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Business Development – Perspectives On New Business Opportunities

Senior Associate, Peter Barraket has put together thoughts and ideas on how we might all re-frame our relationship to Business Development. In this paper, Peter notes that as we develop into more senior roles in an organisation, Business Development (BD) becomes an increasingly normal part of those roles. And just as it is increasingly important […]

State of Australian Leadership – 2018 Report

In October 2018, People At Their Best conducted research into the state of Australian leadership. Our aim was to understand four things: 1.The leadership challenges that leaders are facing 2.The areas leaders feel capable and confident about 3.The areas leaders feel they need to develop 4.What leaders are worrying about Twelve different industry categories are […]

Team Beginnings – How to Form a Great Team

For Superior Organisational Results, Manage Energy rather than Time

Recently, Gavin MacLaren, the CEO of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, said that the Firm would end daily billable hours targets and offer staff an additional week’s annual leave. Both initiatives are about enhancing productivity rather than managing employee time, about allowing staff to determine their work patterns. “Ultimately, a supportive culture generates a diverse, engaged and high […]

Are you living freely according to your values or enslaved by your goals?

Research and our own experience has shown that living in accordance with our values creates authentic happiness and meaning whereas being directed by goals can be a recipe for anxiety and disappointment. Here, we offer 12 reasons why we should all define our values and ensure we spend a little time each day living them. […]

There’s a Secret Code for Building a Successful Culture

Our clients are desperate to build high performance cultures. Unfortunately, most efforts to do so only cause division and anxiety. The reality is that teams cannot flourish if they do not feel safe. Daniel Coyle knows the secrets to building a great culture and has outlined his findings in The Culture Code – The Secrets […]

The Future Is Here: Are You Ready For It?

In future, learning will be more important than knowing and because of this, organisations will compete on their speed of learning, that is, how quickly they can understand what customers value and use these insights as in input to design meaningful experiences for the customer. An organisation’s success will depend on its ability to create […]

Let Your Organisation’s Purpose be the Lighthouse by which You Navigate

I have been urging our clients to better define and communicate their organisational Purpose – their company’s reason for existence – their WHY. Many leaders who have watched the fabulous TED talk by Simon Sinek, titled, How Great Leaders Inspire Action or read his book, Start With Why, still don’t understand that an organisation’s Purpose […]

Integration – How to Bring Together Disparate Entities & Cultures

Integration; Merger; Take-over; Amalgamation – How to Bring Together Disparate Entities & Cultures. Most organisations take their foot off the peddle when they sign an agreement to merge or integrate two entities (offices, stores, companies, teams etc.) but the real work actually commences once the agreement is signed. Not appreciating this is one reason most […]

Customers Deserve Great Service

Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead said something like: It is not enough to be the best at what you do, you should try and be the only one who can do what you do! To strive for Garcia’s benchmark, we must work much harder to understand our customers and what they value. This requires […]