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Author: Claire Harrison

Extract from Claire Harrison’s book, The CEO Secret Guide to Managing and Motivating Employees

As a business leader, you have a tremendous amount of power: you hold in your h...

Author: Claire Harrison

Do you remember The Jetsons?  I loved that show.  The futuristic view of how our lives would look. A pill expanding to a meal, flying cars that convert to briefcases, robot he...

Author: Claire Harrison

FAIR WORK MINIMUM WAGE DECISION

The Fair Work Commission has finalised its annual wage review for 2016 and handed down a decision to increase minimum wages.

The panel decide...

Author: Claire Harrison

Mark Middleton is the highly-regarded CEO of Icon Group, which incorporates Icon Cancer Care, Radiation Oncology Centres (ROC), Epic Pharmacy and Slade Health. He is passionat...

Author: Claire Harrison

“Leaders are not born, they’re made.  They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” – Vince Lombardi

Lead...

Author: Claire Harrison

CASE STUDY – TRISTAN WHITE, THE PHYSIO CO

Extract from Claire Harrison’s book, The CEO Secret Guide to Managing and Motivating Employees.

Overview

In 2004, The Physio Co wa...

Author: Claire Harrison

If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
– Thomas Edison

Recently a technology company contacted me. About a year ago they decid...

Author: Claire Harrison

You may have heard the term ‘probationary period’ and ‘qualifying period’ being mentioned when it comes to a new employee and thought “what is the difference?”.

You may have ...

Author: Claire Harrison

Succession planning is a process of identifying employees who are capable of moving into the key positions within your business. It helps to identify future capacity and capab...

Author: Claire Harrison

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2016

Recently I had the pleasure of attending the Australian Institute of Management flagship event – International Women’s Day Great Debate. The ev...

Author: Claire Harrison

There is a statement that says: “Our most valuable asset is our people”.

We need to rethink that statement, and consider if instead it should be “Our most valuable asset is o...