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The latest economic report card from the OECD marked Australia’s performance on innovation as ‘could do better’. We punch above our weight in some areas of research, but we fall behind on getting a decent commercial return for our investment in innovation. To bridge that gap Australia needs less government-led initiatives and more organisational commitment…

More women in leadership reflects the real world, and it’s good for business The results are in, and its official, organisations with women in leadership roles are more profitable so while it’s disappointing that there aren’t more female senior managers, it’s also bad for business. In 2015-16 just over a third of all managers in…

The 1990s spawned a whole host of business buzzwords[1] from synergistic benefits to low hanging fruit, so you’d be forgiven for thinking emotional intelligence was just another outdated cliché that organisations should have dropped in the new millennium. In fact, research shows time and again that for business professionals it’s emotional intelligence, not technical competence…

Over half of all Australian employees will experience workplace bullying at some point in their working life[1], and it’s is just one trigger of the untreated mental health conditions that cost Australian employers over $10bn a year[2]. Workplace bullying leads to stress, anxiety and depression, but isn’t confined to aggressive physical or psychological acts, or…