Before I elaborate, I have a confession to make… I’m an ex senior AFL player, now a football coach and more recently, a professional recruiter. To outsiders, a senior coach is the face of their club, much like a hiring…
How sports coaches use world class leadership to create winning teams
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Does a work legacy matter?
Let me paint the scene. It’s Saturday night, I’m at a friend’s house with a group of mates as our children run inside and outside the house vaguely supervised. Our respective partners are all out, so we’re taking the opportunity…
A salute to my early career
Rather than following my friends to University when I left school, I took an alternative route into the workforce by joining the New Zealand Army – not exactly the most obvious career choice for a female with a short and…
Born in 1967, still growing up: Slade Group celebrates 50 years
In the following article by Maggie Chen, which appeared in the Autumn 2017 edition of the Victorian Chamber of Commerce & Industry Business Excellence magazine, Slade Group Chairman Geoff Slade shares his story and the insights he has developed over…
Tagged with: achieving goals, agile workplace, anita ziemer, business excellence, Geoff Slade, history of recruitment, leadership, Slade 50 years, Slade Group, Slade Report, TRANSEARCH, VCCI, VECCI, Victorian Chamber, workplace health
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Bright young old things!
“To be a genius, think like a 94-year-old.” If you’ve ever worried about your declining IQ, take heart from this fascinating profile of 94 year old John Goodenough who, together with his team at University of Texas, has filed a…
Tagged with: achieving goals, anita ziemer, crystallised intelligence, diversity, fluid intellligence, innovation, invention, IQ, John Goodenough, mental challenge, MGH, MIT, motivation, neuroscience, older workers, Slade Group, Slade Report
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Attitude’s the biggest threat to the world economy?
Experts at the World Economic Forum release yearly updates assessing the biggest dangers facing the world economy. Environmental concerns have jumped up the list and now global warming tops economists’ concerns. Last month I attended an Australian Credit Conference hosted…
Tagged with: An Inconvenient Truth, Australian Credit Conference, Before the Flood, carbon reduction, carbon tax, climate change, Elly Graham, environmental issues, global warming, professional support recruitment, Slade Group, Slade Professional Support, Slade Report, workforce trends, World Economic Forum
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How to learn Italian… without going to school
It’s needless to say that childhood experiences shape a significant part of our adult persona, but they also help to build some of the skills and attributes that we carry with us during our working life. While in pre-elementary (equivalent…
Tagged with: achieving goals, Albania, childhood experiences, Cultural and language barriers, diversity, education and training, Ejona Dine Shahinaj, growing up, language skills, learning Italian, learning languages, LOTE, professional support recruitment, Slade Group, Slade Professional Support, Slade Report
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Shift happens… Drift happens…
Last week the Financial Review invited me to their two day top-tier business summit – possibly because it was on International Women’s Day and last year they included me in their Top 100 Women of Influence. As I headed home…
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