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Sick (Personal) Leave Misuse: What Employers should do (and what not to do)
A Fair Work Commission (FWC) decision from earlier in the year serves as a reminder for employers, that acting too quickly on suspicions of sick leave abuse can be costly. In the case, a senior supervisor was dismissed after taking six weeks of...
Great Managers aren’t born. They’re coached.
The difference between a good manager and a truly exceptional one often comes down to one single transformative skill: coaching. Coaching is more than giving feedback or solving problems. It’s about unlocking potential - asking better questions,...
Why Sleep Belongs in Your Workplace Strategy
In today’s fast-paced, hyper-connected world, rest is often the first thing we sacrifice, and the last thing we’re encouraged to prioritise. Our Focus HR team recently took a different approach. We slowed down. We learned to nourish. We reconnected...
Strategy isn’t a document or an event – it’s a conversation
Many organisations treat strategy like a once-a-year exercise - crafted by the executive team, written into a polished deck, and shared at an all-staff meeting before everyone gets back to “business as usual.” But real strategy doesn’t live in...
The Predictable Path of Progress
Last week, our 2025 Group Strategy participants gathered for their Quarter 3 Review and Reset, a rhythm we follow every 90 days. As a group of peers, we sit together and reflect. We look back on the previous quarter, the goals set, the actions...
Unpaid Leave: A fair approach to saying yes, or no, to requests for unpaid leave
As the festive season approaches, many businesses see a rise in requests for unpaid leave, especially from employees without enough paid leave entitlements to cover Christmas closures. While it's natural to want to support your team, it’s important...
Safe, respectful and inclusive celebrations: Positive Duty obligations
The end-of-year season brings with it a sense of celebration - team lunches, awards nights, and of course, the classic office Christmas party. For many organisations, these events are a way to reward effort, build connection, and celebrate success....
The Quiet Slide: How Ignoring Issues Erodes Workplace Culture
Every workplace has moments when something needs to be addressed - a behaviour that’s not quite right, a performance issue, or a brewing conflict. Yet too often, managers hesitate. It’s rarely because they don’t care; more often it’s fear - fear of...
Leading with Trust: Which side of the fence do you sit on?
I recently had the opportunity to attend a Blanchard Building Trust workshop - not as the facilitator this time, but as a participant. This course is a product we offer here at Focus HR, material that I know, but I wanted to experience what it felt...
Unlock the Power of DiSC – a game-changer for teams
Have you ever thought about what really drives team performance? Or why communication sometimes feels effortless with one person and challenging with another? The answer often lies in understanding behavioural styles. That’s where DiSC comes in....
Lollipop Moments – a Personal Reflection
Naomi Wilson, Founding Director Late last month we had the pleasure of kicking off the second intake of our Lead with Focus program. Leadership is a passion that has grown over time for me. It wasn’t an instant love affair, like HR was (yep, I’m...
Are you Delegating to Develop?
One of our favourite parts of delivering leadership development workshops is witnessing light bulb moments! In our Delegation session we explore common roadblocks to effective delegation - often ‘it’s just quicker to do things myself' or ‘I want to...
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