We keep telling leaders to “hold people accountable,” but no one asks the real question: Did we make them capable first?
Organizations don’t rise on pressure — they rise on clarity, skills, and support.
If you want better performance, start building capability, not fear.
#LeadershipDevelopment #WorkplaceCulture #PeopleAndCulture #LearningAndDevelopment #HRInsights #ModernLeadership #CoachingCulture #CapabilityBuilding #PsychologicalSafety #LeadBoldly #ManagerTips…

http://leadboldly1.blog/2026/01/06/stop-holding-people-accountable-start-making-them-capable/

Sharing a new piece by Brian Elliott discussing return to office mandates, arguing that "...there is mounting evidence that mandates don’t improve financial performance. Instead, they damage employee engagement and increase attrition, especially among high-performing employees and particularly those with caregiving responsibilities."

#HumanResources #PeopleAndCulture #FutureOfWork

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/return-to-office-mandates-how-to-lose-your-best-performers/

Bald in ganz Basel bekannt 😜 #BaselOne24

#Java #Spring #SpringBoot #SpringFramework #RESTfulAPIs #CloudNative #Databases #OpenSource #Kafka #GitHub #GenerativeAI #FunctionalModelling #CodeImprovement #Architecture #DataandAI #FrontEnd #UIUX #PeopleandCulture #NewWork #AgileMethodologies #APIs #Microservices #CloudNative #DevOps #CloudComputing #BigData #MachineLearning #AI #DeepLearning #DataScience #Analytics #Visualization #Serverless #CultureFirst #NewWaysOfWorking #Community #Collaboration

From the ABC: "Worker delight as four-day week spreads, with union agreements locking in expansion of scheme to new employers".

#HumanResources #PeopleAndCulture #IndustrialRelations #FutureOfWork #FourDayWorkWeek

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-11/four-day-week-expansion-with-union-agreements-locking-in-spread-/102681412

I'm looking forward to celebrating AHRI's 80th year at the AHRI National Convention in Brisbane in August. PM me if you're up for a coffee durign the week.

#HumanResources #ahrince23 #AHRI #PeopleAndCulture #Brisbane

An interesting read from MIT Sloan Management Review on how to manage complexity and maintain effectiveness using the CAARE framework to support hybrid workers.

#HumanResources #HybridWork #Leadership #PeopleAndCulture #FutureOfWork

https://bit.ly/3V7rrJq

From Bloomberg - World’s largest four-day work week trial finds few are going back and about one in six employees in the study said no amount of money would convince them to return to five days a week.

#FutureOfWork #HumanResources #PeopleAndCulture #FourDayWorkFeek #FlexibleWork

https://bloom.bg/3Epmfti

With the recent updates across Australia's WHS regulatory landscape focusing on psychosocial hazards in the workplace, this article on psychological safety in the workplace from Harvard Business Review is timely.

What exactly is psychological safety? It’s a term that’s used a lot but is often misunderstood. In this piece, the author answers the following questions with input from Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, who coined the phrase “team psychological safety”:
1) What is psychological safety?
2) Why is psychological safety important?
3) How has the idea evolved?
4) How do you know if your team has it?
5) How do you create psychological safety?
6) What are common misconceptions?

#PeopleAndCulture #HumanResources #WorkplaceHealthAndSafety #WHS #OHS #PsychologicalSafety #PsychosocialHazards

https://hbr.org/2023/02/what-is-psychological-safety

From Personnel Psychology - Person‐Organization Fit Theory and Research: Conundrums, Conclusions, and Calls to Action.

#Research #HumanResources #PeopleAndCulture

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/peps.12581?af=R