If you’ve ever recruited people for your team, you know that others in your organisation will hold you accountable for the choices you make. A study of 5000 Australian hiring managers found that failures in their talent acquisition strategy originated…
The Australian federal election delivered a shock result, with the Coalition government returning to power for a third consecutive term. Despite the polls and bookies odds strongly favouring the Labor party, the Australian voters handed a marginal, yet clear victory…
When we discuss the culture of a company, we are referring to the values, assumptions, behaviours and unwritten rules accepted company-wide. Company culture is spear-headed from the Executive team right down to each and every employee. It plays an integral…
It is almost inevitable that in a manager’s professional landscape today that they will eventually encounter one (or more) employees who perform below the expected level of performance. Whether they are difficult to deal with, do not get along with…
In the modern workplace, most work is performed as a member of a team. Yet, few teams ever reach their full potential or function as efficiently as they are capable of, because they are dysfunctional. The reasons that cause the…
Culture is the unwritten rules and unspoken mantra of a company. It is closely correlated to how the organisation actually operates. Often intangible, it is the underlying mood and feel of an organisation. Company culture is important to employees as…
Pathological leaders exist in the world today, more frequently than you believe. They are often individuals in positions of power, that twist the system for their own benefit and believe their own lies and deceit. Unfortunately, many Australian workplaces and…
The time and resources spent on working out the skills needed to replace a board member can be as exhaustive as the process of finding the right person. An age-old approach of identifying potential candidates from a narrow and closely…
Boards, Executive and senior management when faced with an unexpected resignation, or termination, that has occurred with no clear succession plan in place, often unwittingly panic. Their overwhelming desire to appoint someone into the vacant position results in a race…
