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From Burnout to Balance: Strategies for Reducing Employee Stress
Employee burnout is emotional or physical exhaustion that brings a lack of motivation and a reduced sense of accomplishment. True burnout is not a casual, occasional thing. Rather, it is specific to one’s job or occupation and is more concerning...
The 3-Step Approach to Managing Poor Performance
Dealing with someone who isn’t performing at the level they should be is frustrating, stressful, exhausting, and time-consuming. NOT dealing with a poor performer can be equally as difficult while risking the productivity, motivation and...
Higher Trust, Lower Turnover: 4 Effective Strategies for Retaining Top Talent
To increase trust, engagement and retention, here’s what you can do to help your company reduce turnover rates. Trust is like a 'piggy bank' There is an imaginary trust ‘piggy bank’ for every person we deal with at work or in our social life. Every...
The Power of Empowering Your People
Progressive businesses are always on the lookout for ways of being more competitive, creating efficiencies, driving growth, and improving business performance. To achieve this, businesses often look for process improvements, lowered costs,...
Master the Art of Leadership: Become a Steward of your Team’s Time
– Naomi Wilson, Founding Director Does this sound familiar to you… You lead a team of six people who all need time from you. But so do your clients, suppliers, strategic partners and countless others. Even though you had the best of intentions,...
Sexual Harassment Q&A – Do I have a Positive Duty to Act?
Question: As a manager, if I hear of sexual harassment happening, do I have to act on that even if the person says they don't want me to do anything? Answer: Yes. Managers and business owners have a responsibility to protect employees and an...
Walk the Talk
Are You Walking the Talk? Why Walking Helps Invigorate Strategy Sessions by Alistair Green On the morning of day two of our strategy workshops, often against heavy opposition, I encourage participants to wake up early and do some form of physical...
Revenue Per FTE
Revenue per full-time equivalent (FTE) is a key business metric used to measure how much revenue your people generate for your business, providing insight into how effective a business’s workforce is in terms of productivity and performance. This...
4 Day Week Insights
Focus HR has been on a journey for the past two years, working towards implementing the 4 Day Week, achieving 100% productivity, in 80% of the time, with 100% pay. It’s not about compacting 38 hours into four days. It is about being truly...
Leading Successful Change in your Workplace
– Tamara Stopford, Leadership & Engagement Consultant Change is something that we have all experienced to varying degrees. In our personal lives, change may look like moving schools, relocating, getting married, having children. In our...
Business Strategy & Vision – How do You Score?
Every business leader serious about running a thriving business needs to give attention, focus and time to nurturing their strategic plan. To win in business today, you'll need a plan... A plan your team knows and can implement effectively. At...
QFVG Partners Who Care
Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers (QFVG) is the state industry body representing Queensland’s commercial fruit, vegetable, and nut growers. For the past few years, Focus HR has been providing workplace relations advice to their wonderful...
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