Category: Professional Development

Sound familiar? It was written in 1991 by Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, in the Harvard Business Review. Change is not new. Transformational change wasn’t invented this year. Not even this century. But, the imperative has increased. If there isn’t an obvious threat in their market, most business leaders assume that it’s only a matter of […]

Google ‘create a company vision’, and you will have enough reading material to keep you busy until next Christmas, but it won’t leave you much time to actually create the vision you are after. But create it you must. In times of constant change, your company vision is a touchstone. It is your aspirational image of […]

The Surf Life Saving Foundation has the charter of raising funds to enable the operations of Surf Live Saving Australia. Originally a state-based organisation, SLSF became a national body in 2010. In 2013 the Foundation was integrated into Surf Life Saving Australia to become a single national entity. The two organisations combined to create a […]

“When I park the car at the factory, there’s a piece of gaffer tape they’ve put on the floor, I’ve got to walk from the gaffer tape all the way through to my office without talking to anyone at all. Apparently I keep interfering.” That’s one approach an Australian family business has recently resorted to, […]

When Duncan Barker IML was in the early days of launching his own real estate business, Office Discovery, he was grateful to have his mentor, Southern Cross Coaching and Development CEO Simon Smith FIML, by his side. Both work in Sydney. Why did you join FILM mentor program? DB: I was referred by a friend […]

Susan King is the sole proprietor of Susan King Consulting. Kate Goodman is Executive Manager for TheBumpWA. Paired together in IML’s WA’s mentoring program, they reveal the fruits of their six-month relationship. Tell us a little bit about your job and career background Susan King: My career has been rather serendipitous and varied in nature, involving an unusual mix […]

Ian Mathieson FAIM, Managing Director at Mathieson Management, mentored Dr Sashi Sivathasan FAIM, the Deputy Director at the Faculty of Engineering, Science, Architecture and Industry at TAFE Queensland in AIM’s mentoring program. The pair discuss the benefits of their mentor-mentee relationship. Tell us a little bit about your job and background… Sashi Sivathasan: I completed […]

If your ultimate career goal is a leadership role like a CEO spot and/or a position on the company board, you had better get busy. No-one gets to the top of their game by chance. It requires hard work, a lot of passion, good strategic planning, a valuable network of contacts and a willingness to […]

CHRISTIAN HORNER Christian Horner is team principal of powerhouse Formula 1 (F1) team, Infiniti Red Bull Racing (IRBR), one of the wealthiest and most successful of the last decade, and it competes in a sport that generates more than US$1.5 billion ($1.95 billion) annually. IRBR has won 50 grands prix, four World Constructors’ Championships and […]