Your 12 minute HR lesson

It sounds right, it feels like good data, but can it be relied upon?

There's nothing better than a good start, or more specifically, there's nothing worse than a bad start.

Everyone wants autonomy in their job, managers want confidence in their reports, but we rarely openly discuss this. So how are these agreements reached?

Managers can jump in- fix, solve, answer, take over. But when? Find Jason at https://www.jasonbiggs.nz/ Find Damian at https://www.pragmatichrm.nz/

Listening is such an important skill, we need to do more on this.

I look at the cognitive bias that makes us instinctively see a bigger number as better, even when its real value hasn't improved. For HR professionals, understanding this can help explain why the same pay increase can...

This is a water-cooler chat with my guest, Jason Biggs. This week, we talk about whether, when, and when not, managers should try to be liked.

Let's rethink the mode we defaulted into.

Why do fish need letters? Because they are in a new pond. The rules for the old pond don't work here, so we spell it out to them. And now they know.

Why do different people work together? Why Kevin Hart and the Rock? Mark Wahlberg and Will Farrell? Laurel and Hardie? Jackic Chan and Chris Tucker/Owen Wilson? Magic comes from contrast- so let's over-analyse why.

Everyone loves a chat and loves a joke, and many like a bit of spice on their humour. But how much is too much, too ribald, too spicy? How do we keep the humour without reducing everything to bland?

How should we treat people? How do you want others to treat - not you- but those you protect the most.

How to handle past glory livers, the laurel resters, the coasters of wins. What to do about people who keep spend the same good credit again and again.

The employee is bringing someone with them. Who are they, and what type of person will they be? This episode we talk about the unknown variable of the representative.

"How about.... instead of this process.... we talk about a deal". Legally, this can be hard, or maybe easy. BUT- laws aside, it's a pandora's box, you can't walk it back and pretend you didn't say that. It's tricky, so...