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Corporate wellness essential to organisational performance, study reveals

Organisations that ignore the health of their employees are putting productivity and profits at risk, with new research revealing a close link between organisational performance and wellness.

09/06/2009

Skills shortage subdued but not resolved despite budget forecast on rising unemployment

Right Management supports the Government’s 2009 Budget forecast indicating a pro-longed rise in unemployment ahead, but warned employers from cutting too deep and said the skills shortage in Australia is far from over.

20/05/2009

Most Australians disengaged at work, global study finds

Australian employers are putting their productivity at risk by failing to motivate employees, with a global study finding that 62 per cent of Australians are disengaged at work.

03/06/2008

Less work, same money: Older workers set to embrace new Super rules

Older workers keen to work less while earning a similar salary will increasingly be approaching employers with proposals for flexible work, an HR expert told a breakfast in Melbourne recently. Right Management’s Regional Practice Leader, Tim Roche, also told HR professionals at the breakfast, entitled "Managing Boomers in the new Superannuation Environment", that employers need to take a proactive approach to accommodating older workers if they are serious about retaining them.

20/05/2008

Look before you make the career leap, experts advise

While many people use the New Year to reflect on their career, they should avoid making a hasty or flippant decision at this time, a career management expert has warned.

18/01/2010

More employees taking a pay cut to find a job, research shows

The downturn has had a significant impact on jobseekers’ expectations, with new data showing a jump in the number of people taking a pay cut to land a role, Right Management research shows.

15/11/2009

Workforce 2010 – Lessons from the first movers

There will undoubtedly be winners and losers as we move through the economic recovery. In most instances, the winners will be those who invest in growth as close to the bottom of the economic cycle as possible. These ‘first movers’ will have a decisive competitive advantage in 2010.

22/11/2009

Leadership Coaching still a ‘cottage industry’, white paper argues

Leadership coaching must be better aligned to business outcomes and more effectively measured if it is to mature beyond a cottage industry, according to a Right Management paper launched today.

18/01/2010

Employee engagement falls during GFC, staff churn set to rise, research shows

Employers face a new wave of staff churn in the next year, but this time it will be led by disengaged employees rather than cost-cutting executives, Right Management has warned.

07/10/2009