Many of our clients have indicated that they struggle with how to apply flexible work practices to all their employees, both white and blue collar. The key is understanding that our employment practices are built on 150-year-old constructs coming out of the industrial revolution. Our opportunity is to challenge these constructs and the assumptions that…

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You’ve been to a workshop on Capability Framework implementation, you did some great activities on understanding it, and you also appreciate what it takes to build a business case. Great! Now you’re back at work motivated to move forward. BUT you have a million things that need your attention sitting on your desk and very…

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Performance management and performance development are familiar terms to HR and managers alike. As an HR professional, you may already have a performance management or development system in place. Most performance models have three main components for employee development: Creating expectations, Monitoring progress, and Corrective action or rewarding good performance. The idea is that by…

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You don’t need to look hard to find another news story about big business offering great flexible work perks to their employees. Large organisations like PWC, Commonwealth Bank and Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning are attracting talent to their organisations by promoting access to flexible work arrangements amongst their other quirky workplace…

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Working in HR, you are typically the first to recognise the tangible benefits of implementing the Local Government Capability Framework. With that realisation can often come the task of convincing your General Manager (GM) and Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to allocate the necessary time and resources to put the framework in place. With a myriad…

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Local Government NSW has engaged INS in a partnership to support councils to implement the Local Government Capability Framework. The Framework has been designed specifically for the Local Government sector and based on extensive consultation with councils across the state. It is a sophisticated framework that sets out the essential knowledge, skills and other attributes…

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Change in the workplace can often create confusion. New approaches in workforce management and the implementation of new systems can translate to big changes for HR personnel and the organisation as a whole. The introduction of the Local Government Capability Framework is no exception and accordingly, councils must understand that change takes time and effort.…

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All too often ‘Millennial’ is perceived as a dirty word with a myriad of negative connotations. Is this justified or merely misguided? Millennials are the generation born from the 1980s to mid-1990s. They are more likely to hold liberal political ideologies, less likely to practice religion than previous generations, and grew up in the age…

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Public sector organisations are subject to exceptionally high rates of change in response to the ever-shifting sands of the political environment. Given the level of resilience and adaptability this requires from their workforce, public sector HR Directors and Managers have their work cut out for them when it comes to meeting the challenges of performance…

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How the INS talent mobility program and work-based assessments matched staff into new roles across the NSW public sector. The introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) heralded an exciting period of change across the disability landscape. However, for all its benefits, it also meant almost one-thousand employees of the NSW Department of Family…

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