enable you to review, plan and make adjustments to your HR practices enabling you to deal with issues before they arise.

How does a HR Health Check work?

A HR Health Check steps you through a series of strategic questions designed to cover a wide range of employer to employee related questions, assessing the current position of your HR management performance, business HR maturity and any limitations that may be affecting people performance.

Who is a HR Health Check designed for?

Whether you are a small business without a HR department or a large company, a HR health check can be beneficial in assessing the state of your "people performance".

What happens after the HR health check?

It is really up to you to decide.  It will depend upon your business priorities at the time.  Our company can assist you in developing a customised solution that fits perfectly with your business needs.

What type of solutions does your company offer?

We offer customised HR services for your business.  We don't believe in off the shelf generic solutions.  We take the time to understand your business needs and requirements.  Whether you require a one off solution or a completely outsourced solution, we can help.  Examples of the types of solutions we provide include:

·         HR compliance solutions include policy and procedure development, employment contracts and workshops on areas such as Fair Work Legislation, EEO, Recruitment and Harassment/Discrimination laws.

·         Work Health and Safety (WHS) solutions include: development of policies and procedures, design of work health and safety management systems, safety audits, safety leadership programs and workshops outlining WHS responsibilities for small business.

·         Performance Management solutions include: assisting you with performance managing your staff.

·         HR Skills Training solutions include customised training to assist you in building and developing internal HR capability.

Is it expensive?

No.  We have solutions designed for every size organisation and budget.  You can select an option that suits your specific needs.

Where can I get further information?

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8 Steps Towards Becoming The Leader You Need To Be To Succeed

An important part of success in life is the ability to lead. It is important that we not only be able to lead others but be willing to lead ourselves. No one succeeds in life by simply following others. Sometimes we simply must strike a bold new path for ourselves.

Being a good leader is more than simply being at the forefront of the crowd. A leader must act. Too often in Australia we simply accept that someone looks or sounds like a leader and too rarely do we actually look at the actions that leader performs -- and that is the true test of leadership.
However, in order to become good leaders ourselves, we need to concentrate on actions rather than simple appearances. The title of this article refers to eight steps, but do not think of these as progressive steps like so many recipes or instruction manuals describe. Instead, think of these as actions that you must take on a regular basis.

First, be alert to new potentials. "Reality" is not absolute but rather subject to constant change. Think about inventors, explorers, and agents of social change who have achieved greatness. Some might simply say that certain people are successful because they are lucky to be in the right place at the right time. Maybe so, but if they hadn't had their eyes open for the opportunity, then it wouldn't have mattered if they were in the right place.

Second, accept inspiration from wherever it comes; even your opponents. The wisest leaders constantly study their competition. In war, politics, and business we constantly see examples of this research and reconnaissance. Too many times though a certain study, many concentrate on finding a weakness to exploit. If you want to a be a leader of positive change don't fall victim to this trend. Instead, if you find a weakness, make sure to avoid that pitfall yourself. If you find the strength then find a way to strengthen your own qualities to match.

Third, learn something new and promote in new ways every day. This means you must continually seek to expand your horizons, internally and externally. Feed your mind with new lessons and knowledge, but constantly expand your social horizons as well. Seek out and meet new people and immerse yourself in new social situations. You never know when these new experiences will help you in your leadership role.

Fourth, search for and find answers in subtle clues. Look beneath the surface and constantly question. This is an extension of the third step in that you are seeking new knowledge. But this also means that you will need to step off the traditional paths of knowledge. Don't simply read books in the literary canon or the bestsellers list. Take seminars rather than classes as there is more room for questioning and debate. Seek out the unconventional thinkers, teachers, and writers.

Fifth, improvise if no existing solutions are available. No excuses. Necessity is the mother of invention. How do you know it won't work if you've never tried it before? Remember, not all approaches need to come from the front. Look at your problem from all sides and systematically attempt different solutions in various combinations.

Six, make at least one person you care about happy every day. If you make it a point to be thoughtful and caring for one person every day then soon this thoughtful, caring behavior will become a habit and that habit will spread to the others around you. Making someone else happy also feeds your own personal happiness. Just imagine how much better the world would be if we all did a little bit more to spread happiness.

Seven, offer help, even if there's no apparent advantage to you. This means more than writing a cheque. It means giving of your time and energy and yourself. Sometimes it will mean helping someone you don't know and sometimes it can be a very personal action.

Finally, never let negativity be your last word on the subject. If your final words are negative than no matter how hopeful you may be about the potential of a project or action the lasting impression you give to others is one of negativity. Accentuate the positive and you are more likely to see a positive outcome.

If you follow these eight action steps not only you will be a better leader but also lead yourself to a more successful life.

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Bridging the performance gap

Do you have underperforming employees?  Underperformance can be linked to several factors. What is the cause of underperformance? There are many possibilities.  Sometimes a performance gap may be due to employee attitudinal factors, organisational culture factors or it may be a skills deficiency.

