Your Brain at Work
A few months ago now, I was asked to come up and speak at the launch of HR Club Newcastle. As a thank you for doing that I was given a copy of “Your Brain at Work” (thanks Jenny & Olivia!) and on holidays recently I was able to get some quiet time to read [...]
Working with Jake-the-jerk and more lessons from Marshall Goldsmith
I’ve finally gotten around to reading “What got you here won’t get you there” by Marshall Goldsmith that I picked up at the AHRI Convention. Can I say that I loved every moment of it and after seeing him speak, I was reading it and in my head I could totally hear him saying every [...]
Some interesting takeouts on the Women, Management and Work Conference #wmwc
Recently I was fortunate enough to be able to briefly drop into the Women, Management and Work Conference which was held at the Sofitel (you may have seen some of my tweets throughout the day). The quality and balance of the discussions taking place was fantastic. As you might have noticed from my Crustgate article, [...]
The only definition of a leader, is someone who has followers
In creating HR Club Sydney, I’ve been very fortunate to be able to meet a number of very amazing and passionate individuals. I also regularly get invited to events that are happening in Sydney, and am free to write my thoughts on these topics. After all, I don’t make any money from HR Club Sydney, [...]
FOLLOWSHIP- Leaders are nothing without Followers!
2010 Leadership Breakfast Series Proteus is a leadership and management training organisation which holds regular networking breakfasts which also includes a seminar. A lot of their work is around creating great leaders and positive work cultures. I’ve been given 6 free tickets (at a value of $49 per person) to share with HR Club Sydney [...]
I am woman hear me rawr!!
Yes well it feels like there is a lot of focus on women and leadership at the moment. Julia Gillard became Australia’s first female prime minister Thursday after Kevin Rudd lost favor over mining disputes and his shelving of climate change initiatives. So for the Women of NSW we now have a female Premier, Kristina [...]
Pix from HR Club Sydney Event: Learning Roadmaps
Some quick photos from the HR Club Sydney Event the other night. Thanks to everyone who came along!
Are you coming along to the next HR Club Sydney Event? Tomorrow Night!
Get all the details here and then RSVP via LinkedIn (please note you must be logged into LinkedIn in order to RSVP) Starts: Tuesday June 08, 2010, 06:00PM Ends: Tuesday June 08, 2010, 08:00PM Location: Aurora Place 88 Phillip St, Level 5 Sydney Nsw 2000, NSW 2000 AU Price: Free! In case you don’t have [...]
Next HR Club Sydney Event- “Learning Roadmaps; a hands-on experience”
I’m very pleased to announce our next HR Club Sydney Event which will be the third for 2010. It’s great to keep the ball rolling and with so many in attendance last time, I hope we can keep building the local HR Community. Save the date- 8th June- Level 5, 88 Phillip Street, Sydney. One [...]
Smarter Government: Oxymoron or possibility?
Over the past year, I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in the IBM “Smarter Work for a Smarter Government” Future Leaders Forum. The last session I blogged about included a combination of Government execs and their Gen Y representatives, talking about how it is that we can improve collaboration, productivity and efficiency in the [...]
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