Category: Leadership Development

By Jane Caro, Author, Journalist and Broadcaster Are you quick to judge? You may be projecting your own shortcoming on to others. Try a dose of self-awareness. I THINK IT was US comedian Sarah Silverman who pointed it out first: President Donald Trump’s tweets criticising others for failings and wrong-doings are not actually accusations but […]

By Duncan Fish, Executive Coach & Interpersonal Skills Expert at The Engaging Executive. The term Mentoring is quite popular, but what does it mean to you? In my opinion, the role of a Mentor is to espouse wisdom from a position of experience. The term ‘Mentor’ is derived from the story of Homer’s Odyssey. Odysseus, King of Ithaca, had […]

Your ability to accurately determine the skills and attributes needed to fulfil the requirements of your career progression requires research, honest self-reflection and time. If the role you want is with your current employer, your research could involve discussions with the person currently in that role, their peers, the person they report to, HR and anyone […]

Interested in global leadership? Here are the books and articles you should add to your reading list this month. Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built By Duncan Clark (HarperCollins, $29.99) Alibaba is sometimes compared to Amazon but it is a bit different: it operates as a portal for retailers rather than a seller itself. In the […]

Emerging Leader of the Year Paul Mead applies the leadership training he received in the military to his current role in sports consultancy. A former member of New Zealand’s armed forces, Paul Mead runs a sports consultancy in Darwin. He provides an insight to the sport sector around developing commercial opportunities for sport organisations. […]

Every year thousands of businesses interact with customers and suppliers internationally on the platform of trade missions: international trips organised by business people and government representatives to discuss business issues and facilitate trade. Trade missions may be led by federal, state or regional representatives. They may be organised by industry associations or by specialist agencies […]

When Gartner Research compared the career progress of 1,000 or so employees at Sun Microsystems who had taken part in a mentoring program with those who had not, it uncovered some interesting results. About 25 per cent of the employees involved in a mentoring program had advanced a salary grade over the five-year period of the study, […]

Mental health in the workplace is one of the most challenging issues leaders and managers face.. Overlooked for years, it is now widely acknowledged that mental illness can have a huge impact on productivity, to the tune of $10 billion a year. In the lead-up Mental Health Week 2016, Leadership Matters quizzed Nick Arvanitis, Head […]

Dr Christopher Clarke AFAIM, manager of corporate safety at Melbourne Water, was inspired to push his career envelope by mentor Ron Skaff FAIM, an organisational change practitioner and director at Forma & Associates. They began meeting in Melbourne at the beginning of the year. Why did you join AIM’s mentor program? Christopher Clarke: I joined […]

Most people in job interviews spend way too much time on logic. Their preparation and technique relies on stating all the facts: “I’m the right person for the job because I’ve worked in a similar role … Have 20-plus years’ experience … Just love sales!” Know what the end result is? You come across as […]