By Philip Shanahan What does a golfer, tennis player or cricketer focus on to achieve high performance? They nearly always give the same answer: “Repeat my process – that is the process they have practised a million times – replicate it under real pressure and trust in my ability”. High performance in sport is achieved […]
11 March, 2010
Australian working women are under more pressure than ever due to financial uncertainty, caring responsibilities and overtime work, a Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) survey has found. The survey of 9500 working women, What Women Want, found that many women did not had enough superannuation to self-fund their retirement. Of those surveyed, 25.8 per cent […]
8 March, 2010
By Jo Cooper Against a backdrop of union concerns and leadership instability, the UK's Essex County Council has embarked on a radical plan to transform its services and savings. You're running a council but finances are getting tight. You can see the writing on the wall: if drastic action is not taken services will soon […]
5 March, 2010
Project Management Institute president and chief executive officer, Gregory Balestrero. By Angela Dorizas Government needs to invest in project and program management education to strengthen public trust, according to the head of the global Project Management Institute. Speaking at the PMI Global Congress – Asia Pacific in Melbourne, PMI president and chief executive officer, Gregory […]
24 February, 2010
By Angela Dorizas Green skills training and monitoring is in short supply across the Australian workforce, a new survey has found. The Green Steps Australian Workplaces Survey survey was completed online by 79 organisations in government, not-profit and private sectors, which together employed more than 50,000 people between September and October 2009. It found that […]
28 January, 2010
“Our 'sporting nation' image is under threat,” says Medibank Private's Julie Andrews. Image: Istock. By Angela Dorizas Australian workers are risking their health through prolonged sitting, according to a landmark study. The Stand Up Australia study was a collaboration of Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Medibank Private and the Cancer Prevention Research Centre at […]
27 August, 2009
By Angela Dorizas The global financial crisis will lead to a shift in Generation Y’s behaviour at work, but it will not prevent further job-hopping, warns a leading expert on young employees. Generation Y’s tendency towards short tenure is almost certain to survive the global economic crisis, according to management consultant and author of Generation Y: Thriving […]
18 June, 2009
They’ve been labeled as self-assured, disloyal and non-committal workers, but leading demographers believe that Generation Y may be the answer to the problems caused by the public sector’s ageing workforce. Angela Dorizas spoke with Bruce Tulgan, author of Not Everyone Gets a Trophy: How to Manage Generation Y, for his advice on recruiting and retaining […]
5 June, 2009
“You’re not actually being more efficient or effective. You’re just burning yourself out,” warns psychologist Meredith Fuller. Image: iStock By Angela Dorizas Taking the axe to jobs can cause turmoil within an organisation and lead to greater inefficiencies, psychologists have warned. In the wake of a restructure, it is not uncommon for “survivors” to feel […]
13 May, 2009
Univesity of Southampton professor of politics and governance, Gerry Stoker. By Rob O’Brien Local governments will have to modify their management style in the face of the financial crisis to focus more on people rather that targets, a UK expert in politics and governance has said. In an interview with GovernmentNews Gerry Stoker, a […]
23 April, 2009
The cost of recruiting public service employees are set to rise by up to $370 million per year, according to a leading e-recruitment software company. A survey of e-recruitment traffic conducted by Australian software company NGA.net, has revealed that the number of electronic job applications received by Australian Government departments over the past 12 months […]
30 March, 2009
Skills requirments in local government over the next five to ten years will be determined by an ageing population, the global financial crisis and new ways of doing business, according to the Local Government Managers Australia (LGMA). The issues were discussed at the National Local Government Skills Forum facilitated by the LGMA in Melbourne, which covered the impact of […]
3 March, 2009
By Rob O'Brien The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has waded into the row over the salaries of council CEOs claiming that councils were required to pay competitive salaries to get the most qualified candidates into senior positions. ALGA president Geoff Lake said that the salaries of local government CEOs reflected a competitive job […]
17 February, 2009
Agencies across the Australian Public Service (APS) are spending heavily on advertising in a bid to attract the right personnel. The advertising has improved in quality and extensively promotes great APS work environments, flexible, family-friendly and where staff wellbeing is of the utmost importance. This investment however, is being undermined by poor internal recruitment practices […]
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