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High-performing teams start with a culture of shared values
Greg Satell & Cathy Windschitl, Harvard Business Review, 11 May 2021In today’s disruptive marketplace, every organisation needs to attract, develop, and retain talent with diverse skills and perspectives. Managers must clearly communicate their organisation’s shared mission and hire people inspired to dedicate their talents to it. Yet, managers who attempt to reshape their workforce without first acknowledging...
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We aren’t learning on the job, are micro-credentials the answer?
This Working Life Podcast, ABC, 03 May 2021This episode of the This Working Life podcast investigates the implications of research revealing more than half of Australian workers spend less than an hour a week on any form of learning. The panel weighs up the value of university degrees versus micro-credentials and assesses how life-long learning can…
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How corporate positions on social issues affect the workplace culture
Erika Johnson, Forbes, 29 April 2021Corporations are navigating the complexities of the social justice climate, aiming to balance their objectives with stakeholder demands for a more equitable and fair society for all. This is also influencing workplace culture. Work environments aren’t detached from the world, rather, they are “societal microcosms”. Hence, as political tensions...
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How effective is your Board at elevating the stakeholder voice?
Australian Institute of Company Directors, 27 April 2021The Australian Institute of Company Directors has developed a new guide to help directors identify and elevate key stakeholder voices to the Board. The guide explores the Board’s role in stakeholder governance; director’s legal duties; how Boards can balance the interests of stakeholders when…
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From principle to practice: making stakeholder capitalism work
Vivian Hunt, Robin Nuttall & Yuito Yamada, McKinsey & Company, 26 April 2021The principle of stakeholder capitalism requires business leaders to define their mission as creating long-term value not only for shareholders but also for customers, suppliers, employees, communities, and others. Stakeholder capitalism defines “value” in broader terms, and so, companies should understand who the stakeholders are; understand...
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The return part 2: hitting the pandemic wall
This Working Life Podcast, ABC, 26 April 2021In this episode of the This Working Life Podcast, organisational psychologist Michelle Morrison, and professor of leadership and management at Harvard Business School, Amy Emondson, explain how to best manage the psychological shift of returning to the office, despite feeling like we have run headlong into the pandemic wall. Also discussed is...
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How do audiences decide what news to trust? Fairness and accuracy aren’t the only things that matter
Benjamin Toff, Sumitra Badrinathan, Camila Mont’Alverne & Amy Ross Arguedas, NiemanLab, 23 April 2021A new Reuters Institute report finds editorial standards and journalistic practices may be less important for trust in news than audience impressions about brand reputations and the look and feel of how information is presented. The report finds that in today’s media landscape, many see digital platforms as places packed with unreliable,...
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How to cut through the red tape to bring common sense back into your workplace
This Working Life Podcast, ABC, 12 April 2021In this episode of This Working Life Podcast, Brand and culture transformation expert Martin Lindstrom explains how to bring common sense back into our workplaces by establishing what he calls a “ministry of common sense”. Martin speaks about his experience advising multinationals such as Pepsi, Google and, Burger King to…
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‘Revitalize’
TED Radio Hour Podcast, NPR, 09 April 2021On this episode of the TED Radio Hour podcast, TED speakers explore ways to revitalise our minds, bodies, buildings, and even populations. After an exhausting year for everyone…
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The future of work - who will be the winners and losers?
Money Talks Podcast, The Economist, 06 April 2021On this episode of the Money Talks Podcast, Simon Long talks to MIT labour economist, David Autor. The pair discuss how COVID-19 has fuelled an explosion of unemployment and a transformation in how people work. They also analyse the prospects of a continued working from home arrangement, and observe what…
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