Category: Manage and lead the business

By Toby Smith   As a successful manager, you’re well aware that the survival of any business – regardless of size and profitability levels – ultimately depends on cash flow. Most businesses that end up in liquidation reach that point because they run out of cash. This article outlines a number of measures you can […]

Written by Charles Horvath MIML, Professional Mentor and Decision-Making Facilitator   As a business mentor, I am passionate about succeeding. We know and understand the principles for sound management and for succeeding. The rebranding of the Australian Institute of Management to Institute of Managers and Leaders (IML) is an excellent example of a successful undertaking. The […]

Written by Sebastian Salicru Organisations are known to invest heavily in leadership development. But in a rapidly changing world, are the traditional approaches paying off? THE PROBLEM: In a world of complexity, turbulence, high-velocity and continuous change, the context for leadership, as we know it, has been turned upside down. Recently, we have witnessed what […]

Football Federation Victoria’s Chief Executive Maxwell Gratton has a passionate approach to leadership. It gives him more than a sporting chance of success. WHEN MAXWELL GRATTON, at the time CEO of Basketball ACT, accepted the job of chief executive of Football Federation Victoria (FFV) late last year, it was a return to home turf for […]

Staff retention should be an organisational priority at all times. Recruiting new employees with the right skills set and cultural fit can be timely and costly, and with often serious competition for strong talent. Smart organisations work hard to effectively manage, develop and retain internal talent. The 2017 Staff Retention Report investigates current market trends […]

  My partner – Eileen – recently decided to return to the world of work after spending time as the CEO, COO and CFO of Pich Inc. Whilst this crucial leadership role involved all those critical managerial skills (setting strategy, defining culture, making decisions, leading two young daughters, etc etc) it was sadly very poorly […]

    How to motivate with less. By Candice Chung When companies experience a squeeze on budgets, managers often face the legitimate fear that it can dampen staff morale. What happens, for instance, when a lean fiscal year brings with it an ineluctable freeze on pay rises and bonuses? It’s a tough piece of news […]

What do employers need to do to get good people from metro areas to relocate to regional areas? By Nicola Heath Scott Timmins AFIML never wanted to move to Townsville. “I thought ‘it’s a small country town . . . and I won’t get much out of my life up here,’” he recalls. Twenty years later, […]

By Candice Chung   When it comes to attracting diverse talent, most companies tend to think of this in the context of improving gender or ethnic diversity. In recent years, however, the concept of neurodiversity has emerged as an area of growing interest on the HR frontier. Put simply, neurodiversity refers to the idea that […]