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HomeThe solitude of leadership
There's almost nowhere better to enjoy solitude than on a long haul flight. As I'm writing this en route from London to Chicago, it's the perfect moment to ponder can solitude as a condition of truly effective leadership override the currency of quick decision-making,...
We’re curious.
What’s your experience with Results Only Work Environment (ROWE) and Hot Desking? As Slade Group is about to reconfigure its Melbourne office and move to part hot desking, we're interested in your experiences. Here are the pros and cons we've been able to uncover so...
Talent Analytics: New ways to optimise employee performance
Earlier this year, Slade Group launched its partnership with Thomas International with a series of breakfast seminars in Sydney and Melbourne. The events, New Ways to Optimise Employee Performance through Talent Analytics, included presentations from Chris Schutte –...
True value in effectively remunerating executives
Would you work for less than market value in a senior role on a long term basis? For most executives, the answer is a definite 'no'. Trends in executive remuneration should always remain on your radar, particularly when considering a new position or changing...
Do we have to use ‘part-time’ in the pejorative?
Amanda Milledge wants to hear your story. Amanda Milledge, lawyer, NED and writer argues that part-time per se has to be viewed not as a second tier, second grade working title, but the new normal. Recently I've spent time listening to her describe the book she's...
Help, get me out of here!
I had barely sat down at my desk, when the phone rang. "Warwick… help, get me out of here!" I thought I recognised the voice, but waited for his confirmation, "It's Brendon here. You remember, we spoke six weeks ago when you approached me about a Supply Chain Director...
Bacon, eggs and tomato please
To ease myself back into my first day back on the treadmill after a few weeks quaffing the European summer, I took 30 minutes before work this morning to have breakfast at my favourite local hole in the wall. A lot of us detest breakfast meetings, but breakfast...
Quizzed about digital
Earlier this year we addressed the increasing concern that a "digital talent gap" existed between the digital expertise needed by companies and the digital talent available. Findings in a US survey of 750 Fortune 500 and ad agency execs, The State of Digital Marketing...
Discover the HR gold in Google’s mountains of data
Google, through its unrelenting drive for innovation and improvement in every corner of its business is also pouncing on and producing fascinating people analytics. The latest release from its own analysis and study is in the shape of profiling people's performance....
Has digitisation killed customer service?
I recently telephoned my bank with a query. Well let's be clear, an automated customer self-service machine. I was connected to someone (a real person) in a call centre who asked me a series of verification questions before transferring me back into a call queue....
Change, taxes and death – life’s certainties
My high school year book proudly declares "We survived change!" Interstate, international, countless local moves and a couple of career changes later, I still agree. In business, as in life, we experience highs and lows. Economies fluctuate, people come and go....
Just saying…
Who doesn't, even the most modest and unassuming, once in a while enjoy a small moment of self-congratulatory gloating. So, here's our five minutes in the sun, followed by a curly question for which we need your Point of View. Twice in the last three years we've...