CEOs agree that upskilling is necessary to attract and retain the right skills for the future, but few have made significant progress towards establishing upskilling programs. Organisations with mature upskilling efforts are finding the benefits go far beyond skills, leading to confidence, productivity gains and
Culture is crucial to achieving business goals, but it needs to be addressed more specifically than ‘organisation-wide’. Desired, value-aligned behaviours need to be reinforced in project teams so that they can successfully deliver outcomes. Leadership, accountability and the ability to speak up when things go
The COVID-19 situation started off as a supply shock (i.e. less workers producing less output), and is flowing into a demand shock (i.e. people buying less and buying different things to what they normally purchase). Economic activity in accommodation and food services sectors will halve by
ABARES March update summarised the short term outlook for major Australian agricultural commodities, where we saw the demand and value for red meat and dairy products forecasted to drop along with the wheat, wine, barley and chickpea prices. We’ve seen these impacts flow through with
With the most immediate and direct workforce impacts from COVID-19 having passed (including addressing and creating appropriate working environments, maintaining productivity at manufacturing sites with social distancing measures in pace, etc.), enterprises are starting to look towards re-establishing a ‘new normal’. However, the reliance of
COVID-19 has resulted in some of the greatest supply chain disruptions ever experienced in Australian food and agriculture – affecting trade into both domestic and export markets and challenging producers to employ creative freight and operational strategies. In the post-COVID context, there are a number
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell says childcare is an essential service for women in small businesses, calling for ‘free childcare’ to continue beyond the June 30 expiry date. “Women make up more than a third of Australia’s small business owners
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell has called for major changes to Australia’s taxation framework, with small businesses unnecessarily overburdened by compliance requirements. The Ombudsman has made a series of recommendations in relation to taxation as part of her COVID-19 Recovery
Global optimism in the Australian economy as a result of it’s handling of the pandemic and rising iron ore prices have significantly lifted the value of the Aussie dollar. In less than ten weeks the Aussie dollar went from a two-decade low of 55 US
They might be baby steps, but the on-premise industry across the country is certainly beginning to reopen as COVID-19 restrictions are eased. As we know, each state is moving at a different pace with restrictions, meaning bars are able to open at different capacities according
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