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Want Better Business Results – Promote More Women

By Peter Barraket: There are quantifiable benefits for increasing diversity in your leadership ranks. A study by McKinsey & Company titled Diversity Matters[1] concluded: Companies in the top quartile for gender diversity were 15% more likely to have financial returns above their national industry median; Companies in the top quartile for ethnic diversity were 35% […]

We Do Not Simply Discover Our Purpose

Watching a re-run of the ‘Big Bang Theory’, Penny complains to Bernadette, ‘I want to be passionate about something like you guys’ to which Bernadette responds, ‘You just have to try lots of things to see what you really enjoy!’ Despondent, Penny replies, ‘That sounds like too much hard work.’ The truth is that passion […]

It’s all about the Customer Experience

Are you doing enough to create great customer experiences? Our colleague Peter Barraket has lifted the bar on what a great experience looks like and built a check list that allows you to audit how well you are doing. Click on the image below and identify ways that you can create a more meaningful […]

Christmas 2018 Newsletter

Dear Friends and Colleagues, The first law of thermodynamics states that energy is constant; that energy can be transformed from one form to another, but can be neither created nor destroyed – the total energy that exits is constant. I have been thinking about this a lot lately. More and more of us appear to […]

Skills for the Future

The successful organisation of the future will be staffed by employees adept at collaboration, communication, empathy and cognitive flexibility – they will be emotionally intelligent and resilient. In an uber competitive, technologically automated future, the successful workforce will be highly aligned, engaged, agile, inclusive and at its core, able to leverage diverse thinking and collective […]

Business Development – Perspectives On New Business Opportunities

Senior Associate, Peter Barraket has put together thoughts and ideas on how we might all re-frame our relationship to Business Development. In this paper, Peter notes that as we develop into more senior roles in an organisation, Business Development (BD) becomes an increasingly normal part of those roles. And just as it is increasingly important […]

State of Australian Leadership – 2018 Report

In October 2018, People At Their Best conducted research into the state of Australian leadership. Our aim was to understand four things: 1.The leadership challenges that leaders are facing 2.The areas leaders feel capable and confident about 3.The areas leaders feel they need to develop 4.What leaders are worrying about Twelve different industry categories are […]

Team Beginnings – How to Form a Great Team

For Superior Organisational Results, Manage Energy rather than Time

Recently, Gavin MacLaren, the CEO of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, said that the Firm would end daily billable hours targets and offer staff an additional week’s annual leave. Both initiatives are about enhancing productivity rather than managing employee time, about allowing staff to determine their work patterns. “Ultimately, a supportive culture generates a diverse, engaged and high […]

Are you living freely according to your values or enslaved by your goals?

Research and our own experience has shown that living in accordance with our values creates authentic happiness and meaning whereas being directed by goals can be a recipe for anxiety and disappointment. Here, we offer 12 reasons why we should all define our values and ensure we spend a little time each day living them. […]