A lot is now made of global economic developments. We live and die by the latest interest rate announcements, job figures and trade numbers, not only from Australia, but most other countries in the world. We have become preoccupied by headlines and sound bites and...
By Lisa Quast - forbes.com Managers are bombarded with an almost constant stream of data every day. According to David Derbyshire, “Scientists have worked out exactly how much data is sent to a typical person in the course of a year – the equivalent of every...
Management Training Australia (www.mtaustralia.com) conducts training and development programs for all levels of management in organisations throughout Australia and Asia-Pacific. The culture set by an organisation and the climate set by each team in the organisation drives the performance of the organisation. About 70% of work...
By Sajjad Masud - mashable.com Sajjad Masud is the co-founder and CEO of Simplicant, a cloud-based social recruiting platform that is transforming talent acquisition and making enterprise-level recruiting technology accessible to companies of all sizes. Connect with Sajjad and the Simplicant team on Twitter, Facebook and...
By Peter Shreeve - hrmagazine.co.uk It’s 2022. As the HR director of a large corporate you are writing your HR strategy for the next year and you begin by reflecting on the last 10-15 years of change. Since the economic crisis of 2008 demand for goods and...
By David Woods - hrmagazine.co.uk Another day, another taxi, another HR exhibition – and all the paraphernalia that goes with it. As an HR professional, it wouldn’t be unheard of to make a career out of attending exhibitions, meeting suppliers and taking away their pens, mouse...
Business leaders have called for greater transparency for CEO bonuses. A worldwide survey showed that two thirds of business leaders globally have said that shareholders should have more involvement in the remuneration of Chief Executives, with 66% also commenting that senior executives are paid too much. The...
By Stacie Nevadomski Berdan - huffingtonpost.com More women on corporate boards? The question is not why but, why not? As organizations adapt and prepare for success in the global marketplace, they need the best and the brightest at the helm to overcome obstacles, create opportunities and...
Today, we conclude Stephen Shapiro’s three-part series on Innovation as a Weapon in Global Competition with his best thinking on creating a culture of innovation. Last week’s post addressed strategies that have worked, such as making everyone accountable, replacing rigid processes with clear business objectives,...
By HR.BLR.com Companies that are highly skilled in core HR practices experience up to 3.5 times the revenue growth and as much as 2.1 times the profit margins of less capable companies, according to new research by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the World Federation...