Category: New In Leadership

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 […]

A quick and dirty guide to popular trends in the project management sphere. BY CAROLYN BOYD   Project management is changing thanks to new methodologies and the development of new technology. Here are 7 trends currently holding sway in the world of project management. 1. AGILE The Agile method of managing a project, an iterative […]

A buzzword which has been enjoying a longer shelf life than most is ‘resilience’, but during its time in the management theory sun it has experienced a subtle change of meaning. Once it was a compliment, paid to someone who had survived a period of great adversity and emerged whole. But I am starting to […]

Being a small business, and not a big one, is central to the success of Bruny Island Cheese. Business owner and cheesemaker Nick Haddow isn’t interested in chasing sales to the United States or other export markets, or dream of becoming a major company. “I’m slightly terrified of Bruny Island Cheese Company becoming a big […]

A new era of collaboration is changing the face of project management. BY CAROLYN BOYD, ILLUSTRATION BY JIM TSINGANOS   In a world where project management is constantly evolving, Julia Steel, general manager of projects in Telstra’s project management office, has a useful mantra:‘Start less. Finish more.’ Steel, like many other project management professionals, says […]

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 […]

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 […]

Three project management professionals talk about the industry. What are the biggest challenges faced by project managers today? What methodology is best? And what is the true measure of a project’s success? BY CAROLYN BOYD EVE VICKERSON Eve Vickerson is a senior town planner from Brisbane who works on multi-million dollar developments and has a […]

Secret recordings have made headlines in recent times. In October 2015, embattled Fair Work Commission vice-president Michael Lawler admitted on television that he had recorded conversations with his boss, Fair Work president Iain Ross, over a number of years. In May 2015, media reports surfaced that Justice John Byrne had secretly recorded on his smartphone an […]