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Recruitment is a minefield; it’s difficult and time-consuming navigating your way through the observable dangers, let alone those that are hidden from our view.   Leadership At Work has a unique, highly effective approach to exposing some of those hidden dangers, using the behavioural profiling tool, DISC, to profile the position you are recruiting for.   The application of a rigorous, collaborative investigation of the ‘human’ (as compared to technical) requirements of the role, leads us to an extremely useful report framed within the four behavioural domains of DISC:   Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Compliance.   Here is a sample:   When...

This is the motto of the modern Olympic Games.  Translated (faster – higher – stronger), it is an interesting insight into a culture that focusses on, and certainly celebrates performance through the lens of physical capability beyond that of the normal human.    By extension, it perhaps also points to, in part, the apparent rise of performance enhancing drugs, in pursuit of super-human performance at the expense of moral or ethical codes of conduct.   We may may never be certain of a “clean” Olympics again, however, we are perhaps witnessing a new paradigm of performance, where athletes are being selected...

I recently attended a business seminar where one of the key speakers made the point loudly and frequently; Profit is not a dirty word! We agree but would add a significant rider—Until it is! The speaker went on to attest that the No. 1 reason to be in business is to make a profit and the most important thing for a business to do is make a profit. However, we see profit as a result, an important one, but not necessarily a reason. Profit may well be the reason that the owner stakeholder is in business for, but there are...

Ever wondered why do the same problems keep recurring? Well there are two good reasons for this annoying and often expensive problem. Firstly, problems often appear in the first instance as symptoms or problem effects. For example a headache is often a symptom of a deeper problem. Taking a painkiller will only at best hide the problem for a while, but it will most likely come back again after the painkiller has worn off. A good GP or alternative health practitioner will ask a series of questions to get to the source of the problem. Those questions will often start...

We’ve just released two new Leading and Managing Teams public courses for Ballarat (see below).   This 5-day course can be considered as a foundation for emerging Leaders or a refresher for those looking to “sharpen the knife” and keep their leadership and management skills cutting through.   Click here to view the program overview or click here to download a registration for these courses.     We offer our courses across the State!  Please contact us directly to chat about how we can bring Leadership At Work to your people.