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  1. Improving your IT&T team culture and performance - February 4, 2013

    Ambitious deadlines, multiple vendors, large stakeholder groups and huge variance between expert opinion reflect just some of the challenges facing IT&T teams. The pressure to master these... read more

  2. Leadership lessons from well executed Scrum - October 29, 2012

    Scrum is a powerful project management process that balances the complexity of programming and project urgency, with end users changing their business requirements as they learn more and understand... read more

  3. Don’t be a ‘Yahoo!’: 4 steps for avoiding serious succession problems - October 3, 2012

    Five CEOS in 5 years. If history is any gauge, the chance that the corporate Board of Yahoo! have picked the right CEO candidate is slim. Yahoo! lacked the necessary vision and processes for engaging... read more

  4. Restructuring: shift from a survive to thrive focus - October 3, 2012

    "We need to restructure" strikes an emotional cord for anyone from the boardroom to the lunchroom in good times and in bad. Job cuts, job change, relocations and a higher workload may all... read more

  5. Supporting your team through redundancy - October 3, 2012

    There has been substantial news coverage recently about public sector and government owned corporations needing to reduce staffing numbers and make various roles redundant. To date, media attention... read more

  6. Coaching for Leadership Success - June 19, 2012

    For many of us coaches are the people who help the Queensland State of Origin team win repeatedly or help our legendary Australian swimmers outperform other competitors from around the world in the... read more

  7. Workplace bullying – what’s in a name? - June 19, 2012

    We are frequently asked to assist with complaints of bullying or harassment, yet once the story unfolds, we often find that the situation would be better described as a deterioration of behaviour... read more

  8. Is Change Management on your Enterprise Agreement Radar? - March 13, 2012

    Since Enterprise Agreements (EAs) were introduced to Australia in 1991, employers, employees and unions have gone to great measures to influence what they perceive the best possible outcome to be.... read more

  9. The costs of disengaged employees and how employee support can help - December 13, 2011

    Employee engagement matters Think about the companies where most people would love to work – it might be Google, 3M, or Intel. They are world-class organisations known for excellence in product... read more

  10. National Psychology Week - October 3, 2011

    National Psychology Week from the 13th to 19th November is just around the corner, with the focus being on Managing Stress, Health and Wellbeing. Workplace stress is a response that many people... read more

  11. Why don’t people just buy-in to great ideas? - June 8, 2011

    Every day we produce over 70,000 thoughts. This suggests a high probability of generating new ideas in the workplace. However, "game changing" ideas remain few and far between. In order to... read more

  12. How to turn innovation into earnings - June 8, 2011

    “How do I blow away my Competitors through innovation?” “How do I source the Steve Jobs of Apple or the Jeff Bezos of Amazon?” These are questions that stump those senior... read more

  13. Recruiting Generation Y - June 8, 2011

    Current research indicates Generation Y respect employers who provide meaningful work and clear career progression while also maintaining strong work-life balance. They value training and development... read more

  14. The Livingstones Coaching Approach - March 11, 2011

    Coaching remains one of the most effective investments in developing your key staff and managers. The reason for this is that it allows the coachee to focus exclusively on their skills, their... read more

  15. Achieving New Years resolutions: planning and resilience - March 10, 2011

    The start of a New Year is traditionally the time for individuals and organisations to re-evaluate their priorities for the coming year, but this year between floods, storms, earthquakes and cyclones,... read more

  16. Resilience for life - March 10, 2011

    Resilience – we’ve been hearing about it constantly in recent times. One could be forgiven for thinking that it’s just another “buzz” word for dealing with adversity or... read more

  17. A10 Talent Survey 2010 - October 29, 2010

    Click here for a copy of the A10 Talent Survey 2010 - Solving the people retention problem in the war for talent. read more