• Business

    ANZ’s four-day work week pilot success a “game changer” for how we work


    Joe Jiang |  July 5, 2023


    Successful trials of the four-day work week in Australia and New Zealand have signalled a need to transform the way we work to achieve sustainable benefits for the employee, the organisation and society, RMIT Professor Zhou (Joe) Jiang, explains.


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  • Finance

    Australian middle market continues to power ahead as the engine room of economy


    Mick Wright-Smith |  June 30, 2023


    Banks face several key challenges in lending to middle market companies, Mick Wright-Smith, Co-Founder and Partner, Epsilon Direct Lending explains.


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  • Digital transformation

    Embrace digital transformation now or risk falling behind


    Adrian Floate |  June 26, 2023


    Businesses of all sizes need to embrace digital transformation – especially in how they make/accept invoice payments and how this impacts cash flow – as a means of survival in today’s uncertain economic environment, Adrian Floate Managing Director of Spenda explains.


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  • Retail

    Retail recession will be life-changing for consumers


    First 5000 |  June 23, 2023


    According to customer experience expert, Lyndall Spooner of Fifth Dimension, the retail recession will be life-changing in a positive way for consumers. While brands are going under and there is blood on the streets, consumers will be the winners.


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  • Digital transformation

    SMES to benefit from staff training, digital investment


    First 5000 |  June 22, 2023


    Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) is encouraging SMEs businesses to act now if they want to benefit from a new tax incentive to train their employees and digitise their business.


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  • Cyber security Have your say

    ASIC invites Australian entities to assess their cyber resilience


    First 5000 |  June 21, 2023


    ASIC-regulated entities, including mid market businesses, publicly listed companies, other entities holding licences and authorisations, are invited to take part in a survey to measure cyber resilience in Australia’s corporate and financial markets. 


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  • Human resources

    Changes to pay secrecy explained


    Sean Melbourne |  June 14, 2023


    Penalties for pay secrecy clauses have been updated. Sean Melbourne from professional services company Source explains what employers and employees can and can’t do when it comes to pay secrecy.


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  • Superannuation

    Federal Government announces payday super from 1 July 2026


    First 5000 |  June 1, 2023


    The Albanese Government has announced it will require super to be paid at the same time as salary and wages from 1 July 2026.


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Latest News

  • 8 ways to help your emerging staff develop into leaders

    Lynne Lloyd     |      April 30, 2013


    It’s time to unlock the leadership potential in your business. People Results managing director Lynne Lloyd explains how. 

    As a senior executive, do you ever reflect on what got you to where you are today?  Was it your higher qualifications, your network of influential contacts, your mentors?  Or was it all the experience you accumulated in earlier roles as a manager on the way up? 

  • Navigate the employment landscape: use your age to your advantage

    Heidi Holmes     |      April 23, 2013

     


    Are you a mature worker who is looking for your next break, or have you thought about the benefits of hiring someone with experience? Heidi Holmes shares some quick tips which will help you land that new role.

    Finding a job is hard; finding a job when you are a mature age worker can be even harder! This is often a time when your confidence takes a knock and financial pressure builds. 

  • 5 tips for managing your time

    NAB - Business View     |      April 17, 2013

    Do you often wonder where all the hours in the day have gone? It’s time to make yourself accountable and get on top of time management.

    How well you manage your time could shape the future of your business.

  • Wait and see sentiment permeates the Australian market

    Lincoln Crawley     |      April 17, 2013

     


    What is the general feeling across the marketplace? Lincoln Crawley highlights the key findings of the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey for the second quarter of 2013.

    The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey results showed hiring sentiment for the second quarter of 2013 will remain subdued, as local economic and political uncertainty continue to affect employers.

  • An aussie view from GEC 2013, the biggest global event for entrepreneurship

    Jeremy Liddle     |      April 16, 2013

     


    The world’s brightest business minds gathered in Rio in March for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress. Jeremy Liddle, who led the Australian delegation, shares his experiences of the largest event of its kind.

    Thousands of people from 135 countries arrived in Rio de Janeiro for the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) and festival in Rio de Janeiro.

