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WORKLIFE NEWS ALERT : May 2009
Career development and management news from Worklife International
   
 

In this issue:

Latest HR stats

According to a recent report by Hudson recruitment, employers believe the most important aspects of a restructure/reorganising program were:

  • ensuring clear communication throughout the transition process (68 per cent);
  • ensuring managers feel supported through the process (41 per cent);
  • ensuring impacted employees are treated with respect and dignity (39 per cent);
  • minimising the impact on remaining employees (39 per cent).

Quote of the month

“Living in fear of loss of job and income is incompatible with taking responsibility for job and work group, for output and performance.”

Peter Drucker
Management consultant

  

A word from the MD, Peter Tobin

In the current economic conditions, HR professionals need to keep abreast of the economic climate, the short- and long-term goals and objectives of the business, and current as well as emerging HR thoughts and practices.  In this issue of Worklife News Alert we've sourced some of the latest thinking around HR via the 'Blogosphere', as well as some tried and tested learnings from management guru Peter Drucker. 

I hope you find this issue of Worklife News Alert insightful and informative.  If you have any comments and suggestions for future issues of Worklife News Alert, why not email them through to me now - simply click here. Happy reading.

Dear Worklife 

Each month Worklife answers your career development questions. To ask us a career development question, simply click here now. This month's Q&A looks at cost effective ways to manage people and business needs during times of a slowing economy.

Q: My organisation is feeling the 'pinch' of the tough economy.  What strategies should we look at to reduce costs?

A: From a people perspective, there are many strategies to consider when needing to reduce costs and maintain the motivation of your team. Consider the following:
1. Analyse the need for contract or casual staff and scale back if possible;
2. Encourage staff to take annual and long-service-leave which your organisation will have accrued;
3. Ask staff for their creative ideas on how to attract new business and try some;
4. Review other costs in the business and make cost reduction a focus; and
5. If redundancies are necessary, consider asking for volunteers.

Feature article: A class with Drucker: The lost lessons of the world's greatest management teacher

Peter Drucker continues to exert a profound influence on the practice of organisational management. His own writings on management theory and practice continue to be widely read and, since his death in 2005, a number of new collections of his writings have been published.  David Binns reviews one such collection: William A Cohen's book, "A Class with Drucker", which shares some of Drucker's more provocative insights.

To read Binns' review, click here now.

What's new on the web?
Check out HR Thoughts

This month's feature website is a HR blog created by HR professional Lisa Rosendahl called HR Thoughts. Voted one of the Top 50 Blogs in 2009 by small business motivation and strategies consultant Evan Carmichael and nominated as one of the Top 25 HR Blogs by HR World, HR Thoughts covers leadership, growth and the business of HR. Rosendahl states on her blog bio: "If you are a Human Resource professional, developing leader or someone interested in transforming the way we communicate, interact and connect with others, you've come to the right place. HR Thoughts is partly professional, partly personal and 100% authentic. Guaranteed." To check out HR Thoughts, go to http://hrmanager.squarespace.com/.

What's happening at Worklife this month?

CCCP – Melbourne
Worklife presents the Career Coach Certification Program (CCCP) in Melbourne from Monday, 18 to Wednesday, 20 May. There are some last minute seats remaining for this workshop. Click here to register for CCCP.

CCCP – Brisbane and Auckland SPECIAL Offer
Join our CCCP workshops in Brisbane or Auckland and receive a complimentary Coaching Toolkit. Valued at $295, you will receive the Coaching Toolkit as our gift when you register for one of these workshops. Click here for our workshop registration page.

Coaching Toolkit
Worklife continues to support career coaches with the introduction of its Coaching Toolkit, designed for participants of Worklife’s CCCP workshop. If you have participated in a CCCP and would like to add new resources to your toolkit, click here for more information.

 

  
   

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