Employee happiness is the key to competitive edge
Companies that prioritise employee engagement see a stronger bottom line and build a workforce that’s motivated, loyal, and better equipped to face challenges, writes Lord Mark Price
The Deal Magazine
Win awards and gain benefits of nation’s best places to work
The Australian has partnered with WorkL, to find and celebrate the very best organisations which care for employee happiness and engagement. Take the time to join the list of the best workplaces.
Help! I’ve been petty-sacked for coffee-badging
Confused by the blizzard of business buzzwords, acronyms and coinages that came to the fore in 2024? It’s a jargon jungle out there but maybe this can help…
Remote work, fair pay, wellbeing key drivers of workplace happiness
Empowerment is the most important driver of workplace happiness in Australia, says WorkL’s latest annual report, which analyses global data from more than 100,000 organisations.
Barron’s rankings a pathway to better financial advice
Only 10 per cent of Australians use a financial adviser but there’s a growing recognition of the value of professional help
Listen to your employees and create a happier workforce
Listening more to your employees is a great way to create workplace engagement. Find out if you can win one of many awards by entering The Australian Best Places to Work 2025.
Meet this year’s Top 150 financial advisers
Fifty more names of new talents and veterans teaming up to become powerful forces in the market. See who made this year’s The Deal/Barron’s Top 150 Financial Advisers list.
Barron’s Top 150 Financial Advisers of 2024 revealed
The ranking is a guide to those looking for an adviser and a scorecard that advisers can use to measure themselves against one another.
Financial advisers gear up for massive spike in demand
The biggest shake-up to the financial advice industry in a decade is designed to see more people being counselled on their growing wealth.
Be counted as one of the best places to work
For an organisation to outperform its peers, it needs to discover how happy and engaged its employees are. Enter The Australian Best Places to Work 2025 to find out. Entries are now open.
AI no panacea for productivity, says Gartner boss
AI is a mixed bag for business, so don’t look for an across-the-board lift in employee productivity.
What older workers really think about the office
They’re keen on financial security but many older workers have no career aspirations or big goals, says a new report on over-50s
Why more CEOs are taking the ice bath plunge
Australian CEOs and other corporate players are rapidly embracing the global ice bath trend, claiming it improves their fitness, mental health and decision making.
Listen up – from Monday you can say no to the boss
New rules on contacting workers after hours will begin on Monday, with workers set to test the right to disconnect.
Saying no to the boss just got a whole lot easier
New right to disconnect laws start later in August but workers are already gearing up to take advantage of the workplace rule change.
Stereotyping the bush is a hiring hurdle but so is the data gap
Stereotypes about rural jobs need to change, but a lack of solid data is not helping in the search for more workers.
Breaking the bias on corporate leadership
For years women have been urged to crack the glass ceiling and become great leaders. But what chance do they have when business schools and training courses often add to the problem?
Shareholders pressure brands on LGBTQ marketing
Conservative groups are filing more proposals implying that companies working with LGBTQ organisations could become the next Bud Light.
Australian firms work hard to keep staff engaged
Australian companies are among the happiest places to work. They show enormous innovation, drive, resourcefulness and talent to push forward even as the economic landscape is changing.
Six-step methodology shows the way to happiness
There are six essential measures of the happiest places to work. The WorkL methodology of identifying the best places to work is a score based on the six criteria.
Great managers make people want to come to work and do well
To be credible as a leader you have to have technical qualifications and/or experience to win the respect of those you lead. They are vital to coach people and develop capabilities.
Is your workplace happy? Enter the awards and find out
The Australian is on the hunt to find the very best places to work. There are only a few weeks left to enter. So be quick.
Happier staff bring greater profits
Employee happiness is directly correlated to engagement levels, which lead to greater profit. Is your workplace happy? Enter The Australian Best Places to Work awards and find out.
Gen Z revealed as the unhappiest, with the highest flight risk
Research shows half of employers believe that Generation Z is not entering the workplace well-equipped with the skills and knowledge needed for their roles.
Post the Voice, corporates still on track on the social licence
Australian companies still recognise the need to maintain their social licence
The background story of Australia’s first gender pay gap report
The inaugural report into the differences between what men and women are earning in Australia has been criticised as much as it has been praised for taking the first steps to eradicate financial inequality. So, how did we get here?
There’s a gender pay gap, can I ask for an increase?
You’ve discovered today your company pays men more. Now you can demand an increase, right? Not so fast.
Employers must find balance with union’s WFH push
Unions are keen to see an extension of remote work but bosses worry about productivity, promotions and culture. Somewhere in the middle is a satisfactory compromise.
How AI can help you get a job
If you really want to leverage the full potential of this technology and upgrade your interview performance. Story by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Is this the end of the Great Resignation? Why workers are staying put in 2024
The data’s in, and while some admit the term itself might be the 2024 HR bingo card, it shows the Great Resignation is out and employees plan to stick around this year.
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