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Workplace defibrillator guidelines to save lives
Helen Hull | December 4, 2012
In a bid to improve safety in all Australian workplaces and counter the incidence of cardiac arrest, new guidelines for the proper deployment and use of Automated External Defibrillators (AED) have been unveiled by The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Financial Services and Superannuation, The Hon. Bill Shorten MP.
The establishment of the AED Deployment Register (AEDDR), a new national policy authority and regulatory body, was also announced at an official launch in Canberra on 29 November. -
Telework: breaking down geographic barriers and strengthening real-world communities
Roger Dawkins | November 27, 2012
Following the success of the first annual national Telework Week, Roger Dawkins highlights how flexible working hours benefit not only the worker but their employer too.
Alan Woodward, executive director of the Lifeline Foundation, is a flexible worker. Flexible work, or telework, affords him the usual advantages: he doesn’t have to live in close proximity to work (so he lives on coastal NSW); flexible work’s more convenient because he travels a lot; and, if he chooses, Alan can adjust his working hours to fit in daytime family activities. But in addition to those benefits of working in a flexible environment, flexible work hugely benefits the real-world community where Alan lives. -
Toxic Workplaces: The incompetent to the incomprehensible, the dysfunctional to the dastardly
Leanne Faraday-Brash | November 21, 2012
Organisational psychologist and executive coach with over twenty years of experience, Leanne Faraday-Brash shares high level strategies and practical tips for CEOs and change leaders in her new book Vulture Cultures.
I think we could agree most workplaces understand the importance of engagement and its link to productivity, organisational health and profit. Evidence is consistently demonstrating that the quality of leadership and specifically leaders’ emotional intelligence are instrumental in fostering or eroding engagement. -
How medium enterprises can compete against corporates for graduates
Alice Watkins | November 19, 2012Internships are often associated with large companies and big corporates. Alice Watkins from UTS shares how as a mid sized business, you too can tap into these valuable resources.
As the costs for hiring experienced employees escalates, it makes sense for medium enterprises to consider growing their own staff as a cost effective element in their recruitment and long term growth strategies.
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Why I care about innovation
Paul Cheever | November 13, 2012Investment in innovation has several rewards, including the capacity to help and improve lives. But Paul Cheever reluctantly admits it is the economic benefits that fire his obsession with innovation.
About a dozen years ago, I happened to become responsible for advising a large superannuation fund on its private equity investments, including its initial venture capital investments.
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Why Australia can lead the world in making products and services better
Tom Voirol | November 6, 2012User focused design has helped with the success of products like the iPhone. Tom Voirol explains how, by implementing this approach, Australian organisations and users can reap the significant benefits.
You may not have heard the term, but user experience design (or UX) is getting increased traction in developing services and products that are more useful, usable and even desirable. It is the practice of putting the users and their needs, wants and preferences at the centre of the design process.
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Embracing the Telework revolution
Tim Fawcett | October 30, 2012As the momentum builds for Australia’s National Telework Week from 12-16 November 2012, Tim Fawcett discusses the revolutionary shift that is taking off in the way we are working now and will be in the future.
The word ‘revolution’ gets used a lot in the information and technology sector – sometimes too often. But in the context of a shifting global economic environment, massive uptake of mobile devices by consumers and the rapidly emerging demands of workers to use their own device of choice as part of their workday routine, something revolutionary IS happening.
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It’s time to grab a seat before the music stops for Aussie businesses
Glenn Mabbott | October 29, 2012The rise of social media and increased engagement means it is important to understand how your business can adapt to the changing business environment. Glenn Mabbott explains how it’s necessary get the right advice from the right people.
In the last two weeks business owners have been warned by the head of one of Australia’s biggest miners that if we don’t change our business models we will die. So where do we turn for advice?
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Opportunities in B2B group buying space
Helen Hull | October 29, 2012While the buzz continues around group buying and the savings that can be made there isn’t much activity from a business to business (B2B) standpoint.
Business to business group buying websites like B2B Hive enable you to use collective buying to receive discounts and offers.
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Advertising builds sales, helps your business grow
Qantas | October 28, 2012Is your business looking for ways to raise your profile?
Advertising raises customer’s awareness of your products and services and it educates them on the related benefits. It generates interest from your target audience and allows them to evaluate your product or service.
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Guilty until proven innocent, why would you want to be a company director?
Suelen McCallum | October 23, 2012Are you the member of a board, would you like to venture into the area of board representation. Suelen McCallum shares her concerns about the way board members are expected to operate.
It seems like more and more time in the working day is spent on working in the business, and not on the business. And lately it seems that more and more time is spent either justifying your own position in the company or justifying the actions you have taken. None more so than if you are a director of a company (or two!).
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Have your say: new criteria for Listeria monocytogenes in ready to eat foods
Helen Hull | October 22, 2012You are invited to have your say on a proposal to review existing limits for Listeria monocytogenes in the Food Standards Code.
Submissions close: 16 November 2012.
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How to respond to misinformation that’s hurting your business
Shawn Callahan | October 16, 2012Stories and misunderstandings can cause havoc for your business. Shawn Callahan explores ways to combat misinformation.
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Recruiting the right people
Sarina Russo | October 15, 2012Your staff are your drive, your energy, your most valuable asset. You have to know how to choose them well, how to switch them on and keep them switched on. Sarina Russo shares how to make the right decision on hiring staff.
When recruiting look for attitude first and skills second. Skills can be taught, but attitude is a valuable asset.
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Have your say: Greenhouse gas emissions from CSG production
Helen Hull | October 9, 2012Based on a review of literature on international best practice, submissions are now invited on methods for estimating emissions from coal seam gas extraction.
Submissions close 19 October 2012.