Category: Leadership Matters

The cost of ethical failure After the recent VW scandal, for example, where it was shown that the company had doctored emissions tests on its diesel engine, the financial repercussions were huge. VW’s behaviour had not met either investor or consumer expectations and its share price dropped by 23 per cent – almost a quarter […]

“THE KEY IS SELF-CONTROL” John Goddard Director, Better Managers Ego often gets a bad reputation – think of extreme individuals such as Alan Jones, Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian. But I believe that ego, when understood and controlled, is a good thing. The key is self-control. When others see you valuing yourself above the team, […]

Recruiting people from diverse backgrounds, with ideas that question the status quo, can change an organisation for the better. Leading and sustaining a successful and ethical business can be a complex game. For some people, it is made all the more (seemingly) complex by bringing together individuals with different backgrounds and perspectives. However, we now know […]

One senior ANZ trader, who was dismissed following an internal investigation, filed an unfair dismissal claim against the bank claiming that he was forced to behave badly because of the bank’s abysmal corporate culture. (Another trader has also filed a separate suit.) The claim alleges that the bank itself created, supported and encouraged a toxic […]

Mariam Issa and her family fled Somalia when civil war broke out in 1991, and spent the next seven years in Kenyan refugee camps. A family reunion visa brought them to Australia in 1998 when Issa was pregnant with her fifth child. Early on, life in Melbourne was tough for the Somalian family of seven. […]

This month in Insight Edge we tackle another huge leadership topic: money. Leadership is far from all about money. But leaders do need to be able to talk about money: how they raise or earn it for their organisations, how they manage it to the advantage of the business, and where they invest it. Leaders […]

Melissa Hardy AIMe, manager of corporate planning and implementation at Queensland Investment Corporation in Brisbane, was looking for a fresh perspective when she joined AIM’s mentoring program, Member Exchange, last year. Chad Renando AIMM, community manager of Ipswich City Council’s innovation hub, Fire Station 101, helped her to shift her career focus.   Why did […]

What is the circular economy? The term ‘circular economy’ has been around since the 1970s, but was popularised in 2012 when the Ellen MacArthur Foundation charitable organisation teamed with McKinsey & Company to determine the economic and business opportunities of eliminating waste and optimising resources in the European Union (EU). Their report, Towards the Circular Economy, […]

The next time you consider squashing an ant, spare a thought for Tanya Latty. An entomologist with a special interest in insect behaviour and ecology, Latty spends the bulk of her days studying how these tiny organisms band together to solve complex problems. A postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Sydney, Latty grew up […]