Category: Leadership Matters

Jane McNeill, a director of Hays, points out: “While strategies such as career progression, rewards and recognition, mentorships and flexible working have been the focus of many retention plans in the past, staff engagement is also now recognised as a very important tool.” Research by Hays has revealed a disparity of up to 13 per […]

CINDY HOOK, CEO DELOITTE AUSTRALIA When Cindy Hook, a long-time Deloitte employee, learned the top job would be vacated a year ahead of time, she swung into action with an external career coach. First she needed to decide if she wanted the role and to figure out if her personal values aligned with the firm’s. […]

Dr Dharmica Mistry has spent the past eight years researching and developing a simple blood test for breast cancer. The new diagnostic test will be available to people of all ages, replacing mammograms, the most common tool currently used for early detection that is limited to women over the age of 50 (breast tissue is […]

In the pre-social media age, I quickly found that it took a lot of time and effort to start and cultivate those relationships, and they needed the right environment to prosper. I also observed that, all things being equal, people prefer to do business with people they like and trust, and you’re not going to […]

Lina Ranieri AIMM explains why her job in a public sector agency with 18,000 employees is a perfect fit for a ‘people person’. 1. On the job I’ve been with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) since 2000. I look after things like recruitment, strategy for leadership and culture, and secondments with the private sector. I also […]

Two decades later, Yothu Yindi manager Alan James’s award for 1993 Northern Territory Manager of the Year is still proudly on show in his office. BY NIGEL ADLAM   Alan James was surprised – and delighted – when he won an Institute of Managers and Leaders Excellence Award in 1993. He was named Northern Territory […]

Most companies have codes of conduct or guidelines covering employee responsibilities and proper practices within the workplace. This may include types of acceptable behaviour, government legislation, reporting protocols and possibly behaviours agreed to by employees. They may also have policies and procedures for people to follow. This sounds pretty straightforward. Not so. I am constantly […]

The demise of the annual performance review is imminent, according to recent headlines about various multinationals announcing changes to their employee appraisal process. Many experts are scathing of this traditional corporate rite. “They should be thrown out,” says Dr Tim Baker, author of The End of the Performance Review and director of Winners At Work, who […]

Every Monday night in Australia over 600,000 people tune in to Q&A on ABC to be entertained, educated and outraged in turns. The lively debate between panellists, the audience, and host Tony Jones has led the national conversation around politics and current affairs since the show’s inception in 2008. HOW Q&A WORKS Each week five guests […]