Category: New In Leadership

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Innovative agricultural leaders like David and Rebecca Comiskey are a new breed of farmers who are updating management practices and on-farm technology to improve the viability of their family businesses. Running ‘Melton’, a grazing property near Alpha, about 450km west of Rockhampton in Queensland, the couple are taking a strategic, organic approach to cattle breeding […]

Airport and inflight WiFi Back in 2015, American Express and the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) published a survey of 3851 well-travelled executives in its GBTA Business Traveller Sentiment Index Global Report. The aim was to find out what business travellers want. The index revealed a growing interest in mobile cashless wallets; that millennial corporates […]