As we face the new reality of increasing unemployment, economic uncertainty and global instability, now is the time more than ever to get your career plan and income portfolio in order. For more than a decade I have practised what I preach, developing a recession-proof career portfolio with income from multiple sources, various employment contracts, […]
read moreHow To Get Re-Engaged In Employment
Losing your job is a stressful situation. We are currently living in difficult economic conditions. In many instances, very senior executives are for the first time faced with job uncertainty, and many are having to proactively look for a new job and career. Let me share with you some of my insights on what you […]
read moreWinters Always Come – Jim Rohn
Despite calls for calm, the sad reality is that there is a tsunami of unemployment about to wash across Australia, the likes of which we have never seen before. Last week the phone went into melt-down. A senior executive who had joined an up-start business with significant family office backing had been given two options. […]
read moreAction – The Missing Ingredient
This has been an interesting year in my board mentoring practice. Reviewing the calendar for 2019 I have chalked up an unprecedented number of one-on-one mentoring sessions. If I told you the number of actual sessions I have conducted you probably wouldn’t believe me, we run a pretty significant operation here at Director Institute and […]
read moreBoardroom Culture Under Scrutiny
Corporate watchdog Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is trialing sending a psychologist into the boardrooms of top ASX20 companies to observe corporate behaviour. The program has been met with mixed feedback with directors voicing concerns about the regulatory intervention into boardroom meetings. Elizabeth Arzadon from Kiel Advisory Group has been engaged by ASIC to […]
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