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It’s an unenviable position for those people in the parent company of a franchise business. A colleague once described it to me as “handing over the keys to the car,…

A few weeks ago, Victoria's Daniel Andrews Labor Government announced it is implementing recommendations from its workplace sexual harassment taskforce, including restricting the use of non-disclosure agreements. I was relieved…

The West Australian Parliament’s Community Development and Justice Standing Committee recently released its second report into sexual harassment of women in the FIFO mining industry. It makes for sobering reading.…

While many for-profit businesses struggle to define their higher purpose, that’s not the case for not-for profits – their purpose is clearly defined by their social mission. This makes it…

Hybrid work – the new term for combining home and office work – is not a phenomenon induced by COVID. Statistics show more than 25% of the workforce were working…

Boards and audit and risk committees are increasingly putting internal audit functions under the microscope to better understand and audit their organisations’ culture and conduct. For many auditors, this simply…

Physical safety in workplaces has been a huge focus for leaders and boards – especially those industries where the risk of injuries, or even death, are significant. These organisations have…

Only a decade ago ESG was a term rarely used by organisations; today it is not only mainstream but a pre-requisite for success. Certainly, there is no shortage of evidence…

Why Sexual Harassment Programs Backfire by Frank Dobbin and Alexandra KalevFrom the Harvard Business Review Magazine (May-June 2020)