Category: Leadership Q&A

This month's Member Spotlight features Daniel Swart CPMgr AFIML, Head of Clinical Operations at QBiotics Group Limited Australia. Daniel's focus on team engagement and adaptability has been crucial for navigating organisational change, driving both individual and team success. In the article, he shares how the CPMgr accreditation has shaped his leadership approach, offering strategies for building resilience, enhancing team ownership, and aligning operational decisions with strategic goals

This month’s Member Spotlight features Harley Hochstetler CPMgr FIML, Executive Director of International Operations Hubs at Nielsen. Harley’s passion for continuous improvement and knack for tackling challenges with innovative solutions have made a meaningful impact on his teams and clients, simplifying and enhancing their work and lives. In this engaging feature, Harley shares his approach to preparing for 2025, offering actionable tips and strategies to help you set yourself up for success in the year ahead. Don’t miss his advice for driving growth and achieving your goals!

In this month’s Member Spotlight, discover Kathy Meyer, Change Manager at the NSW Police Force. From starting as a secretary to leading state-wide projects, Kathy's leadership has been shaped by extensive volunteer work and mentors. Inspired by her father’s advice, she is driven by meaningful work and continuous learning. Her IML accreditation later in her career has validated her skills and reinforced her commitment to effective leadership.

Ben Luks MIML had just been appointed as marketing, product and client liaison manager at Adelaide-based IT company Comunet when he joined the Institute’s mentoring program. He was teamed up with Bob Schroder FIML, managing director of consulting firm Asterisk management, and says the experience gave him the confidence he needed to become a successful […]

On the job I’m one of two directors of Evolve. I’m responsible for the operations of the hotel – I’m the face of it. We have Tolarno Hotel in St Kilda and the aim is that within about two to three years we will have five properties within greater Melbourne. We formed the company early […]

Gender equality campaigner Hannah Wandel AIMe believes women are naturals when it comes to multitasking. Her own career may just prove her point. Wandel balances her full-time job as Social Policy Adviser at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canberra with her role as chief executive of the not-for-profit organisation she founded two years […]

Peter Baines worked in the disaster victim identification team following the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. Today he is a leadership consultant and runs a charity, Hands Across the Water. By Nicola Heath When Peter Baines switched on the television late on Boxing Day in 2004, with news of the immense devastation caused by a […]

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 […]

As tour development manager for the Art Council’s Northern Territory division, Alan James added an original and spontaneous note to the usual mix of organising Territory tours for the likes of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. “I would stop by the side of the road, ring an Aboriginal community and say, ‘I’ve got some drummers [with me] from […]