07Jun2013
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Dale Whitton
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Corporate Leadership, Culture, Employee Engagement, Human Resources, Management, Promotion/Succession Planning
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Left behind: People initiatives that matter most

HR activities that are considered ‘high value’, i.e. those that add the most value to business outcomes, include leadership development, succession planning, coaching and career planning. They are considered ‘high value’ as they improve the organisation’s ability to retain and attract quality staff with flow-on effects on the quality of execution. One of the most common reasons for employee churn is the lack of career prospects, and this is reflected in countless engagement surveys

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07Nov2012
Author
Don Holley
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Change Management, Corporate Leadership, Culture, Human Resources, Leadership for Individuals, Transformation
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Future of the Workforce: Where Change and Opportunity Converge

The amount of change in our world and the rate of acceleration with which it is increasing, is exciting. Social, technology, workforce, workplaces, leadership, HR... everything is being reinvented. The old saying, "If it ain't broke then don't fix it," no longer applies. Now, leaders and executive teams are not only expected to be ahead of the curve, they need to be if they are to remain competitive.

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25Oct2012
Author
Kyle Lagunas
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Human Resources, Technology
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3 Steps to Upgrade the Role of HR in Enterprise 2.0

Over the last few years, social and mobile technologies have proven to be powerful tools for sourcing and recruiting talent. More recently, we’re beginning to see consumer tech--social, in particular--being leveraged in other HR functions. But while research shows these next generation tools have the potential to improve communication and collaboration across the enterprise, business leaders are left with one question: “Who takes ownership of these tools?”

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19Oct2012
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AmyKnapp
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Leadership for Individuals
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Leadership in the Age of Ideas

Two hundred years ago, leaders were responsible for building the most productive and efficient farms. With industrialisation, they became responsible for building the most productive and efficient factories. Today, leaders are responsible for coming up with the most compelling and contagious ideas. And ideas are a risky business.

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26Sep2012
Author
Erryn
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Industry News & Views
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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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24Jul2012
Author
Aaron Dodd
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Corporate Leadership, Leadership for Individuals, Strategy
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Leadership Values That Guide Business Strategy: Do You Practise the Way of War?

Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War over 2000 years ago. In recent times his text has been used as guide for developing business strategy. If we accept the premise that business is a form of warfare then what leadership values or qualities make a good General, or leader of people?

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18Jul2012
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bramsden
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Change Management, Mindset
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The Day My Hard Drive Crashed and the 4 Lessons I Learnt About Dealing With Change

Ever heard of someone losing their lifetime's computer data in a hard disk crash? Well, it happened to me recently and I was surprised how this particularly dark episode reminded me of some key lessons about dealing with forced change.

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22Jun2012
Author
Aaron Dodd
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Management, Recruiters
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Choose Your Suppliers Carefully. They Hold Your Business Reputation in Their Hands.

As a recruiter and management consultant, my clients are effectively my suppliers. This is why we take such care to make sure that the clients Mindset Group chooses to work with reflect our values. And here’s why it’s so important…

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16May2012
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CChangeLtd
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Change Management, Leadership for Individuals, Transformation
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How to Build Resilient People That Lead Resilient Organisations

Have you observed how some people seem to be able to cope with whatever change comes their way while others find it really difficult to move out of their comfort zone? What separates the two is personal resilience.

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04May2012
Author
Don Holley
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Change Management, Culture, Industry News & Views, Transformation
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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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