This short TED series video on ‘The Way We Work’ shares 8 tips on building organisations that people enjoy working for. Your employees are adults Assume that everyone goes to work each day to do something amazing. Simple? But how many organisations introduce systems that treat people like children? The job of management isn’t to […]
Creating happiness at work. How is that possible?
Two billion people worldwide are not happy at work. This short TED series video on ‘The Way We Work’ provides an insight into 4 key areas to increase employee happiness at work. Trust and Respect Trust and respect are buzz words that many leaders and managers promote as being present in their organisations and teams. […]
Books Recommended by Educational Leaders
In the Leadership Insights series of interviews (posted on the Trak Search website), I’ve had the pleasure of posing a range of questions to some of our foremost educational leaders. One common trait displayed by them won’t be a surprise to anyone – they are all passionate about their own learning. Each was an avid […]
Benefits and perks for ‘best places to work’ – LinkedIn winners for 2017
LinkedIn has just announced their 2017 list of Australia’s best places to work, as voted by LinkedIn users. The list is dominated by the professional and financial services sectors with PwC, KPMG and Westpac taking out the top three awards. The explanation put forward for this dominance is that these sectors have the greatest “war […]
How a Leader can manage their Board
Many Education and Community sector leaders are responsible to a Board. But how many can manage their board? I’ve been told by numerous CEO’s, Principals and Directors that this ‘managing of a Board’ can be as difficult as it is important. With such frequent turnover of Board members in n-f-p (compared to commerce), it is […]
