Link: http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/what-next/2006/12/29/1166895478238.html

Writers from The Age spin wheel of fortune to identify headlines for next year.

A most interesting read...enjoy!

Happy New Year to you and yours

Link: http://www.humanresourcesmagazine.com.au/articles/B1/0C0429B1.asp

Looking for tips with what to do to engage new and current Talent...
Google has gained a reputation for being extremely competitive when it comes to attracting and retaining talent. John Sullivan takes a look inside Googles HR strategies and examines why its considered the worlds
only corporate recruiting machine.

Have close does your Talent recruitment and retention strategy and execution come to Googles?
What would you add/change?

Link: http://trax.fastcompany.com/k/w/mailman/fasttake/20061227/creative

Slideshow: Top Ten Creative Minds of 2006 | by Kevin Ohannessian
From the pages of Fast Company, here are 10 individuals
whose creative work has broken boundaries and changed industries.

Would you regard your year as creative?
If not, why not?

Link: http://www.humanresourcesmagazine.com.au/articles/41/0C042E41.asp

UK EMPLOYERS have been urged to radically overhaul their training processes after it emerged that poor productivity cost them more than $171 billion last year.

Employers in England alone spent a record $81 billion on training last year to boost the performance of their workforces, according to statistics from the Learning and Skills Council.

But the effectiveness of this training has been called into question by separate research from Proudfoot Consulting, which revealed that poor productivity cost UK employers more than $171 billion in 2005 – equivalent to 36 days per worker, per year.

Our guess is that this would reflect in Australia as well...is that your experience?
WHat have you seen to make you agree?

Merry Christmas....

Please accept this as our way of wishing you and your loved ones all a very Merry Christmas and safe Festive Season...

...and given this manic time of year, we thought we would share an article on Burnout...might help with the New Year Resolutions!!

Best Wishes

Denise Hall & Deirdre Gruiters