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Doing Enough to Re-skill & Get Ready for the Future?

Think you and your organisation are doing enough to re-skill and meet future workforce demands – think again. Here, ‘Getting practical about the future of work’, McKinsey share examples of how seriously some business are taking the re-skilling of their organisations. Imagine: Amazon pledged $700 million to retrain 100,000 employees JPMorgan Chase made a five-year, $350 […]

Welcome to the People At Their Best Learning Forum

Thank you for registering on the People At Their Best website. We appreciate your interest in the work we are doing. To welcome you into 2020 and for your convenience, below is a link to a selection of our most recent articles and learning guides. We hope you enjoy them and continue to tune […]

The HBDI of Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model

75% of all transformation programs fail. When all is said and done, it is not a lack of analysis or resources or effort that leads to a poor return on most transformations or change initiatives but rather that ‘people’ have not bought-into the change process and ‘leaders’ do not really understand the factors that drive […]

A Real Human-Centred Approach

Technology and data has now overtaken oil as our most valuable assets. The problem is that technology can not demonstrate empathy. People At Their Best is helping organisations connect with both internal and external stakeholders in human ways and establish real experiences which are meaningful and valued. Everything we do and all our programs are […]

Transitions – Your New Future Is Now

By Peter Barraket The Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg believes that Australia’s ageing population is an “economic time bomb” which needs to be ‘retrained’ to meet the future demands that will be placed on the national workforce. While this may be true, it does not go far enough. The future is already upon us and the […]

Mental Ill-Health Has Reached A Tipping Point

Christmas can be a difficult time for many people and the Australian Productivity Commission has recently reported that nearly 50% of all Australians will suffer from mental health issues over their lifetime – this is bad new for all of us, for our families, our workplaces and the whole Australian society. People At Their Best […]

Christmas 2019 Newsletter

Dear Friends and Colleagues, Reflecting on 2019, I have borrowed words from a newsletter I wrote 3 years ago – The most common mistake leaders make when trying to grow a business is not defining the organisation’s mission and purpose. There is simply nothing more fundamental to an organisation than understanding what its ‘purpose’ is […]

People At Their Best – New Parramatta Office

People At Their Best has opened a new office in Parramatta. Looking more like a gallery or library than a corporate office, we want to offer a creative space where our clients can expand their thinking and have different thoughts. We think it is best described as an old-fashioned ‘lyceum’ or place of discussion and […]

Volunteer Sport Clubs: Insights for Building Member Engagement

By Peter Barraket As I write this (December the 5th), it is International Volunteer Day and for the past two years I have been lucky enough to be a driving member of a long-standing and successful amateur sports club in Western Sydney. A not-for-profit club, our sports club was established first and foremost as a […]

The Cost of Mental Ill-health

MENTAL ILL-HEALTH & SUICIDE COSTS AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY $180 BILLION PER YEAR On 31 October, the Australian Productivity Commission released its Mental Health Draft Report – it estimates the cost to our economy of mental ill-health & suicide is $43 – $51 billion per year, plus $130 billion for diminished health & reduced life expectancy. Further: […]