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When it comes to fostering an innovative work culture, Atlassian is really at the top of their game right now and we think that most organisations could learn a thing or two from their practices and values.

No matter the industry you’re in, if you’re a student or just curious about design, it’s likely that if you’ve been tasked with a project that requires some visual flair, you’ve heard of Canva.

Leadership comes in many different forms but one thing that remains the same is the ability to see the long-term organisational goals and staying on track to reaching these. Find out why saying ‘no’ could be the most efficient way there!

Read about the benefits of studying a degree to progress within your career.

Read about the different puzzle pieces which are necessary to build your company vision

Productivity in a business or workspace is vital in keeping an organisation functioning, yet we still often forget to focus on those things which promote a productive workforce.

Often within companies, businesses and offices, there’s a mindset of ‘what happens if we spend time training the staff and then they just leave?’ There’s a fear of wasted time, energy, resources and money. However, we believe that the question you should be asking yourself is, ‘What if you don’t train your staff and they stay?’

Running a business is stressful, and sometimes you just need to get away from it all. Forget the boardroom meetings and the company strategy and head on a trip to somewhere new and exciting that will help you gain a bit of perspective. Sometimes this adventurous attitude is what’s missing from your business.

Have you ever started a new job and been forced to sit through a dreary ream of health and safety videos? Or does your place of work have an annual, online policy update quiz? In recent years, learning management systems have become somewhat of a benign, box-ticking exercise for HR, when they truly have the potential to be a much more effective tool. WorkPlan have decided that it’s time to take action and fulfil this potential.

Often, when you have a never-ending ‘to-do’ list that never seems to get any shorter, it’s easy to overlook the seemingly minor issues within your company. However, these little issues, when left unattended can, very quickly, evolve into a significant and potentially unsolvable problem for you, your staff and your business.

Whether you plan to be on the trail for a few hours or a few weeks, it is imperative that you have the right equipment for your trek. Though it is possible to foresee weather changes for a day-hike, it could be a baffling task when planning for a multi-day trek. There’s a wide range of circumstances to consider when packing your equipment to ensure you’re prepared and supported.

As Baby Boomers stay in the workplace for longer, and Gen Z’s are beginning to enter, businesses are seeing one of the widest age ranges in history. Managing a multi-generational workplace comes with a raft of issues that business owners and managers haven’t had to deal with before.

Managing your time and headspace so that you aren’t too exhausted to do the important things is the first step in better work/life balance.

It is possible to transform the paradigm that all meetings are wasting valuable time and contribute little to the organisation and its people You can reinvent your meetings to boost creativity and engagement. It just takes a bit of innovation.

Leaders of organisations around the world understand the strategic need to build capabilities in their organisations to remain competitive. There are many methods used to build capabilities and on-the-job training remains very common. Strategy that is designed without learning is seriously flawed.

Leaders of organisations around the world understand the strategic need to build capabilities in their organisations to remain competitive. There are many methods used to build capabilities and on-the-job training remains very common. Strategy that is designed without learning is seriously flawed.

There is no doubt accounting firms are under pressure for both fees and service delivery. This can be considered disruption. There are a few reasons for this pressure and it will only intensify. Here are some reasons…

Feeling stuck. Feeling tired at the end of the day. Feeling frustrated more easily and more often. This is how one of my new clients described her personal situation during our first project meeting. This CEO was stuck and could not get enough head space to find a way out of it.

Some businesses confuse performance management and execution of strategic objectives. It appears that more companies use performance management processes than businesses that have execution processes designed to achieve strategic objectives.

How do performance management and strategic execution differ?

There are some organisation and culture shifts you and your leadership team may want to consider when developing your strategy.

In April 2018, Canada Life Group Insurance released a study showing that workers’ productivity is badly impacted by stress and anxiety in the workplace. The study shows office workers are impacted most severely.

The value driver tree is a tool used to identify the root cause of an issue. In our case it is used to identify causes of business issues. The value driver tree is also known as a fishbone analysis.

The learning management system (LMS) should be a primary support tool for ensuring strategic execution is successful. A business that is focused on strategic execution needs all people to be working on the right tasks at the right time.

Productivity has nothing to do with the latest app. It is all about you and your behavioural style that will determine how productive you are. There is no shortage of productivity experts promoting the latest and greatest productivity apps.

An accounting firm was having trouble making a decision at senior partner level to move forward with a series of our programs. Believe it or not one of the issues they identified was poor decision-making processes! In the end, we proved that a small team can create a revolution in culture change.