A copy of a presentation from a conference seminar I gave as part of Tonkin Corporation\'s Annual Performance Management 3 Day programme in March 2010

1. Presented by David Fox Re-Engaging the Disengaged Review Act Create Assess

2. What are the comments you have heard employees or managers say about the past 18 months? Companies used the GFC to get rid of dead weight People have been forced to take what they are given The War for Talent is dead! The power shifted in favour of employers in terms of the labour market Companies have been using the GFC as an excuse not to give increases

3. What are people in your organisation saying now? “ What happened to our values?” “ As soon as I get a better offer I am out of here” “ So much for people being their most valued asset” “ I cant believe the way they treated so and so…” “ If they don’t give us increases this year there will be a riot”

4. What is actually happening now? What does this mean to your business and what risks does it pose? The whole of last year I saw maybe 6 adverts for HR coming through a week If people are hiring HR people, they are hiring others too On the 4 th of January 23 HR jobs came through…last week 35 Shares in SEEK have gone up 30% in the last 3 months….

5. Treat employees like they are just numbers and not worth much and they will leave your organisation. Will they? Hell yes, but what if they don’t leave physically? What if they stay and leave mentally or worse yet, stay and actively sabotage productivity in your business? First their own and then others. What if their negativity starts to infect other employees who are usually quite positive about your business but who find it hard to remain positive in the face of a constant onslaught of negativity from peers and managers? Any of your experiencing anything like this at all?