Professional Development
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Five keys to a successful business partnership
Ak Sabbagh | June 26, 2019Nothing is of more importance to a successful business than working with the right people. When it comes to partnerships, that’s even more crucial. The person you work with can make or break your business, your prosperity, and by extension, your wellbeing.
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Talent Programs launched to challenge gender diversity
First 5000 | March 7, 2019Sport Australia CEO Kate Palmer and AIS CEO Peter Conde have challenged 33 women embarking on ground-breaking leadership programs to use the experience to help drive greater diversity in Australian sport.
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Australia Day 2019 Honours List
First 5000 | January 26, 2019The Governor-General and Chancellor of the Order of Australia, His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), today announced 1400 awards in the Australia Day 2019 Honours List.
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Getting a competitive edge with workplace competition
Stephen Barnes | December 19, 2018‘Life’s not a competition’ – a saying our parents might have said to us along with telling us about Santa and the Easter Bunny, however, in business, and in the workplace in particular, competition is both inevitable and indeed valuable.
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Demand for people skills is growing faster than demand for STEM skills
Claire Mason | November 24, 2018High level interpersonal and problem solving skills are what will make you employable in a digital world.
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It’s too soon to celebrate a narrowing gender wage gap
Rebecca Cassells | November 11, 2018The gender pay gap is declining in Australia, although that probably has more to do with underlying economic conditions than any sweeping social change.
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The most important thing I learned in the military
Adam O’Donnell | November 4, 2018Calls to innovate are everywhere, but the key to meeting the challenges which life and business throw our way is cultivating mental, physical and emotional endurance.
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Study pays off for financial planners
Mark Sinclair | October 28, 2018Innovation and structural adjustment are helping financial planners offer better services to their clients in an ever more stringent environment.
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3 ways to supercharge your self-confidence
Michelle Sales | October 24, 2018The heavy burden of responsibility can weigh us down or mean that we lose perspective about the really important things in our personal and work lives, but with a little bit of practice you can learn to boost your confidence no matter what life throws at you.
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Industry forum in Darwin to focus on future skills
First 5000 | October 7, 2018Darwin businesses and industry representatives, training and education providers, students and Government leaders will come together for an Industry Skills Forum at the Hilton Hotel on 16 October to discuss the workplace skills of the future.
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The true cost of business failure
First 5000 | September 21, 2018Hayley Birtle-Eades is a serial entrepreneur but with that moniker comes multiple failures. Failures that have cost her dearly; not only in money but relationships, self-confidence and reputation.
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New study reveals what drives female CEOs
First 5000 | September 18, 2018A new study released by Korn Ferry and the Australian Institute of Company Directors examines the careers of current and recent female CEOs in Australia and highlights the common success factors on the road to the top.
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The secret of successful 25 minute meetings
Donna McGeorge | September 5, 2018Meetings are a necessary evil in every business, but with a little planning, they can achieve twice as much in half the usual time.
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Stop working on your commute – it doesn’t benefit anyone
David Spencer | September 3, 2018Work may now be a normal part of commuting time but its performance imposes high costs on us and society more generally. In a rational world, we would move to ban out-of-hours email, not just to protect free time, but also to safeguard our health.
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A brewing passion that helped shape an industry
Andrew Spence | July 19, 2018If you’ve sipped on South Australian craft beer in the past two decades then chances are you’ve sampled a brew influenced in some way by Stephen Nelsen. From brewer to teacher and brewery designer, Nelsen has played a major role in the rise of the craft beer industry.