Few would argue that assessment and testing has become commonplace in recruitment and selection practices. A quick Google search will identify a thriving marketplace of online assessments which assess skills, learning capability and personality characteristics. With the click of a few buttons, and entering credit card details everyone in your organisation has the perceived power […]

The rise of distraction There was a time in my career when I noticed a distinct shift in leadership styles within the places I worked. The shift I noticed was fascinating and saddening all at once. For those that can recall work without smart phones, you would know what I am talking about. Before the […]

I have often found myself in conversation with colleagues (past and present), friends and family when the topic being discussed turns to an unruly email inbox which never seems to get below 500 (or even 5000) unread emails. I must admit I am constantly flabbergasted at this type of revelation. As I confidently type away […]

We’ve been hearing about resilience in the corporate world for some time now and a number of organisations, including the Australian Defence Force (ADF), are putting huge dollars into increasing or enhancing the resilience of their workforce. Resilience for our soldiers and war-fighters is clearly a high priority, but it must also be valuable for […]

Australian culture has ever been linked to and in many ways defined by its love of all things sport. Sport offers the average punter an opportunity to feel the highs and lows of a successful campaign, the thrill of a huge, sometimes unlikely win to the agony of a hard fought loss. In many ways […]

For many years as a Change and HR specialist, my experience has been that, more often than not, office gossip can be counter-productive, even harmful, and that if it exists as part of your organisational culture, HR practitioners and managers should work to change that culture. Certainly much of the traditional research and guidance for […]

We have all heard it before: “An organization and its success are reliant upon its people” But how true is this? Is an individual’s performance really key to the success of the larger business? Is an organization truly the sum of all of its parts? Do organizations do enough to effectively manage and measure the […]

I don’t often make bold statements without first building up to them in an orderly way. But – I am going to cut to the chase here and say that without getting your communications planning sorted and activated, your change or transformation program will fail. Dead in its tracks. Or, worse still, it will continue […]

What it means and how to get the most out of it One of the best benchmarks I have applied to describing the work I do in Change Management is the ability to explain it to my grandmother – and have her understand it. It’s actually a pretty good benchmark for getting your pitch right […]