Category: Manage and lead the business

One of the most important remits of top leaders is the strategy. However, if 96% of leaders admit to not having the time to think strategically (as they are pulled into managing the day-to-day tasks), is it really as vital as most claim it to be?   Keeping strategy front of mind An organisation’s strategy […]

Brands are much more than a name or symbol of a product. Leadership and people-management specialist and author, Karen Gately, believes that in a highly competitive world with the pressure on many organisations to lift their game intensifying, leaders are wise to define brand more broadly as the reputation that underpins consumer confidence and inspires […]

By Adrienne McLean MIML Thinking bigger about what your business offers to customers can propel the business into areas of growth never imaged. It also keeps the business relevant, agile and in step with changing market forces locally and internationally. But if something isn’t broken you don’t fix it, right? Sticking to the same way […]

By Nicola Field | Photo by Anna Rogers   FNQ Plastics is a custom fabrication specialist with an environmental focus and an end goal of reducing waste into landfills. Lesley Van Staveren is quick to point out that the products they sell are either made from recycled plastic or can themselves be recycled. “We’re educating […]

By Adrienne McLean MIML   Understanding the business building journey is vital for B2B leaders whether they are the business owner or involved in sales and marketing. The more the whole process is understood, the better it is for everyone involved in helping the business grow. However, there can be quite a perspective gap between […]

By Lachlan Colquhoun   If only he could know it, Charles Porter would be delighted that a sixth generation of his family is now working in the hardware stores which bear his name in Mackay. Porter’s business was born of necessity and then opportunity. He arrived in the North Queensland town in the early 1880s […]

By Lisa Calautti   Preventing heart disease and improving the heart health and quality of life of all Australians is at the core of the National Heart Foundation ACT’s mission. For its CEO Tony Stubbs, a vital element in ensuring this quest is a success depends on a united team of staff focused on this […]

There is no shortage of data. The way we harvest information is also many and varied. But for leaders who are faced with the daily challenge of making informed decisions, collecting data is no longer enough. What makes it valuable are the insights it provides. One way to use data to your advantage is when […]

By Craig Baty FIML   For our final article in this series on digital transformation for non-technical leaders, we’ll look at Cybersecurity. In last week’s article we saw how AI and robots will increasingly work alongside us to augment our capabilities, now it’s time to think about the elements we need to protect in this […]