Have your say
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HAVE YOUR SAY: What does the ‘new normal’ look like for your business?
First 5000 | September 1, 2021What does the ‘new normal’ look like for your business? We invite you to have your say about what changes you have made to your business as a result of COVID-19 and what you think the broader future is for Australian companies.
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HAVE YOUR SAY: How can we build stronger business relationships between Australia and the Pacific?
Helen Hull | May 3, 2021Australia’s relations with our Pacific neighbours has been recognised as being of fundamental importance and vital interest to Australia.
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Forced retirement should get the axe
Gary Martin | October 29, 2020Getting pushed out of a job simply because another birthday has come and gone is far too common in workplaces across the country, according to Professor Gary Martin.
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Mature workers play vital role in business performance
Craig West | August 17, 2020Utilising the skills, experience and knowledge of mature workers is critical to business performance, according to Craig West of Succession Plus.
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Mature workers provide ‘lived experience’
Stephen Barnes | August 4, 2020Mature workers have experience that gives them a different demeanour, makes them more empathic, and better at evaluating what is really important now. Stephen Barnes explains.
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The three-legged stool and the delinquent elephants
Joe Perri | August 3, 2020One of the greatest tragedies in business today is the absence of balance in business leadership and management teams. Especially the absence of mature age executives. Joe Perri explains.
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HAVE YOUR SAY: How does your business support mature workers?
Helen Hull | August 3, 2020It is important to develop strategies to ensure that older workers are being supported as Australia’s population continues to age. Have your say today!
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COVID-19 inquiry to examine health services and supplies
First 5000 | July 22, 2020A parliamentary inquiry into the impact of COVID-19 on Australia’s defence, trade and international relations will turn its attention to public health at its next public hearing.
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Small business procurement panel essential to economic recovery
First 5000 | June 12, 2020The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell says small businesses will play a critical role in the post COVID economic recovery, calling on the federal government to establish a small business procurement panel.
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Emerging from Digital Shock: Citrix survey shows IT leaders preparing for new work order
First 5000 | June 10, 2020Over three-quarters of more than 3,700 IT leaders in seven countries believe a majority of workers will be reluctant to return to the office as it was, according to a survey by Citrix Systems.
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Discovery Parks open for business with risk minimisation
Discovery Parks | June 3, 2020Like all businesses, the Discovery Parks and Top Parks network is running a little differently right now and they have adopted operations to ensure that the health and safety of guests and staff is paramount.
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Overwhelming call for a ‘better normal’: survey
Victor Perton | June 2, 2020People are rejecting corporate and government thinking on the ‘return to normal’ and want to keep the work-life-changes they have made under COVID-19 which lead to a “better normal”.
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Work used to be a place you go. Now it’s a thing you do.
Jules Hall | May 29, 2020Lockdown has made our business better. We communicate with each other more. The quality of our communication has improved and we get to better outcomes, faster. Yes we’re in more meetings, but we spend less time in meetings. And with no commute, or travelling to meetings, we have more time, says Jules Hall, from The Hallway.
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Keeping our employees and partners safe during coronavirus: Twitter
Jennifer Christie | May 27, 2020Twitter was one of the first companies to go to a work from home model in the face of COVID-19, but they don’t anticipate being one of the first to return to offices, according to Jennifer Christie, Twitter vice president for people.
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Empowerment, trust and agility pave the way through challenge and change
Wayne Tower | May 26, 2020IQumulate Premium Funding is continuing to deliver its services as effectively as they were pre-COVID by contacting customers using virtual channels, extra check ins with teams and more frequent dialogue as a leadership team to respond to matters as they arise.
