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Diversity Fatigue: Understanding and Overcoming its Effects in Organizations
Diversity and inclusion, these buzzwords are practically the air we breathe in modern workplaces, right? From fostering innovation to spicing up creativity and offering a delightful range of perspectives, diversity is the spice rack we can’t live without. But, as with any good thing, there’s always a twist. Enter diversity fatigue, that sneaky villain lurking behind all the well-meaning initiatives, threatening to turn our workplace utopia into a slog.

Shane Warren
3 min read


Are helpful staff more intelligent?
In general, the research suggests the answer to this articles title is: yes. A series of research studies that look into anti-social...

Shane Warren
1 min read


So how do you keep good staff?
We came to realize many many years ago that pay was not really a high item in the agenda as to why staff stayed or left a job… Sure we acknowledge that few people can go to work for no pay and that all employees have expenses outside of the office that means a certain level of base pay is required. However, exiting interviews from the 1980’s first identified that pay rate was not a really high factor in peoples’ decisions to leave a company. So why did people choose to stay

Shane Warren
3 min read


Use your voice to command respect…
Wow now that does not sound terribly ground-breaking… did you know you can use your voice to command respect? Of course, you did. But...

Shane Warren
2 min read


Managing Difficult People
In every organisation, in every part of our lives there are people who we just don’t get. They push our buttons and they make us go...

Shane Warren
4 min read
Resilience and the Business World A case for it...
How does Emotional Resilience (ER) relate to a manger’s performance, to staff motivation, and to staff retention? Is there some evidence...

Shane Warren
5 min read


EAP Dollars and Sense
People often ask what the benefit or return on investment is for providing an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to their staff. Various...

Shane Warren
3 min read


ETIQUETTE TIP: A Good Team Player Does Not Use Sexist Language
Be non-gender specific with your language - use terms like that person, our administrator, etc. The term "guys" has become unisexual,...

Shane Warren
1 min read


Managing the bottom of the line: Generation X - the new workforce
With the majority of baby boomers close to retirement, young Australians, known as Generation X, must now play even a more significant...

Shane Warren
3 min read


The Changing Face of the Workplace
Never before has the question posed by the leading US business magazine Fortune have a more apt time: “What’s the difference between a...

Shane Warren
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