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HomeWe rate hotels, restaurants and airlines. Why not our office towers?
Would it strike fear into the heart of developers and employers if we publicly rated the work spaces in which we spend so many waking hours? Rate My Office comes up with an architect's survey form, but it doesn't ask you to name your floor, your building or your city....
Off Balance. On Integration.
WORK life integration. Instead of trying to balance the two separate spheres in our lives, our professional and personal lives are now deeply personal and inextricably linked – and we want to see value in all we do. Organisations aware of this can focus on creating a...
Who dares an open conversation?
Some folks are scared to ask the next question. The one that drills down just that bit further. I'm passing on the essence of an article I had considerable empathy with, by Belgian management consultant John Niland. "It takes both courage and energy to have real...
Fireworks to really light up the joint
Back in Bittern when I was growing up, penny bungers were the fireworks of choice on New Year's Eve. I had more fun setting off and running away from my small stash of crackers than being a passive spectator to the brilliance of News Year's Eves at Times Square and on...
What lies ahead?
From manufacturing to superannuation, VECCI invited ten members from a diverse cross-section of industries to share their expectations for business and their sectors in 2015. Slade Group Chairman, Geoff Slade, responds. The canary in the coal mine may not be singing,...
Mornington’s agile mumpreneur
Slade Group Account Manager Liz Fleming was profiled this month in Mornington Life Magazine Mumpreneurs: Recruitment & Career Professional Now Working from her Peninsula Home and Business Times magazine's Bizzquiz in October 2014. Moving to the Mornington...
Seven ways to smile your way to the top
Smiling when we brand ourselves digitally is de rigueur. Just look at the photos we post on our social networks or the intranet, our professional profiles on LinkedIn and the company website. Personal branding is a necessity in today's connected talent market, but is...
Rich or Lean? Five ways to determine the best form of communicating a message.
It's easy to fall into lazy habits, mistaking the convenience of technology for impactful communication. How often do we stop to think about the control technology has on the way we communicate and how our messages are delivered? We have a nifty piece of technology at...
Back to the future in five headlines
What could have turned into a navel gazing memory trip for old timers, instead turned up a treat of unexpected prescience. Revisiting Slade Reports from the 1980s, we've uncovered some headlines that were surprisingly accurate and still have relevance 30 years later....
Technology is the answer, not the problem.
This month The Slade Report celebrates our first anniversary with a series of articles from the printed newsletter published under the same banner in the mid 1980s. Some 28 years ago we highlighted the importance of technology in shaping the world @work, which has...
Who’s a Career Casanova then?
Sadly the fast and furious route to executive placement can turn out to be like a pick-up bar – full of promise from both parties, though often empty and ultimately unfulfilling. Think Tinder and Good2Go. Urrgh. It gives the illusions of satisfaction but really? Like...
Beware the dangers of the overzealous non
In today's marketplace, organisations across all sectors are very conscious of the need to retain good talent. Understandably, they worry about their IP walking out the door and going to the highest bidder, or employees setting-up in opposition down the road and...