The successful organisation of the future will be staffed by employees adept at collaboration, communication, empathy and cognitive flexibility – they will be emotionally intelligent and resilient.  In an uber co […]

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 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 […]

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 pr […]

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 […]

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 C […]

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 […]

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 S […]

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 e […]

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 mu […]

How does an established manufacturer counteract the current challenges besetting the industrial products and systems sector?  Better still, how have they managed to defy the industry trend of cost cutting, […]

During 2017, Associated Grain announced the sale of the business to Agrocorp International.  Agrocorp International is a global agri-commodity trading business, founded in Singapore in 1990 and with trading […]

During 2017, Associated Grain announced the sale of the business to Agrocorp International.  Agrocorp International is a global agri-commodity trading business, founded in Singapore in 1990 and with trading […]

We are pleased to share 3 new case study summaries.  This year we have included direct client findings on the impact and return on the work we have done together.

We have purposely chosen 3 engagements only, […]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,
On the 1st of June we opened our new office in Phillip Street Parramatta.  It is extraordinary to look out at the Parramatta skyline and know that there are more cranes than anywhere […]

I felt like I was flying — like a bird, diving and rolling, weightless and untethered. Everything looked so blue, so sharp. I felt incredibly alive. Into hairpin bends my body surged forward dangerously close to t […]

Design like an Italian, build like a German and execute like the Chinese. It is a crude generalisation I know, but I have been thinking that we need a lens through which we can benchmark our own performance. Maybe […]

I read a great piece recently titled, The Rise of American Authoritarianism, which seeks to explain the ascent of Donald Trump – https://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11127424/trump-authoritarianism

What made the […]