  • International Human Resources – the new politics of innovation and creativity

    Sue Ellson     |      April 16, 2013


    At a breakfast symposium hosted at Victoria University in Melbourne on 11 April 2013, a group of HR Professionals discussed the changes across the industry. Sue Ellson shares key findings of the event.

    Human Resources (HR) Professionals are usually the people you complain about when something goes wrong with your pay or your employment.


  • Five crucial questions every CEO should ask about mobile

    Shaun Dobbin     |      April 2, 2013

     


    With the use of smart phones on the rise, Shaun Dobbin explains how it is time to think about implementing a mobile plan across your entire business and highlights the questions to ask before you set the wheels in motion.

    Mobile is changing the way consumers behave, influencing them in a way that really has never been seen before. Although there are many reasons why mobile should be a high priority consideration, it’s a business decision that needs to come from an executive level.

  • Workplace Bullying and Eating Disorders: anything in common?

    Leanne Faraday-Brash     |      April 2, 2013


    With office bullying constantly under the microscope, organisational psychologist Leanne Faraday-Brash says it’s time to eradicate the culprits and create a culture of zero tolerance.

    I have to confess. Undergraduate psychology at university for me feels like it happened a long time ago. Eating disorders as a subject within psychopathology was very new. But what of its incidence in the population?

  • Why employee collaboration is so important

    Carlo Pandian     |      March 27, 2013


    Working together on projects or tasks is one of the best ways to get the most out of your staff. Carlo Pandian shares how collaboration can create a more enjoyable workplace but most of all great results.

     How much thought or energy do you put into employee collaboration between the staff at your business?

  • 5 effective ways to build your LinkedIn network

    Paul Kent     |      March 26, 2013


    LinkedIn is one of the most effective tools to market yourself and your business. Paul Kent, from TrinityP3 shares five ways to build your network.

    So we all know LinkedIn is great for getting a job, snooping on who has just changed jobs and essentially feeling like a connected member of the professional class.

  • Australian entrepreneurs share cutting-edge programs

    Jeremy Liddle     |      March 19, 2013

     


    Australian entrepreneurial ideas and initiatives are being presented this week to more than 1,200 fellow international entrepreneurs from 135 countries at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) in Rio De Janeiro.

    Australia’s delegation at the Congress is made up of representatives from the young entrepreneurs networks, the FRANK Team, and Jeremy Liddle from the Enterprise Network of Young Australians (ENYA).

  • Mastering social media later in life

    Andrew Davies     |      March 19, 2013


    Defence analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Andrew Davies, shares his discovery of social media and the benefits of becoming tech-savvy, albeit a little later in his career.

    It was with some trepidation that the Australian Strategic Policy Institute ventured into the realm of social media. After all, we are an organisation that has made its name based on careful research and analysis, combined with a measured presentation of its findings. At first blush, the 140 characters of a Tweet doesn’t seem a good match.

  • Using leadership development to create top performing companies

    Bruce Anderson MD Lee Hecht Harrison     |      March 19, 2013


    Talent has always been the cornerstone of business success, but with waning employee engagement and an emphasis on cost-cutting, Bruce Anderson, Managing Director of Lee Hecht Harrison believes finding and keeping talented staff has become more crucial to creating a top performing organisation.

    Although the value of internal talent development is recognised by businesses, many still don’t have a systematic approach to developing employees. This could lead to a high turnover of high performers, a lack of engagement along with loss of talent that could seriously impact an organisation’s ability to meet strategic objectives.

  • Selecting a software developer

    Scott Middleton     |      March 12, 2013


    When it comes to selecting a software developer or development company most of the important areas have nothing to do with the technical side of things and everything to do with people, communication and process. Scott Middleton explains. 

    As a medium sized business you don’t always have the technical experience you need in-house, especially in regard to IT and the development of new websites, apps or software for your business. 

  • Recognising the world changes but issues remain the same

    Peter Fritz     |      March 5, 2013


    If we want things to stay as they are things will have to change.” – Prince Tancredi Falconeri in The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

    It is not the fittest but the most adaptive that survive.” – Darwin
     
    Reviewing a collection of papers, minutes and deliberations of committees he has been part over the last 20 years, Peter Fritz, Managing Director of Global Access Partners puts forward a case for the establishment of the Institute for Active Policy.