All senior executives should have exceptional Project planning skills. What does this mean? The definition of a project is something that has a start and an end. When executives manage their day to day activities as they would a significant project, they are more effective. Project planning is a discipline for determining how to complete […]
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All senior executives should have exceptional Meeting Facilitation skills. What does this mean? Meetings provide an avenue for contribution at both an individual and collective level. The health of the workplace “tribe” and their sense of belonging is most demonstrated here. However, meetings re often the least effective form of communication in organisations. To have a
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All senior executives should have exceptional managing outcome skills. What does this mean? To manage outcomes, the following steps should be followed: Identify where you are and where you would like to be. Provide clarity on your intentions to reach your goals. Identify primary dependencies and deliverables. Develop a clear strategy and share your strategy
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All senior executives should have exceptional skills to develop key performance indicators and hold their team to account against them. What does this mean? The organisations Strategic Plan should be underpinned by annual Operational Plans. The Operational Plan will then identify Key Performance Indicators needed to be met to deliver on the Strategic Plan. A
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Many aspects of employee conduct and performance are covered by workplace policies and procedures such as the Code of Conduct, Performance and Misconduct Policy, Attendance and Absenteeism Policy etc. Prepare policies that cover the various issues in your business, back them up with procedures (which are steps for implementing the policies in a practical way)
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The National Employment Standards sets out a scale of redundancy payments based on an eligible employee’s years of continuous service with the employer and the employee’s age. However this pay scale does not apply if, immediately before the time of the termination due to redundancy, or at the time when the person was given notice
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Termination of employment due to redundancy is a form of dismissal by the employer. It carries with it the concept of involuntary termination of the employee’s employment. However, rather than being a fault-based dismissal, redundancy is usually caused by factors such as economic conditions, business efficiency, or technological development. Generally speaking, termination of employment due
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Some types of termination situations only happen rarely. These may include abandonment of employment by the employee, repudiation of the employment contract by either the employer or employee, death of the employee, or the employee is unable to continue working (or to resume work), because of long-term injury or illness. Many of these situations will
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Employers should note the following issues when a termination of employment occurs: The termination must be lawful, eg not in breach of contract, equal opportunity, discrimination or other legislation, and in compliance with any award or agreement that covers the employee and there must be a valid reason for the termination. The date and reasons
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A simple definition of unsatisfactory job performance is a gap between the employee’s actual performance and the level of performance required by your business. There are three basic types of poor performance: Unsatisfactory work content — in terms of quantity, quality, etc; Breaches of work practices, procedures and rules — such as breaching work health
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