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Employees are our greatest asset
‘Employees are our greatest asset’ is one of the most worn-out clichés in the management lexicon. It’s also not true. Some of them, as any experienced leader would know, are ...
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"Millionaires don't have astrologers, billionaires do."
I’m supposed to have been a multi-millionaire by now with a partner and kids and a career as this country’s most influential politician. My readiness for such a prestigious posting was ...
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Rage against the machine
Machines may be primarily designed to enhance the consumer experience, but here’s what they’re also designed to do: reduce the company payroll.Witness the automated taxi ...
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Rage against the machine
Machines may be primarily designed to enhance the consumer experience, but here’s what they’re also designed to do: reduce the company payroll.Witness the automated taxi ...
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Redundant: are you ready?
In recent months, several colleagues working in HR have had to make employees redundant. While they didn’t personally make the decisions, they still had to be in the room while people loyal ...
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That's not fair!
In the years since Labor wound back the Howard government’s industrial relations laws, there has been a significant increase in the number of unfair dismissal claims lodged with the Fair ...
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A happy ending at work
Look, maybe it’s just the types of people I hang out with, but recent straw polls among my circle of friends have revealed a majority have masturbated at work. This includes not only me but ...
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The trouble with trade unions
Jeez, you’d have to really hate being a union rep right about now. Seemingly everywhere you look there are examples of how the union movement’s relevance is plummeting, while its ...
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The black market boom
Three things happened in the past week that sparked my curiosity in the underground economy. A tradie mate admitted he gives customers a discount if they pay in cash with no transaction recorded. ...
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You're fired!
When Elisabeth Kübler-Ross developed her model depicting the five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance – her research focused only on those with ...
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Sucking up: does it work?
In a letter regarding the French revolution, Irish statesman Edmund Burke wrote how reticent he was to pass on his congratulations too quickly, primarily because “flattery corrupts both the ...
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Self-employment: is it worth it?
When you’re a salaried employee working for the man, it’s easy to romanticise about a possible life as a business owner. The wistful abandonment of incompetent bosses. The freedom to ...
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What we can learn from Jews and Mormons
It has become politically incorrect these days to look at specific cultural and ethnic groups and draw conclusions from how they think and behave. Even when those conclusions happen to be ...
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Lessons from Jews and Mormons
It has become politically incorrect these days to look at specific cultural and ethnic groups and draw conclusions from how they think and behave. Even when those conclusions happen to be ...
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Lessons from Jews and Mormons
It has become politically incorrect these days to look at specific cultural and ethnic groups and draw conclusions from how they think and behave. Even when those conclusions happen to be ...
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Missing in action: individuality
Walk through most workplaces and what you’re bound to see is sameness. Dull and robotic sameness – people forfeiting their identity to fit in with the corporate world.You can ...
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Are we a nation of zombies?
Walk through most workplaces and what you’re bound to see is sameness. Dull and robotic sameness – people forfeiting their identity to fit in with the corporate world.You can ...
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Presentations missing the Point
It’s been 24 years since PowerPoint was launched, forever changing the way we communicate at conferences and business meetings. Over those two-and-a-half decades, every one of us has ...
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Death by PowerPoint
It’s been 24 years since PowerPoint was launched, forever changing the way we communicate at conferences and business meetings. Over those two-and-a-half decades, every one of us has ...
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Unmasking the workplace neurotic
Scan the empirical literature on neuroticism and you’re bound to end up baffled that neurotics are able to get through a single workday. Characterised by anxiety, worry, guilt, envy and ...
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