Craig's blog

Improve your recruitment prospects: spreading HR’s business wings

Craig — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:09:42 +0000

Article published in HR Leader magazine: Improve your recruitment prospects: spreading HR’s business wings.

HR professionals can broaden their experience in a business by rotating through other functions. HR Leader looks at this trend and how it can improve the recruitment prospects of HR proponents. See the full article here …

E-learning: keep it simple, stupid

Craig — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:59:40 +0000

Article published in HR Leader magazine: E-learning: keep it simple, stupid.

E-learning solutions need not be expensive or sophisticated to be effective. HR Leader looks at how The Laminex Group took a thrifty but successful approach to e-learning. See the full article here …

Navigating the social networks

Craig — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:45:56 +0000

Article published in Lawyers Weekly: Navigating the social networks.

Australian lawyers and their firms have taken a conservative approach to social networking. Is it time to re-examine the merits of social media? See the full article here …

Litigation risk rattles corporate cages

Craig — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:34:09 +0000

Article published in Risk magazine: Litigation risk rattles corporate cages.

As companies in Australia emerge from the immediate pain of the global financial crisis, experts are warning of a potential wave of post-GFC litigation. Craig Donaldson find out how to manage the risk of legal action. See the full article on page 12 (free subscription required) …

Fighting fit at Rio Tinto

Craig — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:09:13 +0000

Article published in HR Leader: Fighting fit at Rio Tinto.

Corporate health and wellness programs reap a variety of results, from dismal to successful. HR Leader looks at what made Rio Tinto’s program a success and examines the lessons it learned in the process. See the full article here …

HRIS – Hawaiian style

Craig — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:04:51 +0000

Article published in HR Leader: HRIS – Hawaiian style.

A good HRIS can make the daily life of HR professionals and the businesses they work in much easier. HR Leader looks at the experience of Western Australian-based property group Hawaiian and how it managed a smooth and seamless HRIS integration. See the full article here …

Measure up

Craig — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:57:14 +0000

Article published in CFO magazine: Measure up.

Financial chiefs can transform people management from a warm and fuzzy art to a quantifiable process, Craig Donaldson writes. See the full article here (subscription only) …

Blowing the OHS whistle

Craig — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:47:55 +0000

Article published in OHS Professional magazine: Blowing the OHS whistle.

There have been a number of incidences in which workers have felt the need to blow the whistle on poor OHS practices. Craig Donaldson speaks with a number of experts about this issue and looks at how employers can avoid cases of OHS whistleblowing through good OHS policy and practice. See the full article on page 17 (PDF version) …

Putting a finger on workers’ compensation fraud

Craig — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:44:53 +0000

Article published in OHS Professional magazine: Putting a finger on workers’ compensation fraud.

Fraudulent workers’ compensation claims have long been a thorn in the side of employers and their insurers. Craig Donaldson looks at some of the latest issues and trends in such fraud and asks what employers can do about it. See the full article on page 20 (PDF version) …

At the coalface

Craig — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:37:15 +0000

Article published by CEO Forum: At the coalface.

When Nicole Hollows was appointed CEO of Macarthur Coal three years ago, it came with one day’s notice and at a time of significant organisational change. Hollows describes how both she and her role as CEO have evolved over that time and shares her insights on leadership, culture change, being a female CEO and lessons from the GFC. See the full article here …