Archive of Industry News & Views

News: Mindset Group are moving to new Melbourne offices.

As of Friday 28 September, 2012, Mindset Group's new Melbourne address is Level 9, 470 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000.

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Leading Change: Mindset’s methodology for designing success from Day One!

Moving to a shared service is fundamentally ‘transforming’ your internal back-of-house functions and therefore requires a change strategy that allows your organisation to design for success from Day One. Using the Mindset change methodology, we were able to provide attendees with useful insights in driving change as opposed to simply managing a project.

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The Grounding of QANTAS: Courageous Leadership or Corporate Suicide?

There is no doubt that Qantas’ CEO, Alan Joyce, and its board will be watching the results of the airline closely over the next few months. In my experience from a change perspective, courageous decisions by leaders are all too lacking in the current business environment. And, whether you agree with the decision to ground the airline or not, there can be little disagreement that this was indeed a courageous decision.

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RCSA 2011 International Conference: The future of recruiting and the role the RCSA has to play

Last week, 300 odd recruiters converged on Port Douglas for the RCSA 2011 International Conference. Earlier this week, I shared the top three insights that I gleaned from the conference. In today’s post, I’d like to share my observations on the recruitment industry at large, and the role the RCSA has to play...

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Top 3 Insights from the 2011 RCSA International Conference

Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the 2011 RCSA International Conference in Port Douglas. This year's theme was innovation, and there were number of excellent world class speakers on the topic...

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What can The Who’s Pete Townshend teach us about Leadership?

Tommy is an extraordinary work crafted by The Who’s main songsmith and master guitarist, Pete Townshend. When I listened to Tommy again and watched the 1975 Ken Russell film of the same name, it became clear that the storyline is a prime example of how adopting an open growth mindset can lead to extraordinary leadership, success and self-insight.

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Australia’s Recession Obsession

There is much in the media of late on the state of the global economy. There are shrill cries of doom from many commentators that suggest the world is heading into another protracted recession. The more that people are assaulted with this media barrage, the more their confidence will slip and the more likely the recession will be.

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Are You a Trusted Adviser or Shark Bait?

Yesterday, one of our consultants had a question posed to her by a client. The question itself doesn’t matter, but it was, in effect, questioning her judgement and thus her credibility. She asked me how she should handle it.

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Contingent Recruiters. Are they the only professionals who work for free?

The flick and stick. The push and shove for fantastic candidates to fill speculative roles, or to be floated to organisations you hardly know, let alone even met. Crossing your fingers, drawing a circle of salt around yourself, avoiding ladders, broken mirrors and black cats, all to ensure you get paid for the work you have done. This is the world of a contingent sales recruiter, and it is tough.

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Is Your Gatekeeper Holding the Keys To Your Office or Your Kingdom?

"This is great, but we should have started six months ago". That statement was said to me by the CEO of a not insignificant Melbourne manufacturing company last week...

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