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Women going backwards at the top of corporate Australia
Peter Ryan, ABC News, Tuesday 10th September, 2019, 10 September 2019 The annual census by Chief Executive Women (CEW) which represents 560 female corporate leaders and analyses gender equality amongst Australia’s top 200 companies has said progress is slow with 17 companies still having no women in their leadership teams. CEW President Sue Morphett said she is disappointed by the findings. “There are some figures...
governance
adaptive leadership
Business Action Critical to Secure a Sustainable Future
Tina Nybo Jensen, IISD, Tuesday 10th September, 2019, 10 September 2019 In a recent review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the United Nations High-level Political Forum found countries are not on track to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set four years ago. An evaluation of the GRI found a fall in the number of countries providing information...
corporate responsibility
adaptive leadership
Big new things in internal communications
22 August 2019Tarnya Dunning, General Manager of Employee Communications at Telstra, and Alistair Marshall, Head of Internal Communications at Coles, share insights to the benefits of having a best practice employee communications strategy for corporations.
leadership communications
adaptive leadership
corporate responsibility
Why Cathay Pacific changed its tune on Hong Kong protests
Bill Wilson & Robert Plummer, BBC News, Tuesday 13th August 2019, 28 July 2019 Cathay Pacific has warned its staff that anyone participating in the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong will lose their jobs as the company takes a zero-tolerance approach to the matter. Cathay Pacific were forced to renege on their previous pledge to not interfere if staff members wanted to participate in the pro-democracy demonstrations....
socio political environment
adaptive leadership
Goldman Sachs tells its bankers to loosen their neckties
Michael J. de la Merced, The New York Times, Wednesday 6th March 2019, 06 March 2019 Goldman Sachs told its employees on Tuesday that it planned to relax its dress code. In an internal memo, executives said they would adopt a ‘flexible’ dress code in keeping with the times. It’s the latest attempt by a Wall Street firm to cater to the young workers it tries to recruit. JP Morgan, a top competitor, made the leap to business casual...
adaptive leadership
BHP looks to women and science in leadership shuffle
Luke Housego, Australian Financial Review, Thursday 28th February 2019, 01 March 2019 BHP has reshuffled its executive leadership team to include three more women and added roles focused on science and technology, a move the miner says will help position the business for the future. Geraldine Slattery, Laura Tyler, Vandita Pant and Jonathan Price were named on Thursday as incoming executives, taking female representation on the...
adaptive leadership
You’ve committed to increasing gender diversity on your Board. Here’s how to make it happen.
Paula Loop & Paul DeNicola, Harvard Business Review, Monday 18th February 2019, 19 February 2019 There’s good news for diversity on boardrooms. The vast majority of corporate directors see value in including more women and minorities, with nearly 95 per cent of directors agreeing that diversity brings unique perspectives to the boardroom and 84 per cent believing it enhances board performance. What’s more, the number of directors who rate...
adaptive leadership
2019 Edelman Trust Barometer
Edelman, January 2019, 04 February 2019 The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer highlights some interesting shifts in global trust trends. ‘My Employer’ has emerged as the most trusted entity, as people-to-people relationships feel more controllable. The shift is also noticed in the context of a “mass-class” divide. Trust among the informed public moved to a high of 65 per cent, while the mass...
adaptive leadership
2019 Edelman Trust Barometer
Edelman, January 2019, 04 February 2019 The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer highlights some interesting shifts in global trust trends. ‘My Employer’ has emerged as the most trusted entity, as people-to-people relationships feel more controllable. The shift is also noticed in the context of a “mass-class” divide. Trust among the informed public moved to a high of 65 per cent, while the mass...
adaptive leadership
Companies can appeal to workers and consumers with liberal messages
The Economist, Thursday 24th January (Print Edition), 27 January 2019 In an advertisement released in mid-January, Gillette, a razor company, achieved its 15 minutes of viral fame by taking a stand against ‘toxic masculinity’. Its gamble was that the free publicity that came from the controversy would offset any lost sales to men who were annoyed by the messaging of the ad. A similar bet worked for Nike last year...
adaptive leadership