Jon Clifton, CEO of global analytics company Gallup, says employee engagement has plummeted post-pandemic and leaders must act now to prevent long-term damage. Australia may be one of the richest counties on the planet, however a slow-moving pandemic of unhappiness has crept up on workplaces over the past decade. Speaking exclusively to Forbes Australia, Gallup […]
A new educational platform aimed at teaching First Nations children about their culture could help organisations looking to understand more about the rich Indigenous history of the country they operate in. When Bangerang custodian Kobe Atkinson was still a teenager, he realised that there wasn’t a written record of his peoples’ language. His response – […]
This company pays you to work from a tropical island in Queensland, or the ski fields in New Zealand … or Hobart. In its bid to be the best place to work in Australia, Mantel Group was deciding where to locate its next “destination” work hub. Four candidates were discussed: Byron Bay, Margaret River, Hobart […]
Billion-dollar ETFs funds manager BetaShares boss Alex Vynokur is helping victims of the Russia-Ukraine war. Like many children growing up in Soviet Ukraine, Alex Vynokur was taught to play chess and the piano at a young age. He also showed promised in mathematics, and his parents were encouraging of all his efforts. However, even as […]
Would you employ this ex-prisoner? Tony Layh can show you why you should. When Tony Layh – general manager of Prison Industries at the Department of Justice and Community Services (Victoria) – had the idea of up-skilling ex-offenders and working with external organisations to fill an employment need – the reaction of most companies was: […]
Most CEOs say they won’t talk about emotional and mental health. But global managing director of T2 Tea Derek Muirhead says the stigma needs to end. Derek Muirhead, global managing director of T2 Tea, admits the past two years had a “huge impact” on all people – even the chief executives of global companies. “The reality was, you weren’t […]