In the business world, there is nothing wrong with a healthy level of competitiveness, to ensure you’re getting the best out of your employees. Especially when you’ve got your eye on another business competitor, nothing is more motivating then a definite target to beat. But this article argues that ranking your employees, and deliberately encouraging […]
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Employers: Why ranking your employees is not as good an idea as it first may seem
Posted on 24 November 2010.
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Last chance to register for Ascend career development day in Brisbane – come along and network, reflect on your achievments for 2010 and refocus your goals for the year ahead
Posted on 23 November 2010.
When was the last time you spend a day focused just on you and what you want to achieve from work and life? If you’re in Brisbane next Wednesday 1st December, I’d love to see you at the Ascend career development day where you’ll have the chance to do just that. Here’s what one of […]
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Cutting costs at work? How to keep those cuts working, a great article for CFOs or those aspiring to such a position
Posted on 23 November 2010.
Even though Australia wasn’t hit as hard by the GFC, cost cutting has been a significant priority (and hassle) for many Australian businesses. But costs have a habit of growing slowly when you’re not actively pushing them down, and this article is a great way for CFOs to introduce long term cost cuts that don’t […]
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Employers: Measuring the value of training for your staff
Posted on 22 November 2010.
Many of the women who attend the Ascend development days are sponsored by their employers, and the feedback from both the women and their employers is always very positive. While Ascend is a unique kind of training, being specialised, evolving and diverse, the days of questioning the value of training staff are over. One question I’m often […]
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Decision making is one of the fundamental skills you need as a leader. How’s yours? Stellar article on developing your instincts, and how to judge them
Posted on 18 November 2010.
Management positions are synonymous with decision making – often hard decisions that will effect your team, your career prospects and the company’s bottom line. I think as women, we can underestimate and second-guess our intuition to the point that we aren’t utilising our insights and experience at all. This article explains how to interrogate and trust your […]
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Statistics, findings, results, trends. There are so many things to keep in mind when planning, why trends matter.
Posted on 18 November 2010.
This video of Mckinsey director Peter Bisson explaining why tracking global trends is important, and how to incorporate these into corporate planning is very interesting. We often use global trends as the icing on our business case or presentation cake, and focus on the current situation, market demands, customer expectations, share holder demands etc etc. Check […]
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