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PBWA Director Amber Harkins: First 30 Days

Apr 22, 2019
1 min

PBWA Director Amber Harkins: First 30 Days

The first 30 days of any new senior leadership position can be challenging, especially in an early stage/ start up project. Finding your rhythm, developing your own unique understanding of the current situation, a view for the future and how to bridge that gap, are all challenges that can sometimes seem overwhelming. Fortunately Amber Harkins has managed the first 30 days with clarity and grace and the results are showing. Amber has instigated a significant leadership project

Gerry Hanssen | Be Fair

Apr 19, 2019
1 min

Gerry Hanssen | Be Fair

A Global City Series: Gerry Hanssen, Interview Documentary Trailer 01 The first trailer in a gripping hour long interview with Gerry Hanssen, Managing Director of Hanssen Pty Ltd, a Perth construction company that has been shaping the Perth skyline for over 30 years. Building a global city isn't easy, but it is underpinned by moral obligation to pursue a better world. #thinkVUCAP #unsdg #globalcity #globalcityperth Production Credit: AJ Kanchuka Jayalath [Director] Otto Knaus

Assessing competitors financial strengths and weaknesses : DuPont Analysis

Apr 5, 2019
1 min

Assessing competitors financial strengths and weaknesses : DuPont Analysis

The DuPont Analysis is a tool that may often help decision makers avoid misleading conclusions regarding a company’s profitability. The analysis was created in the 1920's by DuPont's management team to help assess the company's profitability. This article suggests using the analysis to assess the strengths and weaknesses of either your competitors or target organisations in the case of mergers or acquisitions. The video below, by the Corporate Finance Institute (CFI), gives a

NFP Governance Auditing Tool

Apr 4, 2019
2 min

NFP Governance Auditing Tool

Image 1: Sample of the VUCAP internal audit tool for Australian not for profit organisations governance. The VUCAP internal audit tool for Australian not for profit organisations governance has been designed to assist Boards monitor the health of their organisation's governance practices in accordance with the Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission (ACNC) standards. Charities must meet the ACNC's Governance Standards to be registered and remain registered with th

Improving Australia’s corruption rating is a collective community and business issue

Apr 2, 2019
4 min

Improving Australia’s corruption rating is a collective community and business issue

Figure 1: Map showing levels of corruption by nation state [data source Transparency International’s global corruption index, image sourced from Visual Capitalist]. Whilst Australia still maintains one of the best ratings in the world in regards to it performance on government corruption, we are among the most significant nations to be showing a negative downward trend. We’ve fallen from 8th in 2012 down to 13th place in 2018 according to Transparency International’s global c

Wheatbelt Steel: a people centric approach to safety

May 4, 2018
2 min

Wheatbelt Steel: a people centric approach to safety

I was recently in the Wheatbelt visiting Wheatbelt Steel (WBS). One of the first things that a person will notice is the cleanliness and order of the work site. Whilst it may not seem much, there is a deep routed professional culture that has been developed below the surface. The culture is supported by systems that are designed with people in mind. They are designed to reduce the risk to people and in turn the company. An example of this is identifying and registering risks,

How to Measure Sponsorship ROI

May 3, 2018
3 min

How to Measure Sponsorship ROI

I recently read a comment on LinkedIn where someone was looking for companies that measure ROI on sponsorship programmes. I thought it was an interesting question and one I’ve had some experience with. In the past, calculating ROI on sponsorship has lacked much of the real-time data that we have today, but many of the approach methodologies or fundamentals still exist. I hope the following list helps anyone who is navigating the same issue. 1. Define the parameters First of a

Organisational psychologists adding the competitive advantage

May 1, 2018
3 min

Organisational psychologists adding the competitive advantage

Regardless of the growth of automation and digital disruption, organisations are still fuelled by people. Where we are today and where we hope our strategy will take us and our enterprise in the future will ultimately depend on the people within the business. But what drives the behaviour of our organisation’s most valuable treasure? As business managers and leaders we understand the need to empathise with ourselves and with our people, so as we can best predict our own behav

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