Why ‘vertical growth’ is the key to excellent leadership and improving company culture
With vertical growth, we explore downward in ourselves to resolve our deep-seated assumptions, fears, and patterns in order to grow upward into our best selves.
What Roxy Jacenko learnt at the top as the ‘PR Queen’ walks away from Sweaty Betty
Jacenko tells SmartCompany that the high point of her 18 years as the monarch of Sweaty Betty was actually yesterday when she hung up her crown for good.
Workplace loyalty is dead — here’s what’s replaced it
With workplace loyalty on the wane, what can we use to keep our teams intact and engaged?
Culture shock: Why relying on engagement scores alone to understand your team is a mistake
Just like a customer survey doesn’t change a customer experience, an engagement survey doesn’t change culture.
Three proven steps for implementing inclusive decision-making to improve your business
Companies that demonstrate inclusive decision-making achieve better individual performance, lower rates of attrition, and outcomes that are better off overall for stakeholders.
Labor to introduce bill banning pay secrecy rules, leaves door open for action on multi-employer bargaining
The federal government will next week introduce an industrial relations reform bill it hopes will drive wage growth and secure fairer working conditions.
Why an algorithm manager is the newest form of a horrible boss
What is to be made of the new bosses settling into workplaces across all sectors: the algorithm managers?
Looking for a leadership speech? Former PM Scott Morrison is now available for hire
Former prime minister Scott Morrison has taken a major step in his public speaking side gig, with the "true definition of a leader" now available for hire on the elite conference circuit.
Corporates need to help Asian-Australian leaders crack ‘bamboo ceiling’
Many people with Asian backgrounds experience bias, discrimination and racism at work, particularly in Australia’s corporates.
Managers are lagging other employees in the rush back to the office, new WFH data shows
As Australian company leaders usher employees back into the office, new research suggests managers are still spending more time working from home than their colleagues.
The tactics Essendon and AGL use to resist challenges from new board directors
Though from different realms, both companies deploy similar tactics to retain old directors and stonewall the new.
What to watch out for this corporate AGM season
AGL is one company to watch, where billionaire stakeholder Mike Cannon-Brookes is backing four new board candidates.