At HRwisdom, we always recommend being proactive and having standard employment contracts, employee letters and Human Resources policies and procedures ready so that you can manage your staff properly in the eyes of the law.

We also know that managing staff can take up so much of your time.

So, HRwisdom has done three things to make things a little easier for you:

We have found for you a free employment probation letter template for an unsatisfactory employee.

You can download the unsatisfactory probation letter template instantly for free and without any registration required. More on this below.

We have discovered an excellent service which gives you all the staff management policy and procedure templates you need. To learn more, click here.

Looking for an unsuccessful probation letter template to use for an employee within your business?

Just visit the following page on the main HRwisdom site to get the download link (no registration required) for a probation letter template produced by the Australian Government, click here.

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Businesses across Australia are facing many different challenges.

Some companies are struggling with the decline of the manufacturing sector and related job losses.

Organisations in the resources-rich states are facing rising labour costs and skills shortage issues.

Businesses in the retail sector are trying to protect tight profit margins and decreasing sales volumes against the flight to online shopping.

No matter what the economic environment or challenges, all organisations need to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of their workforce.

Maximising this efficiency and effectiveness can be done in all sorts of ways such as:  

• Employee Value Propositions (EVP)
• Process improvement programmes
• Training and development
• Employee engagement initiatives
• Employee retention systems
• Performance improvement plans  

There are all sorts of ways to successfully manage your workforce and many of these good ideas are discussed in the free HRwisdom Employee Attraction & Retention Guide.

One way that is NOT RECOMMENDED is to give employees $10 if they can successfully guess which of their colleagues is the next to be fired.

In a post on the Legal Blog Network by FindLaw, Stephanie Rabiner shared details of a recent court case in the United States in which an employer found himself in hot water for trying to motivate his staff by running a “firing contest.”

As Rabiner points out, the employer sent a company-wide memo telling staff they could win if they successfully guessed which of their colleagues would be fired next. Once the winner had been chosen, the contest started all over again.

Unfortunately for the business, a number of staff resigned after they realised the whole thing was not actually a joke as they first thought.

Some might call this an “interesting” approach to employee engagement and employee retention.

The judge called it “egregious and deplorable.”

Either way, this employer won’t be winning any Employer of Choice awards anytime soon.

And in case you’re wondering, yes there were penalties involved.

The employer was required to pay large fines for issues relating to what we in Australia might refer to as constructive dismissal and harassment.

So, if you are thinking about implementing this novel method of employee motivation, perhaps you may be better serviced sticking with the good ol’ Employee Of The Month award until something better comes along . . .  

You can download the HRwisdom Employee Attraction & Retention Guide now.  

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How to manage staff to get the best business results?

This is one of the key issues addressed in the new free guide available for instant download at HRwisdom: Employee Engagement.

In the new “The HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” sixteen expert employee management practitioners from all areas of the human resources field offer their best employee attraction & retention advice.

How to manage staff?

Much of the information in the comprehensive free guide goes towards answering questions around how to manage employee engagement to get the best business results?.

In the wider context, the free guide has been developed to help business owners and Human Resources professionals who want to fast-track their staff management success.

One such expert contributor is Robert Watson.

Robert has had an extensive professional career across the spectrum of Corporate functional areas: engineering, production, sales, quality improvement, strategy, human resources, greenfield site establishment and information systems. He has been an invited presenter three times at the exclusive Mt Eliza School for Executive Education.

When examining your employee turnover ratio, rather than shaking your head in frustration at Gen Ys, your challenge is to tap into their many strengths so that your business can ride the fast wave into the future.

Robert excellent advice will help you if you are recruiting Gen Y people or if your business already has Gen Ys.

For instant download of the comprehensive free “HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” click on Employee Engagement now.

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How to manage staff to get the best business results?

This is one of the key issues addressed in the new free guide available for instant download at HRwisdom: Employee Engagement.

In the new “The HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” sixteen expert employee management practitioners from all areas of the human resources field offer their best employee attraction & retention advice.

How to manage staff?

Much of the information in the comprehensive free guide goes towards answering questions around how to manage employee engagement to get the best business results?.

In the wider context, the free guide has been developed to help business owners and Human Resources professionals who want to fast-track their staff management success.

One such expert contributor is Marie-Claire Ross.

Marie-Claire Ross is a passionate producer of staff and customer training video packages. Our uncompromising approach to producing training videos ensures that our clients receive highly optimised training videos and manuals that deliver significant training results. Thousands of staff each year worldwide are trained with Digicast training materials.

A study by Recruitment Solutions uncovered that 47% of new starters were leaving companies after 90 days of employment. When asked why this was the case, 60% of HR managers highlighted improvements in induction as a priority.

Over the years, studies have found that there are six main areas that companies need to include to be classified as being the best inductor.

Marie-Claire reveals these six key areas and explains how to use them to reduce your staff turnover.

For instant download of the comprehensive free “HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” click on Employee Engagement now.

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How to manage staff to get the best business results?

This is one of the key issues addressed in the new free guide available for instant download at HRwisdom: Employee Engagement.

In the new “The HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” sixteen expert employee management practitioners from all areas of the human resources field offer their best employee attraction & retention advice.

How to manage staff?

Much of the information in the comprehensive free guide goes towards answering questions around how to manage employee engagement to get the best business results?.

In the wider context, the free guide has been developed to help business owners and Human Resources professionals who want to fast-track their staff management success.

One such expert contributor is Juliette Robertson.

