A rational tool like AI can’t exist in an irrational workplace environment
While the technological advances are remarkable, the promises of AI do not square with what we have learned in over 40 years of research in organisational psychology.
Rod Sims: New reforms will add commercial common sense into merger laws
The merger reforms reflect a healthy approach to increased competition in our economy which will benefit consumers, most businesses, and the wider economy, writes Rod Sims.
WGEA CEO Mary Wooldridge on the difference between equal pay and the gender pay gap
WGEA CEO Mary Wooldridge is hard at work making sure that people’s understanding of what contributes to the gender pay gap in this country is crystal clear.
The top five mistakes new managers should avoid
You won’t get it right all the time, but you can avoid these common pitfalls to become the effective leaders of tomorrow in future-fit organisations.
Deadly Hair Dude Gary Strachan is the 2024 National Small Business Champion
The founder of a not-for-profit business training remote Indigenous people how to cut hair has been recognised at the COSBOA summit in Sydney.
Australia’s regulatory super-squad says it wants to be friend, not foe, to SMEs
It felt like something out of a superhero movie, but Australia’s top tax and corporate regulators didn’t meet on Thursday to challenge a global villain or alien threat.
Crisis management 101: Why the buck should stop with the CEO
The reality is that if the CEO is to go in the wake of a crisis, a clean-cut is most often the best way forward – for both the former CEO and the company.
Opinion: Victoria’s WorkCover scheme “modernisation” is a backward step in managing mental health
On March 31, 2024, changes came into effect to ‘modernise’ Victoria’s WorkCover scheme. Many of these changes are focused on psychological injury claims and the criteria around assessing and managing such claims.
Five actionable steps to unleash your influence quotient
As business owners and executives, understanding the nuances of influence and cultivating your influence quotient can unlock doors, forge partnerships, and drive real change.
From climate change to AI: Five factors changing the way we work
One of the limitations of much of the current future of work conversation is the very underlying assumption that we will still spend the majority of time doing paid work in the future, writes Steph Clarke.
Two in five Australian SMEs admit to payroll errors, as wage theft criminalisation looms
Almost 40% of small Australian businesses admit to making a payroll error in the past two years, data from workplace management platform Rippling shows, exposing the compliance challenges facing local businesses.
ASIC chief preaches “tough love”, says being a director isn’t easy and isn’t meant to be
Being a company director is tough and a wave of incoming regulations is unlikely to make it any simpler, ASIC chair Joe Longo says, but following some basic precepts can help corporate leaders stay compliant with the rules.