What Australian Organisations Need to Know About EVP vs Benefits
What Australian Organisations Need to Know About EVP vs Benefits According to AHRI’s Quarterly Australian Work Outlook (2023), almost 47% of Australian employers currently recruiting for talent are experiencing recruitment difficulties. That is nearly half of all actively hiring organisations – struggling not because the talent does not exist, but because their ability to attract […]
Meaningful Connection Part Three Design and Simple Application
The research is done. The strategy is set. The brief is clear. Now comes the part that employees will actually see, read, and engage with – or not. This is the third and final guide in Corporate Crayon’s series on building meaningful employee connections. Part One covered the Research and Discovery phase – the foundation […]
Internal Communications Strategy for Meaningful Employee Connection
Most organisations have some version of an internal communications plan. A content calendar, an intranet, a fortnightly all-staff update. The problem is not a lack of activity. The problem is a lack of strategy behind it. When internal communications are reactive – when messages go out because someone decided it was time to send an […]
Meaningful Connection Part One Research and Discovery Australia
A connection between employees and an organisation is meaningful when it is built with intent, insight, and authenticity. Not with assumptions about what employees need. Not with the message the organisation wants to communicate. But with the genuine, research-grounded understanding of who the employees are, what drives them, and what they actually need from their […]
How to Make Your EVP Part of Your Organizational DNA: 3 Steps
Most organisations invest significantly in developing their Employee Value Proposition. Research, workshops, leadership interviews, brand alignment – it takes time and real effort to get an EVP right. And then it launches. There’s an all-staff message, maybe a video from the CEO, a few assets pushed out across internal channels. And six months later, most […]
The 8 Elements of an Authentic Employee Value Proposition in Australia
Most Australian organisations that invest in developing an EVP do so with genuine intent. They want to attract better talent, retain the people they have, and communicate what makes them a genuinely good place to work. Where many fall short is in the depth of the work. An EVP that captures only the headline offer […]
How to Meaningfully Advance Your Career or Business in Australia
There is a gap in most Australian professionals’ development toolkit. They have a manager – someone who can provide performance feedback, assign work, and navigate organisational dynamics. They have a team – colleagues who share the context of their day-to-day work. And they have themselves – their own experience, judgment, and perspective. What many are […]
5 Wellbeing at Work Summit Takeaways for Australian Leaders
In November 2023, the Corporate Crayon team attended the Wellbeing at Work Summit – a day spent alongside organisations across Australia putting workplace wellbeing at the forefront of their culture. Together, we explored the Future of Work, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, and the practical strategies that Australian organisations are deploying to build workplaces where people […]
Employee Wellbeing at the Holidays: What Internal Comms Misses
December has a way of creeping up on everyone. One week it’s Q4 planning, the next it’s end-of-year reports, cascading deadlines, calendar invites piling up, and 200 unread emails before 9am. Most organisations head into the holiday season with genuine intentions. They organise a Christmas event. HR sends a wellbeing reminder. The CEO writes a […]
5 Key Insights to Employee Workplace Wellbeing in Australia
There is a number that every Australian leader needs to sit with. According to the Australia and New Zealand Autonomy of Work Index 2021, 92% of serious mental health concerns in Australian workplaces can be attributed to work-related stressors. Not personal circumstances. Not life events. Work-related stressors – factors that organisations directly create or have […]