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The key to initiating change in your business is to ensure management is committed to the cause. By Leon Gettler
Could positive thinking have negative outcomes? A specialist in social psychology has set out to investigate, writes Ainsleigh Sheridan
Organisations large and small can always borrow from the wisdom of the military. Gerard McManus discusses 10 enduring, but unique, characteristics of the military that are worth imitating.
Modern leadership often portrays the command and control, top-down, ask-no-questions methodologies of the military as out- dated and even unnecessary in the more holistic and "fun" working environments sought by contemporary businesses and other organisations.
But some principles of management unique to the military remain effective simply because they have to be effective.
Transforming an organisation's culture is no easy task, but the benefits from getting it right are substantial. By Amy Birchall
By Leon Gettler
More individual employees or teams are now directly reporting to line managers. With companies cutting back on HR departments, line managers are picking up more HR responsibilities. Like for example, providing coaching and guidance, undertaking performance appraisals and dealing with discipline and grievances. They also often carry out tasks such as recruitment and selection or pastoral care in conjunction with HR. What should managers know about HR?
By Leon Gettler For the non-accountant, accounting is a completely different universe, one where you have to be across accounting concepts and terminology, all the principles of the double entry system and accruals, analysis and interpretation of financial statements and depreciation of capital assets where a company allocates an asset’s cost over the duration of its useful life. Each time a company prepares its financial statements, it records a depreciation expense allocating a portion of the cost of the buildings, machines or equipment it has purchased to the current fiscal year.
Tassal came close to extinction just a decade ago, but it is now becoming a global player, thanks to a unique turnaround strategy adopted by its CEO Mark Ryan.
Australia's dependable and respected public service head Dr Ian Watt talks leadership with Tom Skotnicki
You would think a simple word such as sorry would be easy to say, but some people still struggle to get it out – and if they do, they sound insincere. By Leon Gettler
From league to football, David Gallop has grand goals, including ridding the sport of its rat-bag element and growing into Asia. By Gerard McManus