Category: Manage and lead the business

By Elizabeth Ticehurst   Security is a huge company expense. Guards patrol buildings, virus protection software is installed, laptops encrypted and mobile phones tracked. Yet a hard truth can be forgotten – employees may pose the greatest risk for companies. Protecting intellectual property and confidential information requires safeguards from misuse and theft by the very […]

By Craig Baty FIML   In this fourth of five articles on digital transformation for non-technical leaders, we’ll look at AI and robots. In last week’s article we saw how pervasive the Internet of Things has become, now let’s look at how AI and robots impact today’s workplace and world.   A higher intelligence?   […]

By Nicola Field   At a time when leaders and managers have never been under more pressure to make maximum use of resources, it’s ironic that one of the nation’s strongest resources – our army of highly-skilled and experienced over-50s – are sometimes shunned by employers. Despite the fact that we are living 25 years […]

By Craig Baty FIML   In this third of five articles on digital transformation for non-technical managers, we’ll look at the Internet of Things. After introducing workplace innovation in last week’s blog, we look at how the Internet has become all-encompassing, enabled the internet of things (IOT) and become even more vital for all leaders […]

Empathy, intuitiveness and the strength to deal with complex situations – all vital skills for leaders. Interestingly, these are also natural abilities that most women possess. It’s surprising therefore that the rise in the number of women who sit at the top levels of organisations isn’t happening quickly enough.   Empowering women to lead According […]

By Nicola Field For more than 50 years, IML ANZ has produced its National Salary Survey to help businesses and managers attract and retain the right talent. It’s the longest running such survey in Australia and Sam Bell FIML, General Manager – Corporate Services and Research at IML ANZ, shared the latest insights from the […]

By Annelies Moens CMgr FIML and Chris O’Connor   We recently read an illuminating article by Jeff Kluger, editor at large for Time. At its core, it asserts that from a behavioural standpoint, we humans are going to find it very difficult to take action on climate change – until it’s too late. As he […]

By Craig Baty FIML   In this second of five articles about digital transformation for non-technical leaders, we’ll look at workplace innovation. After learning what digital transformation is in last week’s blog, what should leaders understand about how technology shapes the modern workplace?   Defining today’s workplace   Digital technology has transformed the workplace, as […]

By Craig Baty FIML   In this first of five articles, we’ll look at digital transformation (DX) in general and introduce the key technologies and concepts to be aware of. DX is important for non-technical leaders to have some level of understanding about, so as to effectively manage and use it to their advantage.   […]