Category: New In Leadership

Whistleblowing is a precarious business. Exposing wrongdoing within an organisation can throw a whistleblower’s career into disarray, however some go onto bigger and better things. Here are four cases of famous whistleblowers in Australia.

Whistleblowing has always been a dangerous business for those brave and principled enough to expose illegal or unethical activities within an organisation. The process can lead to isolation, harassment, lost work opportunities and forced job transfers. In more serious cases, a worker may be derailed by dismissal, legal action, and even physical assault. But sidestepping some of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bring-your-own-device policies are a common way businesses supply computing to workers, but personal smartphones and tablets can be a serious threat to workplace data security. BY BRAD HOWARTH The data security of many Australian businesses is at risk due to the spread of bring-your-own-device policies. Australia’s love affair with smartphones and tablets has seen many […]