Slade Group Blog
HomeShower thoughts for the New Year
For many of us, we associate showering with waking up in the morning, so it's no surprise that some of our best ideas fresh in the day are 'shower thoughts'. I worked for a CEO who regularly called in with her shower thoughts on her commute to the office. Most were...
‘Fame fades but influence leaves an indelible mark… that outlives those who influence.’
Have you ever stopped to think how much influence you have? Recently, I was honoured to be named in the Financial Review's Top 100 Women of Influence in Australia. It was humbling because I first arrived with a backpack, $200 and one way ticket to a country that...
6 blogging brainstorming ideas
Recently my colleague said she wanted to write a blog, but she had no ideas for a topic, how she would structure her thoughts and where to even start? Blogging gets people talking. When we write about what interests us and what we know, we share our thoughts and...
Motivation: more insight, less ra-ra
Motivation is a fickle thing. It's a fleeting, ever wavering state of mind that is constantly preached about at work or in our personal lives. This age old question has been heavily debated and the theories abound, so how do we pinpoint motivation and moreover, what’s...
The year of the long shot
2016 has been a year that turned the tables on all of the favourites. In sport we saw outside wins by the Western Bulldogs, the Cronulla Sharks, Leicester City and the Chicago Cubs. Ireland defeated the All Blacks. In hockey, the Argentina Men's Olympic Hockey team...
‘Trump’s wall’ can’t stop talent fleeing the US
At 6:41pm Eastern Australian time on Wednesday 9 November, within half an hour of the calling of the US Presidential election result, in came an email with a request to chat from a very highly regarded Assistant Professor at a major Californian university. "I have...
Hiring the whole person (not those gingerbread men or women)
"I recommend that you hire someone with a less-conventional story if you want the people on your team to innovate and collaborate in the way this new-millennium workplace requires." – Liz Ryan, Forbes. Next time you're hiring, challenge your thinking about who would...
Humpty Dumpty and the empty swimming pool
Sometimes life throws you curve balls in the most unexpected ways; curve balls that may change how you see the world, show you what you're made of, or give you a little bit of both. Let me put some context around that. Five weeks ago, we were having our swimming pool...
A brand new box on the org structure
In a global survey of 500+ business leaders conducted by IIC Partners, three out of four respondents (76 percent) said they didn't have a Chief Digital Officer (CDO). While a majority of organisations might not have a CDO, it's becoming critical for businesses of all...
Why corporates should take leadership on social issues
One of the top international accounting firms hosts a networking event to facilitate a graduate mentoring program that supports aspiring LGBTI business professionals. The world's strongest global law firm brand facilitates a panel discussion on how to progress...
FRAGILE: Handle with care
In the world @work it's easy to forget that people can have all sorts of other stuff going on in their life that makes them more or less vulnerable. Whether it's financial strain, stress from their past or current workplace, contending with being made redundant or...
Managing funds with a social conscience
We've got the sun. We've got the space. With renewables fast becoming big business abroad, it's obvious that the industry has huge potential here in Australia. It's great when you see a local company taking on the challenge. Recently one of my clients, a boutique...