Category: Leadership Matters

Nick Xenophon is one of the most influential people in Australian politics. Once a lawyer with a practice dealing with workers’ compensation and private injury claims, the senator sees himself as a politician of the centre. Certainly his voting record in the Senate has been split between the two major parties. His foray into politics […]

Nick Mellow AFAIM, HR manager at Taylors Wines in South Australia, is a wine lover with a passion for people management. He says he has the perfect job. Nick Mellow explains his career journey for Leadership Matters. On the job I’ve been with Taylors Wines for five years. There are 160 employees across the organisation and about […]

Across the globe, people recently celebrated International Women’s Day on or around March 8. IML hosted almost 2,000 attendees and engaged 25 speakers across five events in four days for our International Women’s Day Great Debate. IML has been a proud supporter of International Women’s Day in Brisbane for the past 19 years and we successfully […]

One of the Western Sydney Wanderers first recruits was Shannon Cole, who made the brave decision to sign with the new A-League team after being released by his former club, Sydney FC. It was mid-2012 and these were supposed to be the glory days for Australian footballers. People were still basking in the afterglow of […]

When Kimberley Britt, now a stakeholder relationship manager with CPA Australia in Canberra, joined IML’s Mentor Program, she was surprised at the professionalism of her mentee, Lauren Stokoe, a graduate recruit in Deloitte’s risk management team. Lauren was equally surprised by Kimberley’s readiness to guide her along her career path – and willingness to share […]

Macro and micro managers are generally maligned. In extreme cases the former give staff little support while the latter sit constantly on their shoulder, but both types of manager have great attributes. What is micro management? A micro manager asks questions around deadlines, involves the team in the project’s progress and encourages feedback. What is […]

When Melitta Hardenberg launched her own consulting business, Get Fit and Focused, which specialises in employee wellbeing programs, her mentor, Richard Keeves, founder of Smarter Web Strategies and a fellow West Australian, helped her to avoid a disaster or two. They began meeting regularly last year while Hardenberg found her feet with the business. Here’s what […]

If your ultimate career goal is a leadership role like a CEO spot and/or a position on the company board, you had better get busy. No-one gets to the top of their game by chance. It requires hard work, a lot of passion, good strategic planning, a valuable network of contacts and a willingness to […]

When Duncan Barker IML was in the early days of launching his own real estate business, Office Discovery, he was grateful to have his mentor, Southern Cross Coaching and Development CEO Simon Smith FIML, by his side. Both work in Sydney. Why did you join FILM mentor program? DB: I was referred by a friend […]