The Power of the Executive Assistant

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

I have long been a believer that the real power in any office does not lie with the “bosses”, but with those who look after the bosses. And now I have the research to support my hunch. Dilemma-Assist, in conjunction with the International Management Assistants (IMA) network recently released a …

Leaders Should Take The Blame?

Sunday, September 9, 2018

Corporate culture is very topical at the moment, as we see unprecedented numbers of organisations under scrutiny for inappropriate corporate behaviours. It was hoped that the introduction of corporate reforms (Sarbanes-Oxley, CLERP 9, Etc.) would see a significant reduction in such issues, but has that really been the case? More …

Four Ways That Accountants Turn To The Dark Side

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Accountants and book keepers are not perfect. That may be a revelation to many, and unfortunately recent research at the University of NSW reveals that they have been known to commit fraud. Not all of them, of course, but a number of them A recent online UNSW BusinessThink article (read …

Fraud in Your Organisation

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Late in 2014 BDO released their 2014 Fraud in Not-for-profits survey (read it here), which yielded some very interesting results. While one would like to imagine that the moltruistic nature of NFP’s means they are immune from fraud, this would be misguided, and in fact the evidence shows otherwise. Unfortunately …

Are Bean-counters More Selfish?

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Yes. But I can say that, because I am one of them. Also, I have recent research to back up that statement. The research was conducted by J. Keith Murnighan, Long Wang and Chen-Bo Zhong, and it looked at the over-emphasis on quantitative analysis in problem-solving. That is, relying too …

Giving to Charities

Monday, May 12, 2014

Who Are The Most Generous People in Australia? The most generous people in Australia typically live in the ACT, according to the latest NAB Charitable Giving Index. The least come from WA and Tasmania. The 4th edition of the Index reveals the latest trends and data on the giving patterns …