Category: Professional Development

Some of the best content being created today comes in the form of podcasts. In fact, the only problem presented by podcasts is choosing which ones to listen to. Podcasts are the perfect companion for commutes and other downtime. Entertaining and educational, the best podcasts offer an unbeatable opportunity for busy professionals to engage with […]

What does a leader do when the industry they have succeeded in has eroded beneath them? Can their skills, experience and deep industry insight transfer to the new world of challenger businesses? Or do the skills that delivered success previously actually work against them? Russell Reynolds Associates’ annual survey of 2000 C-suite executives across 15 industries – including media, […]

In this month’s Insight Edge we look at careers and leadership. To enjoy a long, productive working life and to have an impact on your teams and your organisations, you have to take control of your own career development and apply the principles of agility, flexibility, innovation and resilience, just as you would to a startup […]

These are the conclusions of London Business School’s Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott in their recently published book The 100-year life. “For every 10 years you live, your life expectancy is growing by two years,” explains Lynda Gratton. While someone born in the 1940s was likely to work for 40 years and live a further […]

Most people in job interviews spend way too much time on logic. Their preparation and technique relies on stating all the facts: “I’m the right person for the job because I’ve worked in a similar role … Have 20-plus years’ experience … Just love sales!” Know what the end result is? You come across as […]

Super networkers have a great list of contacts and a network composed of many loose connections that foster the flow of opportunities and ideas. Here are 15 of Australia’s super networkers, the ‘golden contacts’ everyone wants to know. David Gonski Chancellor of the University of NSW, chair of the ANZ Banking Group and Coca-Cola Amatil […]

The property development industry has long had a reputational problem. AIM chief executive David Pich checked in with Dean Ind, managing director of Invest Property Solutions in Queensland, to see how good leadership could make a difference. DAVID PICH: Tell me a little about your business. DEAN IND: I started Invest Property Solutions 17-and-a-half years […]

Humans are used to being the smartest tool in the shed, but this is looking less and less like something we can continue to take for granted. Smart computers, driverless cars and 3d printing combine with connectivity, machine learning and bio-engineering to create a surge of innovation in capacity, capability and intelligence that is already […]

360-degree feedback is systematically collecting opinions about a person’s performance from a range of sources, including peers, direct reports, the boss – even from people outside the organisation like customers or suppliers. The goal is to create a panorama of how the person is perceived by others, a map of perceived strengths and weaknesses that […]