A "performance gap" exists when the actual performance on a KPI is below the planned or expected level of performance. Examples of KPIs include return on investment (ROI), product or service quality, and extent of customer satisfaction.

Central to the concept of bridging the performance gap is identification of the divide between actual performance and expected performance standards. Performance management is a process for developing a shared workforce understanding regarding the objectives to be achieved at the organisational level.  Effective performance management centres on aligning the organisational objectives with the employee's agreed measures, skills, competency requirements, development plan and delivery of results.  In performance management, the focus is on improvement in order to achieve the overall business strategy and to create a high performing workforce.

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Effective delegation: A key component of leadership

You've made an unusual discovery - there's not enough time left at the end of the day. The bottom line of course, is your list of important things to do never gets smaller. In any company, the CEO's to-do list has the potential to grow infinitely.

What's a senior executive to do?

You have doubtlessly concluded your next level of company performance requires a managerial change. And hopefully, you have realized the changes necessary are with you. As CEO (or, on a divisional or departmental level - senior executive) your jobs include holding the vision; inspiring your senior management and your staff; fostering key relationships with customers, vendors, investors and the public, etc.

You now need to let go of some cherished things like product design, hiring, perhaps day-to-day sales - many things you handled in the past, often out of necessity - and focus yourself on your role as CEO. What about all these things you used to do? Delegate them. Assign the job to someone else.

There are five components to successful delegation.

1. Give the job to someone who can get it done.
2. Communicate precise conditions of satisfaction.
3. Work out a plan.
4. Build accountability.
5. Get employee buy in.

Often timeframes are dictated by external circumstances. Still, your employee must sign on for the task at hand. If you say, "This must be done by next Tuesday," they have to agree that it is possible. Ask instead. "Can you have this by Tuesday?" To you this may seem a bit remedial, but the step is often overlooked. Whenever possible, have your delegate set the timeline and create the plan. You need only provide guidance and sign off.   If you skip any one of the above steps, you dramatically reduce the likelihood things will turn out the way you want them to. On the other hand, if you rigorously follow the steps, you greatly increase the odds in your favour. Isn't this more work than doing it myself, you ask. No - it isn't.

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Why leaders need to know their team

Leadership can be a very challenging task. As leaders we don’t always get to choose who is on our team. Quite often a leader inherits a team, of which most of the members have been there far longer than the leader, and may even know more about the work than the leader. Irrespective of the situation, one of the responsibilities of a leader is to motivate the team to all work together towards the common goal. This can be a daunting and at times frustrating challenge. Quite often the team is comprised of very diverse members, each with their own strengths, weaknesses, and work styles. The team dynamics are also often complicated by internal disagreements and personal conflicts. The leader, not only has work with this group of people but also needs to achieve the results expected by their superiors.

Leaders can greatly benefit by being able to identify the types of personality characteristics of team members. By understanding the basic personality types, the leader can use individual strengths of members for the good of the team, as well as assign tasks that individual team members naturally excel in. A leader can also learn to communicate in a way that is motivating, by taking into account the needs, values and working preferences of different team members.

A good leader will see the greatest results by working and utilizing the strengths and working style characteristics of the personalities on the team. By correctly positioning the individual member strengths and compensating for weaknesses, the leader can bring the team into a productive balance and harmony.    By facilitating each team member to function in their areas of natural strength and motivating them by communicating in a way that inspires harmony and team work, the leader is well on the way to achieving extraordinary results.

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Effective Leadership for 21st Century Businesses

The essence of 21st Century leadership is capitalising on strengths, minimising weaknesses and actively scanning and proactively seeking business opportunities.  Of paramount importance is clear business communication and using powerful language.

Leaders need to foster a "can do" mentality and avoid unclear instructions and communications.  Furthermore, leaders need to avoid indirect language as it undermines the communication message.

Using language that suggests there is another reason for why someone should do something rather than simply that you want them to do it makes people look weak so, “needing” someone to do something is in fact rarely authentic – and should normally be replaced by “I want you to do X please” or an alternatively straight communication.

Finally, the message must be clear.  Leaders need to "walk the talk"of the organisation.  However, in order to do this, the leader must be clear  and consistent about the organisational talk and communicate the message effectively to his or her staff.

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How Executive Coaching can work for you

Does your company need re-energising? Is revenue low, morale declining, and your leadership tactics no longer making an impact?  If so,this may be the perfect time to look into leadership coaching.

A good executive coaching program should do more than just set you up with a speaker reading over a PowerPoint presentation. Team up your senior leaders with a good corporate coaching program, and you could be discussing fostering relationships, building strategy, and improving revenue and communications. It’s easy to connect in an environment where you can be creative and think laterally.

A good leadership system can make all the difference in your organisation. It effects communication, human performance, accountability, delivery and measurement. A one-on-one approach, and a program that is tailored to suit your organization’s specific needs, is your best choice in executive coaching.

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