HR is at an inflection point. AI is rewriting the rules — but the real opportunity isn’t about technology. It’s about HR finally having the capacity to do the strategic work it was hired for. For thirty years, HR has been told it needs to be more strategic. The Ulrich model gave us the architecture […]
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The cost of a bad first hire isn’t just the salary. It’s the months of distraction, the lost momentum, the awkward exit conversation, and the moment you find yourself doing the work yourself again — except now you’re paying someone else to not quite do it. After 17 years of working with small businesses and
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Every July brings a wave of workplace law changes. Most years you can absorb them with a payroll update and a quick policy review. 2026 is not that year. The changes landing on 1 July 2026 are structural — not cosmetic. They alter how super is paid, how parental leave is funded, what counts as
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