One of the many things that quickly diminished due to COVID and lockdowns, was our networking skills. Alan Manly OAM, CEO of Group Colleges Australia, encourages us to brush off the cobwebs and reconnect with others face-to-face. … Read more

If you communicate, you create and your left brain certainly gets a workout. Building a business is hard work, but taking time to be creative shouldn’t be overlooked.… Read more

Leadership isn’t all about grandstanding or showing off to prove how charismatic you are. In fact, Roy Osing says, you want to be almost boring, in the sense that you want to make the lives of your employees easier.… Read more

As the Buddha once said: “Nothing is forever except change.” But change in a business context can still be met with resistance, rather than acceptance.… Read more

According to government figures, more than a third of Australian businesses are owned by women and that proportion is rapidly growing.… Read more

There’s nothing quite like the display and performance of the male peacock. In her book, ‘How to persuade’, Michelle Bowden uses the Captivating Peacock as one of her four archetypes of persuasion.… Read more

Is the idea that trust should be earned and not given, an outdated one? And who has the right to call out bad behaviour I the workplace?… Read more

The year-old Australian Business Growth Fund, which is a public-private partnership between the federal government and big banks, is already investing tens of millions of dollars in SME expansion.… Read more

Research shows that more people are disengaged at work than those who are enthusiastic and committed to their work  and workplace.… Read more

An acronym on the lips of an ever-increasing number of businesses is ESG – Environmental, Social and Governance. Much of the focus on the environmental component is reducing carbon emissions.… Read more