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It can take a great deal of courage to have a conversation about your financial worth to a company.

Let’s start with what we mean when we talk about innovation – because the word is frequently misused.

By AIM Senior Research Fellow Dr Samantha Johnson

“Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it.” George Lucas

New Year’s Resolution…get that dream job or a promotion.  Right?  Be brave, grab the bull by the horns, and go for it!  Easier said than done!  Here are some tips for career success, based on new research about career adaptability.

Do you deal with difficult people at work? What makes them difficult to work with? What is the difficulty that you experience when interacting with them?

No debate in the world of corporate leadership is quite as passionate or widespread as the question of nature vs nurture - are leaders simply the product of good genes, or are they made by their experiences?

This discussion is showing no signs of slowing down, and for many the answer will lie somewhere in the middle, in part because it can be so hard to separate these two. However, recent research has been able to put a number on the contribution of experience: 69 per cent.

Experiences the leading indicator of leadership success

By Leon Gettler

This article originally appeared in Project Manager Magazine, AIPM’s bimonthly magazine for members.

In a flat economy and competitive job market, project managers differentiate themselves through added qualifications and skills.

"If one CBD is good, two must be better!" That seems to be the sentiment in Sydney's west, which is fast becoming a major commercial hub in its own right.

While Sydney's CBD has long been the country's largest economic centre, growth in the western suburbs is signalling a shift in the city's gravity, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Sydney is increasingly reliant on a network of economic centres

Guest post by David Reynolds

How effective are your onboarding processes for new employees? When does onboarding start and finish? How does onboarding impact staff retention and productivity?

There are many different styles of leadership we can adopt when it comes to dealing with various situations and challenges.

So it’s week two of 2016, you’ve already skipped your morning run twice and you caved in and drank a few too many glasses of wine on Saturday night. While it might feel like the wheels are wobbling already, it isn’t yet time to give up on all of your goals for the year.

The New Year is when nearly everyone starts to set new goals for themselves, both professionally and personally. For busy managers, this is the ideal time to consider how to put these into action over the coming weeks.