Category: New In Leadership

Leadership ethics It is a fairly simple rule. Yet so many of our leaders – in politics, business, media, the church, sport, schools and just about any other sector you care to name – fail to observe it. And it is no use claiming, as some have tried to, that community standards have changed and […]

Richard Watson is a futurist who works with the Foresight Practice at Imperial College London and publisher of What’s Next, an online report of new ideas and trends. In 2006 his book Future Files became an international bestseller. In his new book Digital vs Human ($29.95, Scribe), Watson asks what our lives will look like […]

Leaders are more and more being defined not only by what they do, but the way they do it. How a leader guides, influences, manages and moulds their organisation or team towards achieving a goal is now just as important – if not more important – than the goal itself. The days of “profit at […]

Here are four compelling reasons why employers should make workplaces more family-friendly. 1. Female workforce participation is good for the economy Experience shows people perform better at work when they’re not worrying about home. 2. Flexible workplaces reduce staff turnover Major corporations are increasingly offering flexible working conditions as a way to reduce staff turnover. In […]

Across the globe, people recently celebrated International Women’s Day on or around March 8. IML hosted almost 2,000 attendees and engaged 25 speakers across five events in four days for our International Women’s Day Great Debate. IML has been a proud supporter of International Women’s Day in Brisbane for the past 19 years and we successfully […]

  Carolyn Taylor, leadership consultant and author of Walking the Talk, tells us what good management means to her, which CEOs she’d invite to lunch and the most important quality for a new leader. IN A SENTENCE, WHAT DOES GOOD LEADERSHIP LOOK LIKE TO YOU? I think walking your talk would have to be the answer […]

Businesses all over Australia are enjoying the many benefits of diversity in the workplace. In Western Australia, every time people turn on a tap or flush their toilets they can thank Sue Murphy and her diverse team at the Water Corporation. Murphy, the organisation’s CEO, says almost everyone from Margaret River in the south to […]

No sector is safe from digital disruption – just ask the taxi industry following the unstoppable rise of Uber as its competitor. Now white-collar professions such as accounting, banking, financial advising and even the legal profession are considered vulnerable to digital competitors. How can you help your business survive digital disruption, or better yet, become […]

Technology allowing virtual collaboration is transforming Australian workplaces. When managers at the Melbourne-based custom software developer and integrator Readify send out a meeting request, they don’t honestly expect anyone to actually turn up. But they do expect everyone to attend. With four offices around Australia, staff at Readify have become used to working in teams […]