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Practical advice on people, leadership and culture. Helping you make better decisions and build a stronger business.
Tools we use13 October 2026
The Emotional Culture Deck: how riders&elephants helps teams talk about culture
Most culture work stops at values on a wall. The Emotional Culture Deck starts with how people actually want to feel at work, and the behaviours that make it happen.
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Tools we use6 October 2026
The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: what it is and how we use it
Psychological safety isn't about being nice. It's about whether people will tell you the truth. A practical framework for building it, one stage at a time.
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Work health and safety28 September 2026
Queensland's psychosocial hazards code didn't create new obligations. It just caught up to them.
The Code just caught up. Here's what it now expects, and what to check.
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Leadership22 September 2026
Mental toughness, the most underrated metric of high performance
Resilience is one of four things, and rarely the one that's broken.
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Tools we use17 September 2026
DISC Advanced: a shared language for how your team works
DISC is the tool most people have heard of and few use well. What DISC Advanced actually measures, where it earns its keep, and the one job it should never be given.
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Employment law10 September 2026
The government wants to ban most non-compete clauses. Here's what to do while it's still a draft.
Draft legislation would ban non-compete clauses for most employees. It isn't law yet.
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Award & Legislation1 September 2026
SCHADS award changes: what's settled, and what's still just a proposal
Two changes are already law. Two are the Commission's provisional view.
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Tools we use20 August 2026
Talegent assessments: personality, ability and values in one view
Talegent's PATH assessments look at personality, cognitive ability and values together. What each measures and where they fit in a hiring process.
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Award & Legislation14 August 2026
Health Professionals Award 2026: it's not a pay rise, it's a reclassification
New classification structure and staged pay increases through 2030.
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Tools we use16 July 2026
The OPQ: what it tells you that an interview can't
The OPQ is one of the most widely used workplace personality questionnaires in the world. What it measures, why employers use it in hiring, and where it fits alongside an interview.
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