Marking the Holidays in a Changing, More Diverse Australian Workplace
Australia’s diverse workforce calls for inclusive holiday celebrations that reflect the rich mix of cultural and religious traditions. Offering flexible holidays, embracing cultural events, and hosting inclusive end-of-year gatherings show respect for everyone’s values. Let’s celebrate what makes each of us unique and bring teams closer together.
Celebrating International Migrants Day
Here’s to honouring the resilience and contributions of migrants who enrich our communities with their courage and determination. Migrants bring diverse perspectives, skills, and values, shaping Australia’s identity and strengthening its future. Their stories remind us of the sacrifices made for education, safety, and opportunity. Let’s celebrate their journeys, embrace their differences, and learn from their extraordinary experiences.
Designing with Impact
With development needs that span basic compliance and OHS through to executive leaders and team performance, and with the limited budgets because – let’s face it –there is never enough money for learning or leadership development, the pressing question is: ‘How can I get the biggest bang for my learning and development dollar?’
Lessons in Chemistry
I love to read. Most weeks, I’ll get through one or two books. Usually these are light, trashy crime novels that I can read for ten minutes at night before I drop off to sleep or business books that I listen to via Audible as I walk, drive or train to work. Audible recently recommended […]
Transforming Learning and Development
The 2024 AITD Conference was held two weeks ago in Adelaide and, as always, this gathering of learning and development professionals provided a wealth of knowledge and insights into the changing landscape of L&D, the innovations coming our way, the challenges and the successes.
Here are our ten key learnings from the two days in Adelaide.
The Improv of Life and Business
Do you have a team of trusted partners who are feeding you the lines that you can build on or are they trying to trip you up to laugh at you rather than with you?
Leading Without a Licence
Leadership often feels like being handed the keys to a high-performance car without ever taking a driving lesson. You’re expected to navigate complex roads, inspire your passengers, and keep everything running smoothly, all while figuring things out on the fly.
An open culture fostering authenticity or emotional unprofessionalism?
It is great that you care but you need to learn how to set boundaries. You can still listen from time to time, but it is also okay to draw the line and to set boundaries and expectations of behaviour. It is not your job to make other people happy.
Australian Leadership Development Startup Peeplcoach Lands $1.3M Capital Raise
Private investors continue to back one of Australia’s fastest-growing startups, aimed at breaking leadership bias and solving professional development budget constraints.
AI coaching will change the world!?
While AI coaching has the potential to augment certain aspects of coaching, it cannot fully replace the role of human coaches in providing personalised, empathetic and effective support to individuals.
