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Dating app Bumble gives its employees a week of paid leave to combat burnout
ABC News, 23 June 2021Dating app Bumble has closed all its offices for a week to help employees recover from 'burnout'. The women-led dating app employs more than 700 staff across the world, all of whom have been given a "paid, fully offline" week to unwind. The company says its employees had a “very challenging time” during the pandemic, and so the one week break...
adaptive leadership
socio political environment
Leading Teams Globally, Remotely, During COVID-19 & Working from Home with BHP’s Tony Cudmore and LIXIL’s John Short
Very Public Affairs Podcast, Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 16 June 2021In this episode of the Very Public Affairs Podcast, the Centre's Executive Director Wayne Burns is joined by Tony Cudmore, Group Sustainability & Public Policy Officer at BHP, and John Short, Leader, Communications & Corporate Responsibility at LIXIL, who share their insights and experiences on how...
adaptive leadership
leadership communications
issues management
Explosives company will let workers refuse to blast if they fear damaging Indigenous heritage
Ben Butler, The Guardian, 02 June 2021Explosives company Dyno Nobel has changed its blasting policies to allow workers to call a halt if they fear damaging Indigenous heritage at mining sites. The move follows a similar decision by its main competitor, Australian global company Orica, last week. It comes a year after Rio Tinto blew up 46,000-year-old rock shelters at Juukan Gorge...
stakeholder
adaptive leadership
How to lead in the stakeholder era
Hubert Joly, Harvard Business ReviewIn the face of socio-political challenges, there is a realisation that business and society cannot thrive if employees, customers, and communities are unhealthy. More leaders believe creating a better and sustainable future requires corporations to serve all their stakeholders.
adaptive leadership
socio political environment
Sparking innovation through corporate responsibility during, and beyond, a crisis
Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Forbes, 28 April 2021By simply leaning into what is possible, companies can reimagine corporate responsibility to make a difference during a crisis, and long after, reinvigorating communities, supporting employees, strengthening customer partnerships, and even driving the bottom line. To do this, companies must anticipate emerging and likely challenges; align...
corporate responsibility
adaptive leadership
The fire drill: Why everyone in a firm needs cyber security awareness
Supratim Adhikari & Tim Briggs, The Sydney Morning Herald, 03 April 2021Following Nine’s cyber-attack, Kurt Hansen, co-chief executive of ASX-listed cyber security consultancy Tesserent, says while boardrooms across Australia understand the risk, very few of them fully appreciate the extent of the investment and the approach needed to not just protect themselves but more importantly to bounce back quickly after a...
adaptive leadership
socio political environment
Business priorities in the post-pandemic era
Inside the Strategy Room Podcast, McKinsey & Company, 01 April 2021This episode of the Inside the Strategy Room podcast features a conversation between Kevin Sneader, McKinsey’s global managing partner, and John Waldron, president and chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs, as they discuss the current state of mergers and acquisitions, business priorities in the post-pandemic era, and how government...
adaptive leadership
socio political environment
Five keys to building a successful ESG program
Catherine Hernandez-Blades, Forbes, 25 March 2021Recent data from RepTrak has revealed companies that go beyond business by 'doing good' through corporate social responsibility efforts, perform better. Analysis concluded that stakeholders and the public want companies to engage in socially responsible initiatives. To develop an effective ESG plan, companies must…
corporate responsibility
adaptive leadership
No excuse for gender inequality, sexism on IWD 2021, say corporate leaders
Nassim Khadem, ABC News, 08 March 2021Women across corporate Australia are calling for an end to the ridiculous excuses they hear as to why they should not be promoted or paid the same as men. For example, Lendlease non-executive director Nicola Wakefield Evans says there is a "deep-rooted cultural issue" about how companies treat women in leadership. While the nation's top 50...
adaptive leadership
corporate responsibility
Building influence without authority
Coaching Real Leaders Podcast, Harvard Business Review, 08 March 2021In this podcast episode, Host, Muriel Wilkins, coaches an emerging leader through how to cultivate strategic relationships and increase her influence without the formal power of a senior title or position. Also discussed is how success hinges on the ability to be "cross-functional" and...
adaptive leadership