Business for Good Workshop 9: People and Culture

The Business for Good Sector Development Program is for social enterprises, First Nations owned businesses, B Corps and small businesses who are interested in intentionally embedding social and environmental impact into their businesses.

Our Business for Good workshop series will cover a range of small business fundamentals topics with an impact lens to help SA small businesses build key knowledge and capabilities to drive social and environmental impact through sustainable business development and growth.

Workshop 8: People and Culture

Join us for an interactive workshop focused on scaling your workforce as your business grows. This session will provide valuable insights into flexible resourcing strategies and upskill you with practical knowledge to navigate the complexities of the industrial relations environment.  We’ll also examine how to recruit a team with strong values alignment to your purpose.

Session Highlights

• Explore various employment models, including casual, part-time, full-time, fixed-term, contractors, temporary staff, and volunteers to help determine the best fit for your organisation.
• Gain a clear understanding of the current legal framework affecting workforce management, delving into recent changes such as casual conversion, the right to disconnect, and the importance of psychological safety in the workplace.
• Learn strategies to stay compliant and foster a positive working environment.
• Discover effective methods to engage with the communities you serve, to enhance your recruitment efforts.

This workshop will be led by Mel Blondell, Managing Director at Red Seed and Humanology. Arrernte man Marius Liddle, founder of MTL Consulting Services, will be joining the session as a provocateur to provide an important First Nations business lens to the topic.

Following Mel's session, you are welcome to stay on with us for an extra hour for an informal chat over light refreshments. 

Places are limited and registrations are essential so get in quick to avoid disappointment. We are eager to enable eligible businesses in regional South Australia who cannot attend in person to participate via Zoom.

Who is eligible to attend?

You are welcome to join the Business for Good program, including attending our workshops if you are:

• Based in South Australia, and
• Qualify as a small business (up to 20 employees), and
• Committed to learning and understanding how you can embed impact into your business.

Please note that attending the Business for Good workshops means participating in the Business for Good program and we will need to collect some data from you for reporting purposes. If you are not already a participant, the Business for Good Program Coordinator will be in touch with you shortly after your booking.

We have an Equitable Access Policy, please get in touch with Arianna via email hellosasec@gmail.com if this fee is a barrier to your participation.

About the Business for Good Program

The Business for Good: Social Enterprise Sector Development program is supporting South Australian (SA) social enterprises and small businesses with key business fundamentals to strengthen their knowledge, capacity and capability to deliver social, environmental and economic outcomes for SA with long-term business sustainability and growth. Delivered in partnership by the South Australian Social Enterprise Council (SASEC), Social Traders and Collab4Good, the 18-month Business for Good Program delivers activities through three streams:

1. Early advice, information and referrals.
2. Group workshops and a social enterprise conference.
3. An advisory support service, consisting of a social procurement readiness program and a business growth coaching program.

To stay updated on the Business for Good Program please sign up to the Business for Good mailing list at www.sasec.org.au/businessforgood 

The Business for Good Program is an initiative of the Government of South Australia’s Office for Small and Family Business and the South Australian Small Business Strategy 2023 – 2030.