By Claire Quarrell The Message Maven     Workshops, seminars, intro sessions, networking nights, meet and greets, product pow-wows. You run events to gather your tribe and share your message. Whether it’s a ’one-off’ deal or a regular gig, they can be a powerful way to showcase your personal brand and connect, convince and compel […]

By Michalle Faulkner – Managing Director EastCoast Human Resource Group     There are some people that say as a business owner you should “Hire Slow and Fire Fast”. In today’s modern, inclusive and compliant world, this could pose quite the risk factor to the Employer if in their haste, they don’t happen to comply […]

Selling From The Heart By Kym Cousins Sprout Enablement     Have you ever met a salesperson who just seems “different” from the rest?  I mean – they’re different from the unfortunate stereotype that many of us have grown up with and perhaps still have, about salespeople in general.  It’s that picture many people still […]

Julie Primmer is a force to be reckoned with in the travel industry and today oversees a huge and varied portfolio within helloworld Travel Limited in her role as General Manager Branded and Associate Networks. Julie is someone whom I have long admired as she has worked tremendously hard over the years, climbing the professional […]

Have You Reached Your Upper Limit? By Craig Levitt – Executive Success Coach, Craig Levitt Coaching     It’s funny the memories we retain. In High School, like everyone else I read a lot of books, you know Shakespeare etc. One I remember, don’t ask me why, was a book called The Peter Principle. It’s […]

Are You OK? By Michalle Faulkner – Managing Director EastCoast Human Resource Group     What is really fantastic to see, is how we are progressing with bringing mental illness and the importance of good mental health into the spotlight and recognising how incredibly important it is to ask the question – Are you OK? […]

Amanda Yeates is a civil engineer and Deputy Director-General with the Department of Transport and Main Roads.  She leads the delivery of an integrated program of infrastructure projects and the maintenance and operation of the states just over 33,000 km of road network.  This includes the delivery of TMR’s record $21.7b program of works over four years […]

It Was All Good.. Until It Wasn’t! By Michalle Faulkner – Managing Director EastCoast Human Resource Group     We’ve all been there haven’t we? At some point it may well have happened to you personally or within a workplace group that you were managing.  I know it has definitely happened to me.  Team members […]

Are You a Workplace Champion? By Michalle Faulkner – Managing Director EastCoast Human Resource Group       With a fresh new year ahead of us, it’s a great time to reflect on the atmosphere or culture within your organisation.  Does it serve your business as it stands? Workplace culture is best described as your […]