February 14, 2011
The Resource sector is struggling with a skills shortage in the rapidly expanding industry. But that is not the only problem they are facing into. The rapid expansion signifies the need for more leaders, and leaders are hard to find. The desperate need they have is for management skills. To run effective sales meetings, to […]
Read MoreFebruary 11, 2011
2011 – THE YEAR OF THE LEADERSHIP CRISIS Recent survey conducted across Australia reveals that 70% of people believe the biggest problems in Leadership today is the lack of leadership skills and poor communication. An overwhelming 85% do not believe we have a culture of leadership in our society or in the organization in which […]
Read MoreFebruary 07, 2011
Valentine’s Day – Is Your Business ‘Engaged’? Employee Engagement levels has reduced significantly around the world. Research completed by Hewitt Consulting shows the worst decline in staff engagement levels in 15 years. How can business leaders use Valentine’s Day to buck the trend? It is no secret that since 2008, Business Leaders have faced into […]
Read MoreFebruary 07, 2011
There is no question; we need a leadership reform on a global scale! We need to reinvent leadership for today. Because today has changed dramatically from yesterday. I recently interviewed people on what they want from their leader. Their insights were invaluable, genuine and reasonable. They are not getting what they want from a leader […]
Read MoreFebruary 01, 2011
As the heat still simmers about the proposed Levy that Julia Gillard would like to adopt to fund the rebuilding of infrastructure of flood ravaged states, I can see a real test for Ms Gillard. She was attacked last week and heavily criticized for the proposal. By all accounts, the public don’t like the Levy […]
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2011
Leadership lesson. Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt announced his retirement last week and handed the reigns over to founder Larry Page. Interesting move for the company and I am not going to speculate here what this is about, however I was interested in one of the reasons they advised for doing this. Mr Page advised that […]
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2011
It’s fascinating observing people when they are in conflict with another person. Some are open to ‘feedback” let’s call it, genuinely wanting to understand the problem and work to a solution. Others will argue the point, inflaming the situation. They need to justify or blame others, deflecting responsibility to make themselves feel better. You’ll generally […]
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2011
A very prominent, high profile Business Leader who has a huge presence in the retail industry caused quite a ruckus recently in his quest to level the tax playing field between brick and mortar and on line retailing. I do agree with him that his message has been very poorly communicated, badly timed and this […]
Read MoreJanuary 25, 2011
An Australian Soldier Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith received the highest military decoration today, the Victoria Cross. This is an incredible and inspiring story of true leadership under fire. What this soldier was confronted with was unimaginable, yet he demonstrated such courage, conviction, decisiveness and gallantry. To give you some background, The Victoria Cross (VC) is the […]
Read MoreJanuary 16, 2011
I’ve never really been interested in politics. But now I find it fascinating! It’s certainly not the policies. It’s the people! It’s not because they are dynamic either, it’s because they’re so….welll……bland! Now I am only guessing here because as I said I wasn’t all that interested in politics in the past. I think together […]
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