EPISODE · Jun 22, 2021 · 55 MIN
Paul Ackerman, Employee Expert
from Employees Matter · host Natasha Hawker
Melbourne based, Paul has over twenty-five years experience working in a range of HR generalist and leadership roles. He has worked primarily in the private sector having spent over twenty years with Accenture where he held HR leadership roles spanning both Australia and the Asia Pacific Region. In these roles Paul had responsibility for a broad range of HR functions including performance management, employee relations, learning & development, workforce planning and recruitment whilst leading teams of up to forty HR professionals. Paul has a Masters degree in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations from Melbourne University. In this episode, the focus is on redundancy - doing it sensitively, compliantly and doing so while maintaining your company's reputational risk is an area in which Paul has an enormous amount of knowledge and experience. Natasha and Paul talked about : * How Paul ended up where he is today * What Paul learned from living and working internationally * Where HR intersects with business and how it affects business outcomes * Paul's own experiences as a small business owner in Melbourne and juggling two careers simultaneously * How to run a compliant redundancy process * What are the three "C's" in the redundancy process * What is the reputational risk to your business for mishandling the redundancy process * How an engaged workforce can benefit your business * Outplacement services and how they fit in and benefit the redundancy process * What are the costs of a redundancy process and what needs to be in place prior Contact Paul Email : [email protected] Phone : 02 8021 4206
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Melbourne based, Paul has over twenty-five years experience working in a range of HR generalist and leadership roles. He has worked primarily in the private sector having spent over twenty years with Accenture where he held HR leadership roles spanning both Australia and the Asia Pacific Region. In these roles Paul had responsibility for a broad range of HR functions including performance management, employee relations, learning & development, workforce planning and recruitment whilst leading teams of up to forty HR professionals. Paul has a Masters degree in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations from Melbourne University. In this episode, the focus is on redundancy - doing it sensitively, compliantly and doing so while maintaining your company's reputational risk is an area in which Paul has an enormous amount of knowledge and experience. Natasha and Paul talked about : * How Paul ended up where he is today * What Paul learned from living and working internationally * Where HR intersects with business and how it affects business outcomes * Paul's own experiences as a small business owner in Melbourne and juggling two careers simultaneously * How to run a compliant redundancy process * What are the three "C's" in the redundancy process * What is the reputational risk to your business for mishandling the redundancy process * How an engaged workforce can benefit your business * Outplacement services and how they fit in and benefit the redundancy process * What are the costs of a redundancy process and what needs to be in place prior Contact Paul Email : [email protected] Phone : 02 8021 4206
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