Category: Management
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A breakfast of dangerous ideas: How can diversity be achieved at the executive level?
07-26-18
Late last month, over 70 TMA Australia members and their guests attended the Women in Leadership breakfast hosted by Ashurst. It was a “Breakfast of dangerous ideas” and the event, facilitated by Meredith Bennett (Partner, Ashurst), addressed the question: How can diversity be achieved at the executive level? We were very grateful to have Mary […]
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Mental Health & High Performance in Turnaround
07-02-18
The Sydney NextGen Committee held its latest event at KPMG last month, focusing on the topic of mental health. The esteemed panel moderated by Angela Priestley (Editorial Director, ‘Women’s Agenda’) consisted of: Lucy Brogden, National Mental Health Commissioner; Yvonne Willich, in-house Psychologist at Kordamentha; Paul Howes, Partner at KPMG (and former head of the AWU); […]
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The West Australian Newspaper: TMA interviewed on the rise of the Chief Transformation Officer
06-15-17
Recently, TMA Board Directors spoke with the West Australian Newspaper on the rise of the Chief Transformation Officer in corporate Australia. The article details how these “change agents” can assist with turnaround in the broader corporate context of stakeholder and financial management. The article also references the TMA’s CTP course in conjunction with the University […]
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Safe harbour and Ipso facto clauses Law Reform: Bill introduced into Parliament
06-07-17
Ashurst share their article with us: What you need to know On 1 June 2017, the Government introduced the Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No. 2 Bill) 2017 (the Bill) into the Commonwealth Parliament. The Bill contains two major reforms to Australia’s insolvency laws: – a new safe harbour from civil liability for […]
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Common Mistakes of Bad Management
09-06-12
By Elizabeth Mawby of Vantage Performance It’s generally accepted that most business failures result from inadequate management. So what do business owners and managers do wrong? Around 65-90% of business failures are due to internal issues – often referred to as weak or bad management, according to Donald B Bibeault in his book Corporate Turnaround […]