Waaay back when I first joined twitter, I made friends with a guy who worked in HR in Boston, MA. Lovely guy to connect with and also hassle about when he’s coming back to Australia! Chris Ferdinandi writes at RenegadeHR.net, tweets at @ChrisFerdinandi and has written a few ebooks you may be interested in. “Culture Convo” is one for those...

Often working in HR we see the very best and the very worst of things. We see people being rewarded for excellent achievement and also experience tremendous setbacks, stress and burnout. At the moment, you can’t escape from the tragedy that is happening around in the world. You will have been across the floods in Queensland and now other parts of Australia, but...

The other day I read a blog post called “When your credibility takes a hit” on Women of HR, which was written by Jennifer Miller. It was hugely refreshing to read and a timely reminder that we aren’t all perfect. Jennifer talks about being in a position where she blew it professionally; how humbling the experience was and also how instructive it can be as...

Recently at a People and Culture Conference, I was given a copy of the ‘Eight steps to happiness; the science of getting happy and how it can work for you’. Obviously being the nerd that I am, I was pretty excited as I had seen a few episodes of the TV show and was keen to read more. If you haven’t seen the show, it’s called Making Australia Happy, and...