Juliette Robertson is an Executive Coach offering webinar based Coach Training for new managers in “How to Coach Your Staff. Her 7 module coach training is globally accessible on-line and perfect for busy new managers who want the benefits of e-learning and access to qualified coaching tutors to help fast track their coaching skills.

Juliette has great experience in how to management employee engagement and, in her article, she looks at how to hang onto your key Generation Y staff.

Why bother? Generation Y are so important because they are the future leaders in your company and they are very mobile. The good ones will leave you if they are despondent, frustrated or do not see any career path for themselves so if you have bright young minds in your business, you are at risk of losing them and need to do what you can to understand how to manage them.

Juliette shares her excellent ideas and provides you with seven action steps for retaining key Generation Y staff longer term.

For instant download of the comprehensive free “HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” click on Employee Engagement now.

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How to manage staff to get the best business results?

This is one of the key issues addressed in the new free guide available for instant download at HRwisdom: Employee Engagement.

In the new “The HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” sixteen expert employee management practitioners from all areas of the human resources field offer their best employee attraction & retention advice.

How to manage staff?

Much of the information in the comprehensive free guide goes towards answering questions around how to manage employee engagement to get the best business results?.

In the wider context, the free guide has been developed to help business owners and Human Resources professionals who want to fast-track their staff management success.

One such expert contributor is Josephine Thomson.

Josephine Thomson is an internationally certified master coach and is well sought after on the global speaking circuit. She has been a senior associate, coach, trainer, assessor and mentor with Results Coaching Systems for over 10 years. Josie has trained hundreds of coaches in the Asia Pacific region, and has coached thousands of people around the globe. Josie is passionate about unleashing the full force of people’s potential, particularly aligning actions and words with truth, integrity and results. Josie coaches leaders to achieve sustainable change and breakthrough personal and business outcomes. She is also committed to the development of coaches and the coaching industry as a profession. Josie is completing post graduate studies in the Neuroscience of Leadership through Middlesex University, and facilitates the Neuroleadership Institute local interest group in Brisbane.

Josephine points out that it’s a complex and stressed out world in corporations large and small. Most workers are juggling dozens if not hundreds of emails a day, delivering results under significant time pressures, working on half a dozen big projects, dealing with politics, resources, difficult customers and all sorts of challenges. There is uncertainty, constant change, unexpected breakdowns and the odd calamity. And along comes a leader who wants to get them doing things differently.

When you busy examining your employee engagement definition, Josephine will help you change individuals’ behaviour as well as develop a change process for your organisation.

For instant download of the comprehensive free “HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” click on Employee Engagement now.

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How to manage staff to get the best business results?

This is one of the key issues addressed in the new free guide available for instant download at HRwisdom: Staff Management Advice.

In the new “The HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” sixteen expert employee management practitioners from all areas of the human resources field offer their best employee attraction & retention advice.

How to manage staff?

Much of the information in the comprehensive free guide goes towards answering questions around how to manage staff to get the best business results?.

In the wider context, the free guide has been developed to help business owners and Human Resources professionals who want to fast-track their staff management success.

One such expert contributor is Anthony Sork.

Anthony Sork is the creator of the Employment Attachment Inventory. The world first, internationally patented business instrument used by leading organisations to increase employee attachment, reduce attrition and increase performance of new employees.

Anthony describes how it is easy to preach about the importance of induction in an employee’s level of attachment. However the challenges of managing that induction in a way that works for the employee, the business and the HR team can be confronting. He then shares excellent advice on effective inductions and how to train staff.

For instant download of the comprehensive free “HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” click on Staff Management Advice now.

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How to manage Wodonga staff to get the best business results?

This is one of the key issues addressed for Wodonga businesses in the new free guide available for instant download at HRwisdom: Staff Management Advice.

In the new “The HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” sixteen expert employee management practitioners from all areas of the human resources field offer their best employee attraction & retention advice for Wodonga businesses of all types.

How to manage staff?

Much of the information in the comprehensive free guide goes towards answering questions around how to manage staff to get the best business results?.

In the wider context, the free guide has been developed to help Wodonga business owners and Human Resources professionals who want to fast-track their staff management success.

For instant download of the comprehensive free “HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” click on Staff Management Advice now.

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How to manage Warrnambool staff to get the best business results?

This is one of the key issues addressed for Warrnambool businesses in the new free guide available for instant download at HRwisdom: Staff Management Advice.

In the new “The HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” sixteen expert employee management practitioners from all areas of the human resources field offer their best employee attraction & retention advice for Warrnambool businesses of all types.

How to manage staff?

Much of the information in the comprehensive free guide goes towards answering questions around how to manage staff to get the best business results?.

In the wider context, the free guide has been developed to help Warrnambool business owners and Human Resources professionals who want to fast-track their staff management success.

For instant download of the comprehensive free “HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” click on Staff Management Advice now.

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How to manage Traralgon staff to get the best business results?

This is one of the key issues addressed for Traralgon businesses in the new free guide available for instant download at HRwisdom: Staff Management Advice.

In the new “The HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” sixteen expert employee management practitioners from all areas of the human resources field offer their best employee attraction & retention advice for Traralgon businesses of all types.

How to manage staff?

Much of the information in the comprehensive free guide goes towards answering questions around how to manage staff to get the best business results?.

In the wider context, the free guide has been developed to help Traralgon business owners and Human Resources professionals who want to fast-track their staff management success.

For instant download of the comprehensive free “HRwisdom Community Employee Attraction & Retention Guide,” click on Staff Management Advice now.

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