Management Matters
News, opinions and advice on managing business systems and people.
Consumers are demanding their brands have a social purpose
Over the past six months, we have watched the public meltdown of three major, formerly stellar brands – Tiger Woods, Toyota and BP. Fortunately, in the world of marketing, as in science, for every action there is almost always an equal and opposite reaction.
Are You Lazy Enough? The Value of the Lazy Employee
Gruen Planet regular Dan Gregory and behavioural researcher Kieran Flanagan have written a book about laziness. Specifically, the value of the lazy employee. If...
Have you been Christmas shopping online during office hours? You’ve been busted, by Kogan...
Hey, what are you doing here? You’re supposed to be working and to top it off you’ve also been caught doing your Christmas shopping...
Collabradabra – The magic of collaborating with staff
Yes, it's true, it only takes one budding entrepreneur with a brilliant idea to start a business, but from that point on, it takes a collaboration of staff to turn that business into a success. The only thing more powerful than champion employees, are champion employees that know how to collaborate and work together.
Warning: Legislation to mandate more women on boards is not the answer
It seems to me that the biggest thing holding Australian businesses back right now is the “me too” syndrome. I do not consider the fact that there are not enough women on boards and in senior management positions to be merely a sexist thing. What I mean is that there is an ingrained corporate culture that says the leaders and directors want to hire others that are “like them”.
Fail + learn = #flearn: Tweet it, post it and most importantly, share it.
The folks at Pollenizer know a thing or two about launching successful businesses – they’ve co-founded more than 25 to date. So, when they advise entrepreneurs to embrace failure in order to learn – or ‘#flearn’ – then it pays to listen.
Forget partridges and pear trees. Here are the 12 things business builders need to...
Forget the 12 Days of Christmas… Before you stick a partridge in a pear tree, here are the top things you need to get sorted before year’s end.
Anthill’s 30under30 winners revealed (2010)
This year, rather than release the 2010 30under30 'massive' in one shot, we're releasing the names of this prestigious set, three a day, for the next 10 days. Why do this? Well, aside from the unplanned loss of a laptop, containing our deliberations and winner profiles, this suspense filled, masterfully manipulating traffic-fueling tactic just seemed too attractive to pass up. Can you feel the ant-icipation?
Hold this cat. An interesting exploration of branding [VIDEO]
As a company name, HTC looks like a vague acronym. That's because it is.
The company began life as High-Tech Computer Corporation in 1997....
