Long gone are the days when Directors of companies around the world simply had to comply with their local equivalent of the Corporations Act and any other specific legislation relevant to their particular industry, for example Income tax legislation, Trade Practices legislation, Stock Exchange listing rules, Foreign Corrupt Practices legislation and a plethora of banking […]

During difficult economic times, many businesses circle the wagons and take a conservative approach until the economy recovers. Other companies take the opposite approach and use the downturn to make opportunistic decisions that provide superior value during a bear market. As we reached the half-way point of the year, it’s fair to say we’ve never […]

Companies today face an ever-changing business climate and growing competition from all over the world. With that comes increasing pressure to accommodate and counter those challenges. The lines between work and life have become blurred. Companies are only as productive as their people — and their people are coping with strenuous demands. Hence the need […]

The New Challenge  A core challenge over the next decade will be to attract and retain a skilled workforce as the labor market continues to tighten, technology continues to evolve, and fewer foreign students immigrate to Britain in the wake of a politically challenging environment. This situation is exacerbated as companies find themselves managing four […]

Red. That’s the colour of a blue moon. A phenomenon. Something that occurs infrequently. Something that takes aeons to come around. Well, 2.7 years, actually. That’s how often you can catch a blue moon. Not so long, really. It also happens to be roughly the amount of time between now and 2023. In the same […]

An increasing number of younger managers choose temporary managerial assignments. What are they powered by? And what does this mean for the employer and the organization? Suddenly we read about the gig economy everywhere. That more and more young people choose flexibility and freedom over permanent employment. We read about their driving forces, lifestyle and […]

Transformational leadership is the key tactic for the survival of fragile companies in these times of uncertainty. A company stands out for its leadership Transformational leadership is a key tactic to get organizations afloat in difficult times. There are periods or situations in which leaders are challenged to demonstrate what they are made of. They […]

SMEs (0 to 250 employees), Mid-Caps (250 to 3000 employees), including family companies, are the major part of the European economy and important drivers of growth, innovation and employment. They represent 99% of businesses in the EU, employ two thirds of the active working population and represent over 85 % of job creations. Although they […]

We know that the workforce of the future will be different. Weʼre already experiencing dramatic changes in the composition of workers. Baby boomers are retiring in record numbers, and beyond millennials, weʼre seeing generation z enter the workforce. As we move towards the majority of workers being digital natives, these tech savvy employees have different […]

The 10 key attributes of a modern CEO COMMUNICATION: The ability to convey often complex ideas quickly and simply EMPATHY: The ability to care about people and their place in the organization CURIOSITY: The ability to ask why and seek out new sources of information TEAM-FOCUS: The ability to build teams from often disparate groups […]

Overview  Let’s start with some of the obstacles to change. As Lora Cecere, supply chain guru, highlights in her book Metrics that Matter, there are several commonly held fallacies that are preventing businesses from getting real performance improvement from their Supply chain: Functional excellence drives the fastest results: Not so. Functional objectives often lead to […]

Of course you do! Have you also had to choose between two candidates in a recruitment process in which the more experienced one triumphed over the recent graduate? Many employers take for granted that recent graduates do not have what it takes to handle the complex tasks in companies and their lack of work experience […]