The Devil is in the detail and he can have Demon mates
October 31, 2019
I am not fan of Halloween, but I couldn’t help the connection with this blog and the time of the year.
However, the recent Woolworths underpayment story has highlighted how important it is to ensure that a company of any size is complying with its obligations under relevan...
Keep it Simple, Listen and Converse
October 15, 2019
Over my career, I have been told a few times that I can be a little bit cynical about my own function - Human Resources.
This is because I like to keep things simple, use plain English and avoid the trendy words and terms, which can become quite a funny form of Bingo!!...
'Don't throw the Baby out with the bath water'
October 4, 2019
“Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water”.
This saying is one of my favourite internal dialogues when listening to justifications of structural changes and reporting line changes in businesses.
Don’t get me wrong, there is an important driver, often strategic, w...
Culture and Leadership
August 2, 2019
How often do we hear "...it’s a cultural thing"; "...the culture needs to improve"; "...they have brought the culture down", etc etc? How often do we see little action from those making these statements to actively rectify their throw away statements, about the perce...
Breaking habits and overcoming self-limiting beliefs.
July 22, 2019
Over the last few weeks I have been attending an extremely interesting Personal Development workshop series, about the breaking of habits and overcoming self-limiting beliefs that lead to procrastination. It has a strong focus on facing fears that are holding people ba...
Why "Valere"?
June 26, 2019
As an introduction, I thought for our first Blog, I should explain in a little more about the meaning of our business name. Valere is the Latin word for “be strong”; the basis of the word valour and of course a synonym for courage and bravery.
Throughout my j...
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