G’day Aunty B, We have been hearing that prices cannot be increased due to the carbon tax (thanks Julia for the big new tax). However, …
G’day Aunty B, We have been hearing that prices cannot be increased due to the carbon tax (thanks Julia for the big new tax). However, …
Dear Aunty B, Some of our staff have been asked to scale back to four days a week work and have had some entitlements cut while our executiv…
Hi Aunty B, I have worked as a technical product designer for a medium-sized business for two-and-a-half years now, since graduating from un…
Billionaire speculator Warren Buffett has given away $13,000 worth of highly-prized shares in his company, Berkshire Hathaway, to a group of…
This Aunty B classic first appeared on September 12, 2007. Dear Aunty B, Dad wants a job. Should I hire him? I run a cool software com…
Cast your mind back to when you started your business. Can you remember why you did it? Did it happen to be because the doyens of the indust…
Do you know a hobbyhorse jockey? Someone who won’t shut up about their little area of expertise, and thinks it relates to everything you p…
Businesses have been warned to schedule one-on-one time with staff and train them to take on responsibility, or risk becoming so wrapped up …
The chair of Echo Entertainment, John Story, resigned after a prolonged public campaign by James Packer, the chair of Crown Casino, to unsea…
Harald (not his real name) is a high-potential leader with 15 years of experience at a leading European chemical company. He started as a…
Breaks are a controversial area of management and leadership, as the recent comments by Sydney Ports chief executive, Grant Gilfillan, remin…
In a world where business leaders are increasingly accepting emotional intelligence and psychometric testing with open arms, Robert Spillane…
