Archive of GFC

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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Inadequate Leadership the Real Cause of the GFC?

The Human Resources Leader has reported that inadequate business models and failed leadership were major factors leading to the global financial crisis. In order to prevent this process from recurring again, questions have been raised about the fundamentals of leadership and how they must change.

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Lack of Training Will Cause an Increased Skills Shortage in 2010

HR Daily has reported on the Australian Industry Group and Deloitte National CEO Survey. The survey has found that Australian CEOs are planning to continue cutting their training budgets well into 2010 despite claims that things will soon start to pick up.

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The Economics of the Talent Shortage and what Employers Need to do NOW

Prior to the GFC we saw articles almost daily on the so-called talent shortage. Such clichéd headlines as “Winning the War for Talent” were commonplace. My own company, Mindset used them as did everyone else. These headlines and articles have subsided of late but the talent shortage is still there.

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Leadership Commitment

HR Daily have written an article explaining that the brands of top-performing companies are characterised by an emphasis on the experience of employees instead of customers.

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A New Way of Dealing with Recruiters? I Don’t Think So.

Atlassian are a Sydney-based, enterprise software company. They provide products to over 15,000 customers in 113 countries. They are currently recruiting 32 engineers for their Sydney office.

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Human Resources Leadership in Difficult Economic Times

The economic challenges that we are facing are creating a difficult environment for human resources leaders. Many companies are simultaneously experiencing surplus and scarcity of talent and are struggling to find the right human resources delivery models, the right labor and organizational structure and solutions for attracting and retaining key talent.

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11Jun2009
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Erryn
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Management
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How to Emerge from the GFC as a Leading Employer

HR Daily has published an article about how to emerge from the GFC as a leading employer and how important authenticity, integrity, transparency and substance is for your company.

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