Tag Archives: motivation
Ten Top Tips from Savvy CEOs
Posted on18. Oct, 2010 by susan.
Last Tuesday, the PricewaterhouseCoopers Master of Business Series hosted a panel discussion on ‘How can I harness the passion of my people to fuel my business growth?’ This is a topic of interest to all managers, so I’ve provided a summary below. The panel members were: Steve McCarthy (CEO, Adshel), Tracey Mitchell (MD, Mitchell Personnel [...]
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3 simple ways to get more done
Posted on03. Aug, 2010 by susan.
Did you know you can be more effective, for longer periods, if you pay more attention to what you’re doing? (We covered the possibility of doing less to achieve more in an earlier post on multi-tasking.) Driving a manual car recently after many years of driving automatics – and the extra concentration that required to get [...]
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Team lessons from the last week in politics
Posted on28. Jun, 2010 by susan.
In Australia, we have had a recent change of Prime Minister. Since then, I’ve been reflecting on what we can learn from these events in terms of having effective teams. 1. People want to be included in decisions that will affect them. The mining industry is just one example. The new PM, Julia Gillard, has recognised this, saying “I [...]
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Could your team use a tune-up?
Posted on21. Jun, 2010 by susan.
My car currently has a small niggling problem that’s not serious, but I know I should do something about it. Perhaps you’ve had a similar experience, with a car, computer or other technology? Have you ever had the same sort of nagging thoughts about your team at work? Things are running smoothly, but you know they could probably be [...]
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Workplace Flexibility and the Recovery – Risks and Opportunities
Posted on07. Jun, 2010 by susan.
By Kerry Fallon Horgan, Keeping Good Companies Journal, Chartered Secretaries Aust The global financial crisis and the introduction of flexibility requirements in the Australian National Employment Standards have focused renewed attention on workplace flexibility. Harry Stout, ING Australia CEO, says “As a result of the GFC we have had to find creative ways of best [...]
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What do you want?
Posted on07. Jun, 2010 by susan.
Last week, our single question survey asked readers “What is the one people management issue that is causing you the most pain right now?” The response was fantastic! Thanks for all your contributions. Didn’t see it? It’s not too late to give us your answer and have it added to our list of topics for future webinars [...]
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Harrison Assessments overview
Posted on11. May, 2010 by susan.
We have prepared an introductory presentation about Harrison Assessments. Simply click to open the page and view the video. Request your free trial today!
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Networking gets personal
Posted on11. May, 2010 by susan.
Have you noticed how personal business has become recently? In this post-GFC era of distrust of corporations, we are relying more and more on the individual relationships we build to grow our businesses. This is more important than ever before for financial services. Yesterday I spoke with Dr Jim Taggart of Taggart Group about his recent doctoral thesis. Jim [...]
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‘Fresh Ideas for Work and Family’ Grants Start Now
Posted on25. Feb, 2010 by susan.
Grants to make your business family friendly The “Fresh Ideas for Work and Family” Grants Program helps small businesses set up family friendly work practices. If you have a small business with between 1 and 14 employees then funding of up to $15,000 is available to help you with your work/life balance initiatives. These initiatives [...]
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Excuse me, your bias is showing
Posted on16. Feb, 2010 by susan.
Do you think you’re good at judging people? You are, but probably not in the way you think… We all live complicated lives and nature has given us neurological shortcuts so we don’t have to relearn everything as we go. For example, when we encounter a closed door, we don’t need to consciously think: What [...]
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