Features

• 5 minutes with… Kelly Rafferty, HR Operations Lead, Human Resources, Telstra Retail

  Aligning your HR agenda with your organisation’s business strategy is the key to success, according to HR professional Kelly Rafferty. read more

• Still the 1940s? Sexism in the workplace

  Despite strides towards equality, sexism is still alive and well in many workplaces. Some of these stories will make you shake your HR head. read more

• HR lessons from Olympian Steven Bradbury

  Steven Bradbury beat extraordinary odds to take home gold at the 2002 Winter Games. So what can HR learn from this Olympic champ? read more

• Are you a King Arthur or a Napoleon?

  They’re two admired leaders with vastly different leadership styles, but which one should you be taking lessons from when it comes to conflict management in senior teams? Napoleon or King Arthur? read more

• Accuracy over speed: Improving the selection process

  Time-poor employers may be tempted to make quick hires, however according to one advisory company people selection should be prioritised. read more

• Global Traveller

  After working with some of the most innovative global companies, including GE and UBS, Yasu Sato found himself in one of the most ubiquitous rapid-growth companies around: LinkedIn. He talks to Iain Hopkins read more

• Australia's Best HR Teams

  What makes for a phenomenal HR team in 2013? Human Capital asks four of last year’s shortlisted ‘best HR team’ leaders from the Australian HR Awards read more

• Too busy to lead: The diary of a well-intentioned manager

  Graham Winter presents the true story of Alex, a manager in a medium- to large-sized Australian company, struggling to make the transition from ‘manager’ to ‘leader’manager transitions read more

• Shades of performance

  Every company aspires to be high performance. Is this a realistic objective? Human Capital talks to Dave Jackson, executive director, Solterbeck, about navigating the performance process for optimum results read more

• Cards on the table

  HR is frequently asked to fix performance issues by providing training, when systemic, deeper issues are at play. Iain Hopkins looks at some root causes of poor performance, and what can be done to improve the situation read more