• Rory Gregg

    Warring factions and conflicted leadership

    Going through the motions of a hopeless leadership challenge was obviously useful for someone. If there is any lesson for business leaders to learn from the incident, it is that appearances matter enormously when dealing with external stakeholders. Ostentatious displays of power are a proven tactic for leaders that need to distract and reassure stakeholders, and keep up appearances.

    1 Mar  /  Written by Rory Gregg  /  Leadership
  • Rory Gregg

    Lifting the lid on risks and workplace culture

    Automated detection systems will always have blindspots that can be exploited. To catch problems before they spiral out of control, employees must feel comfortable that they can communicate problems to their managers, and that concerns won’t just fall on deaf ears.

    11 Feb  /  Written by Rory Gregg  /  Leadership
  • Peter Nevin

    ERP reload

    For all the rhetoric, an element of the story remains untold

    24 Jan  /  Written by Peter Nevin  /  Leadership
  • Rory Gregg

    Tourism sector bites the bullet

    Profitability in the tourism sector has always been incredibly volatile, subject to the whims of wild weather and fickle fashion. It will be interesting to see whether managers in the wider business community choose to crank up their travel budgets again as they have done in the past, or whether the convenience and ease of telecommuting and electronic conferencing will finally start to bite into business travel.

    12 Jan  /  Written by Rory Gregg  /  Leadership
  • Rory Gregg

    Navigating dangerous retail waters

    When you consider that eBay do not actually “sell” anything or handle any retail inventory, their decision to follow consumers into shopping centres is interesting. Perhaps online retail battles will soon also be fought in shopping centres and, if so, online retailing is also heading into dangerous waters.

    29 Nov  /  Written by Rory Gregg  /  Leadership
  • Rory Gregg

    Off with their heads

    At an operational level, complex policies and procedures can quickly turn HR management into a quagmire. Although in some situations, all of that red tape can truly be a good thing.

    17 Nov  /  Written by Rory Gregg  /  Leadership
  • Rory Gregg

    Executive tenure and shifting goalposts

    Executive leadership is often portrayed as high pressure. Boards justify spectacular executive packages by citing the uncertainty of the top job, and the notion that people who actively seek leadership positions need to be given an enormous incentive to create shareholder value. The reality is often rather different.

    7 Nov  /  Written by Rory Gregg  /  Leadership
  • Rory Gregg

    Expiry dates and ROI time horizons

    Australian CEOs typically hang on to the job for 8 years before retiring with a golden parachute. The point at which you find a leader within their tenure has a clear influence on strategic business planning and investment decisions. It should be little surprise that when a leader has one eye on the door, they might simply view risks and rewards very differently to those around them.

    28 Oct  /  Written by Rory Gregg  /  Leadership
  • Rory Gregg

    Future jobs, innovation, and productivity

    Australian businesses have been achieving consistent improvements due to labour productivity – but gains from innovation have been weak to non-existent in recent years.

    11 Oct  /  Written by Rory Gregg  /  Leadership
  • Rory Gregg

    Two and a half approaches to change

    The best outcomes occur when leaders mobilise employee energy and commitment, and articulate a clear set of understandable goals. Instead of micromanaging, flexibility and adaption should be encouraged throughout the organisation. Employees need to be given leeway to solve problems themselves, and the confidence to act.

    21 Sep  /  Written by Rory Gregg  /  Leadership
Blogs

  • Gee's Jive

    Mike Gee is the managing editor of ARN. His career spans more than 30 years in daily and weekly newspapers. He was previously Night Editor of SMH Online for nearly five years. In his other life, he has spent 37 years interviewing musicians, reviewing albums and concerts, broadcasting on public radio and writing the odd book. He has won Australia's highest award for journalism, the Walkley, twice. He is a fanatical fisherman.

  • Innovation!

    In the modern economy with constantly evolving trends, technologies and ideas the companies that don't innovate will be overtaken. Innovation is no longer the domain of R&D, new product development or IT, but instead a core deliverable of every business unit and the foundation of success and profit.

  • Leadership

    Advice for leaders to help refine skills and provide direction and guidance to employees

  • The Executive Coach

    Peter Black is an Executive Coach who has been privileged to work with over 400 individuals from predominantly large blue chip and multinational organisations over the past 5 years on career transition, executive coaching and role onboarding programs.  More recently, he has worked with members of The Executive Connection, an organisation dedicated to enhancing the lives and improving the effectiveness of CEOs.  His blog is a reflection of the composite personal and professional experiences of his clients, particularly those at senior levels, and of his own reinvention having commenced a new career at the age of 48 after 26 years as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Bloggers

  • Mike Gee

    Mike Gee is the managing editor of ARN. He has won Australia's highest award for journalism, the Walkley, twice; is a fanatical fisherman; has published two books and work from his 35 years writing about rock music - in his other universe - and has been anthologised three times. He only reads sci-fi and fantasy and is becoming an ornery old bastard.

  • Ross Maher

    Ross Maher is the director of Build21c, an innovation project planning and research company that helps companies innovate. His specialities include project definition and set up, and he believes the best innovation occurs through a conversation with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders. Learn more at www.build21c.com.au

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