Category: Leadership Matters

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 […]

Companies are surprisingly similar in what they claim to be their values, culture and execution, but there is a lot more variation in what actually happens at the coalface. Leaders have a crucial role in determining how well their organisations ‘walk the talk’ through their own conduct and the way they respond to others. Most […]

Susan King is the sole proprietor of Susan King Consulting. Kate Goodman is Executive Manager for TheBumpWA. Paired together in IML’s WA’s mentoring program, they reveal the fruits of their six-month relationship. Tell us a little bit about your job and career background Susan King: My career has been rather serendipitous and varied in nature, involving an unusual mix […]

Ian Mathieson FAIM, Managing Director at Mathieson Management, mentored Dr Sashi Sivathasan FAIM, the Deputy Director at the Faculty of Engineering, Science, Architecture and Industry at TAFE Queensland in AIM’s mentoring program. The pair discuss the benefits of their mentor-mentee relationship. Tell us a little bit about your job and background… Sashi Sivathasan: I completed […]

When Kirsty Whyte chucked in her day job to go sailing for a year, it wasn’t so she could kick around the Whitsundays or Croatian coast. Instead she paid to be an amateur crew member on board the Spirit of Australia in the Clipper Round the World Yacht race. An event that pairs a professional […]