During times of crisis and change, there is often an increase in workplace complaints and grievances. Despite the current circumstances, “employers are still required to treat employee complaints seriously”, Particularly when they involve allegations of bullying or harassment.With HR practitioners under increased pressure to manage and support their business partners, investigation of allegations or conducting

The Australian HR Institute (AHRI) has recently committed to transform the HR profession by introducing HR certification in Australia. A central outcome of HR certification will be to provide greater certainty to ‘purchasers’ of HR services by clearly distinguishing what true HR business partners look like and how they can benefit organizations. Being able to

With her wealth of experience in workplace investigations, particularly into bullying and harassment, Helen recently spoke to business leaders, academics, and government officials on Workplace Bullying at the inaugural Edith Cowan University Flashlight Event. The presentation gave insights into: Who is affected by bullying? How common is bullying? What is (and isn’t) bullying according to

I’m sure many of you are aware of our professional body, the Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI). I’ve been actively involved with AHRI all my working life (nearly 30 years!) and am currently the State President. You may not be aware though that AHRI has embarked on a process to “set the bar” for the HR profession in

I recently attending a training course to gain my certification in Genos Emotional Intelligence Assessment. This was really interesting. The Genos model is based on 6 competencies so as well as assessing where you are now, it also provides insights into how to improve your Emotional Intelligence. So it’s a measure but also planning platform to increase EI.