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We travel back to starting a career this week as Kim and Fulyana look at ways you can find first hand experience in a career path that interests you. Although the podcast talks about starting a career from the basis of high school or early university, it is equally relevant to those contemplating a career […]

This week we look at what to do when salaries do not match market rates. As always, Kim and Fulyana use their professional experience to consider this topic from both sides of the issue – the employer and the employee. Have you been caught with a great employee that isn’t being paid current market rates? […]

This week the tables are turned as Fulyana interviews Kim about withdrawing from a project she has worked on for almost 10 years. What happens when you have a surprisingly large amount of time and the opportunity to actually follow through on one of your long term ideas? Do you have projects “in the wings” […]

In the early years of our careers, inhouse training and development was highly regarded as part of a path to more senior positions. These days there seems to be some resistance to providing these opportunities mostly based on the economic viability of training someone only to have them leave the organisation. This week Kim and […]

Fulyana is back! So that means we are in full “talk” mode, this week about what you are communicating by your behaviour patterns in the workplace. Have you reflected lately on what your behaviour pattern around meetings and work community activities might mean to others? Are you sending the message you want to be sending?

In our conclusion to this three part discussion with Karan, Kim and Fulyana learn about the qualities we should be identifying in future leaders as well as the results of a survey of thousands of leaders across varied industries looking at common leadership “qualities”. Can you identify the same leadership qualities in your organisation?

As we continue our discussion with Karan Ferrell-Rhodes, this week we explore ways to create a leadership brand as well as how workplaces will change their approach to resourcing work areas and projects.

This week we begin a 3 part discussion with Karan Ferrell-Rhodes about leadership in the current organisational environment. Karan is an organisational strategist who is, in her own words, obsessed with up-leveling leadership capability and optimizing workforces to do their best work. This introductory session looks at the relevance/value of HR specific sections in the […]

Last week we suggested a couple of Simon Sinek videos for you to watch and then send through your thoughts and questions. If you haven’t already seen/heard it, click here. This week we have our thoughts on the areas you expressed as well as some suggestions for incorporating into your own performance appraisals.

In the final part of our discussion with Gary Ross we actually get to Question 2 of the list we sent to him but more importantly we hear about choosing the right form of communication for within an organisation and why that might be more than one method and why that method is as important […]

Does your organisation use a “style manual”? Are you expected to conform to a particular way of communicating in writing whether its email, IM or letters? This week we explore Gary’s must haves for getting communication right. There are three things he considers the number 1 essential (yes, three things tied for the number 1 […]

This week Kim begins a communications journey with Gary Ross whilst Fulyana is away. With a wealth of practical experience in a wide range of industries and organisations, Gary shares first hand knowledge of why communicating in a professional manner is so important in these days of enhanced technology and hybrid workforces.

In the conclusion of our chat about GPT with Jamie Wadley, we look into the future to see how we can “future proof” ourselves in our roles. Are you ready for GPT in the workplace or has it already arrived for you?

This week we continue our conversation with Jamie Wadley about GPT. Our topic this time covers “prompting” and how the use of GPT can change the focus for project teams.

This week we begin a conversation with a “regular” guest, Jamie Wadley about all things GPT. This is the third visit to Inside Exec for Jamie, although our last conversation was in 2019. In this podcast we learn what GPT is and how it is best used, even if you’ve not yet tried it. In […]

In the final part of our discussion with Chad Bareither, Kim and Fulyana explore who is responsible for process improvement and how it ties in with continuous improvement. We also discover some misconceptions around ‘Just In Time” management.

In the second part of our discussion with Chad Bareither, Kim and Fulyana explore the value of involving your “customer” in process improvement as well as whether solutions are fixing symptoms or root problems.

Do you know the difference between Quality Management Systems and Continuous Improvement? This week we begin a 3 part discussion with Chad Bareither about the importance of knowing your processes and measuring the outcomes. We also discover that Chad and Fulyana have something in common – a qualification that Kim knew nothing about in over […]

In the final part of our discussion with Marty Strong, Kim and Fulyana hear about the benefits of listening to people outside your team for answers and the intrinsic value of having everyone in a team know how to do the basics of every other task in the team.

In the second part of our discussion with Marty Strong, Kim and Fulyana learn the difference between teams and committees as well as what it means to be a visionary leader. Can you be a visionary leader when you are in a highly structured industry or organisation?