The Business End
Management Update
| Leo D’Angelo Fisher
Age discrimination in IT, risky employees a cause for concern, apprenticeships down but they’re staying longer and why sales spruiker pressure is counter productive.
Revenue fight, frosty reception
| Neil Shoebridge
Shoebridge | There’s tough competition for advertising dollars between the television networks, so it should not be surprising when a TV chief sees red in reported viewer figures.
Take a wider view of China
| Kevin Chinnery
Looking on China as a low-cost manufacturing base means ignoring the real opportunities
Feud undervalues the power of two
| Leo D’Angelo Fisher
D'Angelo Fisher | Blanche d’Alpuget’s new biography of her husband and Labor’s longest serving prime minister has re-opened rifts between Hawke and his treasurer, Paul Keating.
Keep it in the family
| Damon Frith
Board member Angus Kennard ensures familial continuity in a busy company.
Management Update
| leo d’angelo fisher
Gender equality in the workforce affects men as well as women, passionate leaders shall inherit the earth and Mrs Smith gets some Nous.
Come on baby, do the image update
| Neil Shoebridge
Shoebridge | Kylie Minogue’s latest album, Aphrodite, is about keeping her brand fresh, vital and, most importantly, authentic.
Employee input heals painful cuts
| leo d’angelo fisher
D'Angelo Fisher | Morale and productivity benefits await employers who take the opportunity to listen to suggestions from unhappy workers.
Foul-weather friends
| Rob Marley, Jayne Hrdlicka and Scott Tanner
The biggest changes in market share occur in a downturn – which is exactly the time to focus on the most loyal clients.
Conquer the global giants
| KEVIN CHINNERY
How to sell cleverly to huge emerging markets? In small bites, says a study.
Management Update
| leo d’angelo fisher
Optimism is back in fashion, skills a critical issue, fast track for retail managers and Victoria University gets a new VC.
‘We stink’ campaign clears the air
| Neil Shoebridge
Shoebridge | Companies that admit they have a problem are also taking the first step to fixing it.
Twitter ain’t twaddle
| Mark Cameron
Social networking can be used in a strategic, measurable way to create an effective marketing campaign.
Time bandits stifle innovation
| Leo D’Angelo fisher
D'Angelo Fisher | If companies want to encourage creativity then they must give their staff time, time to think without constant interruptions.
Wealth of experience
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
Some who have scaled the highs and plumbed the lows of the business world are happy to share their knowledge.
Conversation stopper
| Neil shoebridge
Shoebridge | Should marketers get involved in what has become the world’s hottest communication medium?
Management update
| Leo D’angelo fisherChief executives feel the heat and older workers neglected in favour of generation Y.
A better way
| Peter Wagner
Australia has reached a crossroads in its occupational health and safety performance.
Gillard et al mythBusters?
| LEO D’ANGELO FISHER
D'Angelo Fisher | The glass ceiling mantra is not only an insult to those many women who have succeeded based on their talent, drive and ambition, it also provides a convenient excuse for failure.
On top of customer value shifts
Lyons | Sharemarket demands for constant growth must be distracting to Michael Dell’s real priority – getting and staying ahead of “customer value shifts” in a fast evolving market.
Management update
| LEO D’ANGELO FISHER
Job hopping is an effective and often necessary way to build an international career, university research showls
Battle of the set-top boxes begins
| neil shoebridge
Shoebridge | The launch last month of T-Box, Telstra’s internet-enabled digital video recorder, marked the latest skirmish in what is shaping up as one of the most intense marketing fights of 2010-11: the battle of the set-top boxes.
Small talk matters big time
| Leo D’angelo Fisher
D'Angelo Fisher | An important attribute that most successful executives possess goes largely unsung: small talk.
Chasing stars
| Anthony Sibillin
Stellar performance is more likely to flare from nurturing existing human capital than importing star power.
The stationery cupboard is bare
| Leo D’Angelo Fisher
D'Angelo Fisher | Some companies are more aggressive than others when it comes to controlling their costs.
Selling by the book
| Damon Frith
Bookshops are watching closely as e-readers compete with the printed word, but have strategies sorted out.
Management update
| Leo d’Angelo Fisher
Men and women divided over equity in financial services; merger activity creates a role for HR; Deloitte partners universities.
Fresh look at advertising ethics
| Neil Shoebridge
Shoebridge | Cynics might disagree, but the words “advertising” and “ethics” are not mutually exclusive.
Canned brands mere spam
| Leo D’Angelo Fisher
D'Angelo Fisher | There is some truth to the merit of “personal branding”.
The emperor’s new tweets
| Mark Ritson
Facebook and Twitter are being revered as the latest, greatest marketing tools, but one expert begs to differ.