Thanks Mr Hockey, my ears are still ringing from the oversupply of rhetoric that went hand in hand with this week’s Budget announcement – “Have a go”, “Unleashing the opportunity”, “Engine room of new jobs”
understand your audience
I’m Spending so much Money and Time on Engagement but Nothing’s Working
This is exactly what a company said when they called in desperation. They had a huge team, were spending lots on materials and they didn’t feel they were getting traction. And they are not alone.
How to Engage Employees at Work – What’s the Secret?
Organisations that are large, small, medium sized, privately owned, listed on the stock exchange, government entities or councils all have one thing in common – the big challenge: how do you keep employees engaged?
Your staff can help solve business problems
Funny thing about creativity and innovation, it doesn’t usually happen unless you change the way you’ve been working.
What I learnt from watching The Block
I like to think of myself as a discerning, intelligent consumer of media, but to be honest I just can’t help myself when it comes to reality TV.
How to create an Engagement Framework that won’t gather dust
When organisations start the journey of embedding engagement into their workplaces, the often start with creating an engagement framework.
Being Heard in a Crowded Market
Every day, 55 million status updates are made on Facebook, 500 million tweets are sent, and daily newspaper chiefs-of-staff receive 500 media releases.
Change and the Power of Engagement
If there is one underlying message from both the recent election in Queensland and the rumblings surrounding a potential change of Prime Minister in Canberra it is that party powerbrokers believe that in both cases they have struggled to ‘sell their message”.
Soft skills make for tough leaders
Here’s a secret most Executives won’t tell you: on their route to the top, they most probably received communications training.
Technical brilliance and business acumen will have made them stand out, but it’s often the softer skills of interpersonal communication, business development or networking as well as presentation skills that pushed them to the top of the pile.
