Magneto: Should Leaders be Feared or Loved?
Paul Jones, our presenter for our October breakfast seminar “Writing to Influence”, has released a new post. Rather interesting as it converts the findings of Zenger and Folkman and applies it to the world of copywriting. Here is the full article and links to the original blog post on the Magneto Communications website. Article Link […]
How to Eliminate 50% of All Hiring Mistakes in 30 Minutes
Today on Linkedin, I had come across an article by Lou Adler in regards to avoiding first impression bias when interviewing applicants for your position. As it was a very informative article with tips for avoidance, I needed to share it with everyone. The original article can be found at the below link and also […]
What Makes a Great Workplace!
With the recent release of the Best place to Work in Australia 2013 list by Business Review Weekly (BRW). Here is an article published in the Chicago Times which lists 12 attributes that can help your business reach the top of the list. What Makes a Great Workplace? Chicago Daily Herald July 23, 2013 Creating […]
Downsizing: The End or the Next Chapter?
Christopher Paterson from Alchemy CM, is facilitating our HR Forum Wednesday 15th May. Here is some information regarding his session for those that can’t make it. Managing survivors, their managers and their engagement. Downsize planning is weighted to the front end, leading up to the change event itself and at the expense of the post […]
Five Things Mature Women Want
Here is a blog post found from our friends at SageCo, the original post can be found here Five Things Mature Women Want It’s International Women’s Day on Friday. And we particularly want to raise a toast to mature women. In our experience, Diversity Council Australia bears this out, mature women are a group who are […]
Top 5 Reasons for New Hire Failure
I’ve come across this article on recruiter.com, found it to be an interesting read and wanted to share it. Here’s the link to the original article http://www.recruiter.com/i/top-5-reasons-for-new-hire-failure/ Top 5 Reasons for New Hire Failure An older but still very illuminating study by Leadership IQ has revealed the worrying statistic that apparently 46 percent of newly […]
Speak the way a Leader Speaks – Measured Manner: a Winning Way
Coming across this aged article, the thought of “how do I speak?” blazed through my mind. The article takes a look at the speaking ways of US President Barack Obama with insight to his style by Michael Kelly. This article was press released by AFR. Measured Manner a Winning Way Jill Margo At the best […]
Emotional Quotient (EQ) in Leadership Development
The other day, I had come across this fantastic article regarding how emotional intelligence plays a big factor on leadership within businesses. Here is the article and the source From http://www.dtssydney.com/blog/emotional_quotient_%28eq%29_in_leadership_development Emotional Quotient (EQ) in Leadership Development 25thOct Becoming more emotionally intelligent is the implied goal of virtually all leadership training. Once introduced to emotional […]
How to Calculate the True Cost of Employee Onboarding
In this week’s breakfast presentation “Creating Essential Bonds with Your New Employees” By Anthony Sork from Sork HC, Anthony talks about HOW to calculate the true cost of employee onboarding How to calculate the true cost of employee onboarding Here’s a quick calculator to work out the true costs of employee onboarding. 1: Add up the […]
Minimum Wage Increase!
Fair Work Australia (FWA) has released its 2012 Annual Wage Review decision and wage increases will take effect from the first pay period starting on or after 1 July 2012. The decision increases minimum weekly wages by 2.9% and this will apply to minimum wages for juniors, trainees and apprentices, employees with a disability and […]