Category: Leadership
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#1 Lyndal’s Pink Gems
What a fantastic weekend! 60km trek in searing heat (Saturday) and driving rain (Sunday) with a great team of new and old friends who valued the journey over the result, and still came in first by raising over $107,000 for the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse at RPA. While there are more pics to follow, this is…
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Some Friends Wanted to Tie Up Out Front, So I Let Them…
Welcome to International Fleet Review #100YearsOfPride
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Why Generation Next Must Be Nurtured
Tonight, I had the privilege of watching a young woman of The Women’s College within The University of Sydney bring the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall to rapturous applause and laughter. With nothing more than astute insight and articulate delivery, 19 year old Nicola kicked off question time at Anne Summers Conversations with aplomb. And…
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Women of Merit
Last week, Australian media was saturated with discussion of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s new cabinet. Statistical comparisons with cabinets from New Zealand to Africa to Afghanistan were a plenty. Discussions centring around how poorly Australia sits from a representation of women in politics, point of view. While the Iraqi and Afghani comparison’s were a stretch…
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Ever seen a better political metaphor…?
Rudd bus breakdown, Abbott bus tries to assist with a jump, leads to short #politicsnotsolive pic.twitter.com/DgW5YC3Cnf — Mike Bowers (@mpbowers) August 28, 2013 Post final debate transport issues, more decisive than the debates!
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Speeches that have Inspired
Throughout history, great oratory has mobilised the masses for good and evil, in both real and reel life. However, it is important to remember that age is no indicator of the ability to inspire change through language.
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Media misuse and abuse = The New Media Sandwich
Athletes and Management behaving badly. It’s nothing new. Recent developments in Australian sport make you wonder, why? when? and how? Why are athletes calling press conferences to ‘state’ their position, prior to official discussions with their employer? Why are professional sporting bodies calling press conferences, prior to the completion of official investigations? When did these…
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How do I shut down Twitter?
The mere question rings alarm bells. Moreso when reports out of the recent HMV experience suggest they were the words of HMV’s marketing director as HMV’s official twitter account was hijacked by disgruntled staff. I’m no lawyer, but there is a reason internal communications are structured and handled differently than its external counterpart. There are…
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