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HR in 2025

Monday, December 16, 2024

It feels like we only just wrapped up 2023 and already we are here wrapping up 2024! The last couple of years have seen a plethora of industrial relations changes, but what does 2025 hold for those with a HR focus? At their recent ReimagineHR Conference in Sydney, Garter highlighted …

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Winning Leadership

Monday, December 16, 2024

The article “What Leaders at Winning Companies Know—and What You Need to Learn” by PwC [CLICK HERE TO READ] explores the strategies and characteristics that distinguish top-performing companies from their peers. Based on a survey of over 2,000 global executives, the study identifies key practices that successful leaders employ to …

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Be Transformed

Monday, December 16, 2024

Some of PWCs global leaders have collaborated on an excellent recent article online in Strategy+Business [CLICK HERE TO READ], which discusses the concept of transformative leadership in the context of the current era of profound change. It highlights five key differentiators of transformative leadership: 1. Making sense of the world: …

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Get Your Priorities Straight!

Monday, December 16, 2024

In today’s fast-paced world, effective leadership requires continuous adaptation. A recent article from McKinsey & Co [CLICK HERE TO READ] note that just as technology needs regular updates, so do personal operating models—the systems that define how leaders prioritize, manage roles, allocate time, and sustain energy. This concept is crucial …

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Book Review: The Perfection Trap

Monday, December 16, 2024

In The Perfection Trap (2023), Thomas Curran, an acclaimed professor at the London School of Economics, addresses one of the most pressing issues of our time: the societal obsession with perfectionism. Curran explores how the increasing demands for perfection—from the workplace to social media—are contributing to rising levels of burnout, …

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Uh Oh! It’s a Crisis! Now What?

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

In 1982 Tylenol was the most successful over the counter product in the US with over 100 million users. It accounted for 20% of Johnson & Johnson’s yearly profits and was the absolute leader in the profits from that one painkiller alone were enough to put the company in the …