Blog
The global recession is presenting opportunities for Australian managers, says defence industry insider Christine Zeitz. By Georgina Jerums
Multinationals are looking to their Australian bases to profit post global financial crisis.
The reason? Australia comparatively sidestepped the GFC bullet, making us an attractive proposition to help steer global companies out of the GFC doldrums.
As a manager, writing a paper for your board that is effective is a critical skill for successfully achieving your objectives. By Mark Rosenberg
Whether you've been invited or ordered to do it, the task is at hand: to write a paper for your board. How do you go about producing a good one?
An effective paper will enable you to get clear feedback and direction from the board so you can get on with doing your work. It will help take the board where you want them to go, while also leaving them thinking what a great job you are doing.
A fundamental factor in any manager's success is their personal image. Ray Grose outlines the essentials.
A manager's image is the picture that other people hold of them, made up from the quality of thousands of interpersonal interactions. In a sense, it is simply the organisation's collective evaluation.
Banker, businesswoman and academic powerhouse, Helen Nugent talks about career planning, change management and being on boards. By Georgina Jerums. She is Bond University Chancellor, a non-executive director of Macquarie Bank, Origin Energy and Freehills, chair of Funds SA and Swiss Re Australia and director of the National Portrait Gallery. And in the late 1990s, as strategy chief, she helped bring about a $2.8 billion revival for Westpac. Yes, Helen Nugent is your chronic overachiever.
