It’s easy to lose track of what’s important in times of excitement and progress. Corporate Australia cannot push ethics to the backs of their minds when it comes to Artificial Intelligence. Our advancement should be guided by the parameters of fairness and equality. What brings about an ethical crisis? We spend months theorizing these occurrences […]
READ MOREEmerging from Out of the Blue
Adaptability is a central aspect of life in the C-suite. Still though, many executives find themselves caught unawares when a new phenomenon emerges unforeseen. It is important that we reconceptualize what it means to be adaptable so that executives can deal with disruptions effectively. Adaptability. Agility. Malleability. As executives, we see these buzzwords everywhere. It […]
READ MORERemember What Gets Left Behind: Tread Lightly When It Comes To Technology
It is well known that technological advancements offer endless benefits to organisations. However, the excitement that comes with this prospect can blind us to the risks inherent in this modernisation. Executives must act with caution – otherwise, the promised benefits of advancement may be negated by countervailing forces. It’s almost impossible to think of a […]
READ MOREBreaking Chains: How the AI Revolution Can Liberate Your Workforce
In a previous article, we discussed how executives must adapt to the impending reality of automation in our workplaces to capitalise on the opportunity this disruption presents. Here, we emphasise how, if executives plan correctly, human capital can become more useful than it has ever been before. The nature of contemporary work has been shaped, […]
READ MOREThe Legacy of a Leader
On the whole, executives are focused on adapting to the challenges and disruptions that their organisation will face while they are actively working. While this creates flexible and forward-thinking workplaces in the short and medium-term, many organisations are unprepared for life without their current leaders. Automation. Artificial Intelligence. An aging workforce. All of these concepts […]
READ MOREIn with the Old, Out with the New
In Australia, declining birth rates and increasing life expectancies render an aging workforce an inevitability. Research suggests, however, that many organisations are ill-prepared for this impending disruption. Executive leaders should be mining for opportunities embedded in this change and adapting their workplaces accordingly. Visions of Australia’s organisational future tend to follow a similar trend. We […]
READ MOREDemonstrating ‘Real Intelligence’ in Changing Times
For all the talk of a paradigmatic shift in the workplace brought about by AI, there is some worrisome stagnation in positions of executive leadership. The true measure of a leader is their capacity to demonstrate intelligence and malleability to negotiate these rapid transformations. In essence, ‘Artificial Intelligence’ requires ‘Real Intelligence’. Humankind’s capacity for technological […]
READ MOREWhy training rather than telling will deliver you more productive employees
How often do we find ourselves going through the process of describing the steps required to perform a particular task rather than setting guidelines and objectives? For most of us the answer is too often and in this article, we’ll look at the potential costs of this learned managerial behaviour. Leaders are often trained to […]
READ MOREAre your managers merely managing or are they leading – and do you know the difference?
Too many people assume that managers and leaders are one and the same thing. Experience – and informed insight – suggest they are not. In this article, we’ll look at why that’s the case and some of the implications for an organisation. Let’s start with a surprising statistic from the USA, and there’s no reason […]
READ MOREAll aboard. Why successful corporate leaders have turned to coaching.
There’s a wave of change flowing through some of the world’s largest organisations, resulting from the realisation that investments in traditional performance based management are not providing optimal returns. As workplaces- and workers –are changing, so too are the systems and processes that most effectively assess and guide them. The accepted definition of performance management, […]
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