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'Improving the skill levels and work processes around the machinery was just as important as the machinery itself.'
Steve Silver, CEO, Cottonsoft


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Workplace Productivity

Making it work – Who can help you?

In this section, you can find links to sites and contact information to help you and your business improve workplace productivity. These resources are arranged under each productivity driver so you can target the area your business most requires assistance in.

Building leadership and management

Effective leadership is about having a clear vision of where your business is heading, and means ensuring staff have the skills and resources to improve their performance and go on learning. For more information contact:

Creating a productive workplace culture

Positive relationships between staff, teams, unions (if they are present) and managers are the foundation of productive workplaces. A positive work environment motivates people and helps them to commit to an organisation. For more information:

Encouraging innovation and the use of technology

Productive workplaces are innovative in the way they use technology and in their processes and operations (employees’ skills, workplace culture, organisation of work, shared vision of business direction). For more information:

Investing in people and skills

Skills, attitudes and knowledge of people are a company’s biggest asset. The more skills people have, the more they can contribute. Skills and knowledge are the lifeblood of productive workplaces. For more information:

Organising work

Productive workplaces are flexible. They have structures and processes that enable them to adapt and grow as products, technology and markets change. For more information:

Networking and collaborating

Collaborating with others might mean joining national industry bodies, trade organisations or eating into regional business clusters. For more information:

Measuring what matters

Measuring the impact of the workplace productivity initiatives underway helps you understand the things that are making the biggest difference. For more information: