Category: Manage and lead others

When Vicky came back to her Victorian State Government position after maternity leave, it was tough. Getting back in there and leading her team again required renewed confidence in her abilities and a strong mental attitude. Marion King FIML Vicky was matched with Marion King FIML, from Conocer Consulting, specialising in Workforce Planning and HR […]

  It takes more than a spot of maturity to manage workplace conflict, writes JANE CARO   You need to be a grown-up before you can effectively and calmly manage conflict. By that I don’t mean you have to have reached chronological maturity. I mean you have to be able to control your own emotions […]

Dr Christopher Clarke FIML, manager of corporate safety at Melbourne Water, was inspired to push his career envelope by mentor Ron Skaff FIML, an organisational change practitioner and director at Forma & Associates. They began meeting in Melbourne last year.   Why did you join IML’s mentor program? Christopher Clarke (pictured right): I joined for […]

Solicitor Brooke Reardon MIML can’t thank mentor Chris Blair FIML enough for helping her pluck up the courage to start her own business Brooke Reardon MIML, principal practitioner at Your Law Firm Horsham, joined IML’s mentor program to help steer her through a life-changing career move. She was teamed up with Chris Blair FIML, Enterprise […]

Welcome to the age of buy-in. Any company serious about keeping pace with a market that’s evolving faster than ever must create an environment where ideas can truly thrive. They must let go of slow and cumbersome models of leadership born in the industrial age. Managers must loosen the reins and ask people to think for […]

Jim Collins, leadership expert and author of the bestselling book Good to Great, is surprised by the findings of his latest research into what makes great companies successful, a topic he has studied for 25 years. “To me it’s the most delightful bit of new research that we’ve done,” he says, joie de vivre crackling […]