Category Archives: Leadership & Management

Which Business Diploma is Best for Me? Differences between Business Management and Leadership Management Courses

Are you looking to begin a career in management or leadership? Or keen to take the next step in your career to improve your job prospects? Both the Diploma of Business (Leadership) (BSB50120) and Diploma of Leadership and...


10 Steps for Effective Goal Setting: Set and Achieve Goals

Without goals, you can lack focus and direction. Setting personal goals puts you in the driver’s seat, giving you the power to transform your own life into whatever direction you desire. However, in many circumstances, the initial goals...


Do Leadership Courses Work? 5 Ways your Career will Thrive with a Diploma in Management Studies

Why do leaders matter? When considering if leadership courses work, it’s worth pondering what would our world look like without effective leadership. From political parties to armies and even sports clubs, very few would be successful were it...


How to Upskill from Risk Compliance Officer to Risk Manager

Risk occurs every hour of every day within an organisation and can be one of the main obstacles to a business achieving their goals. A career in risk compliance can be incredibly rewarding should you seek a promotion...


Best Qualifications Needed to Succeed in the Mining Industry

Succeeding in the mining industry requires project management skills to keep several balls in the air at once. An average day can include tasks like managing large workforces, engaging contractors, sourcing plant and other equipment, keeping a close...


Why Project Managers need Essential Leadership Management Skills

The leadership skills of the project manager have a substantial impact on the success of a project. You can be a leader without the skills of a project manager, and vice versa, but there is a lot each...


How to get Actual Job Outcomes from Business and Leadership & Management Diplomas

Every single day across Australia, about 2.3 million businesses are engaging in the marketplace. Almost 900,000 of these employ at least one person, apart from the owner. All these businesses are trying to carve a niche and make...


How to be a Successful Leader

Leaders of the modern world in are required to be more aware and involved with their company, their employees, and their processes than ever before. To be a successful leader, you must ensure you provide balance to the...


The Changing Face of Workplace Diversity

The changing face of workplace diversity is a sensitive but necessary topic that all businesses need to discuss when they are considering employing new staff. Workplaces look significantly different now when compared to a decade or so ago,...


9 Key Questions to Ask that Engage and Empower Employees

The nine questions to initiate engagement that all managers need to know. Be an engaging coach, not a boring boss Every good manager wants tips to engage and empower employees. Managers of all kinds are redefining their traditional...


Is Company Culture Important for Small Businesses?

Company culture is arguably one of the most important keys to small business success and can be the difference between a productive, successful business or a failed one. Let’s explore why paying attention to company culture is important...


How to Create an Inclusive Workplace

Everyone wants to feel valued at work, which is why your commitment to create an inclusive workplace is so important. Developing a work culture that prioritises respect and celebrates diversity is key to any successful organisation. Creating an...


Do I Need a Qualification to Start a Business?

There are many fundamental elements to starting a business. It’s important to have a grasp on how much work goes into a company’s creation. With many skills and tasks to complete, having the guiding support of a diploma...


How to Build the Best Work Team

A strong team is the backbone of any business and a major part of its success. Building a team, being an effective leader and keeping the team dynamic healthy are all important to successful business operations. Being passionate...


Managing Generational Differences in your Business

Managing generational differences in your business is a crucial area to be aware of as a leader. Within the next four years, it is expected that the two youngest generations, Gen’s Y and Z, will make up 70%...


The Benefits of Building Strong Workplace Relationships with your Employees

The question to ask here is, WHY is it important to build strong relationships with your employees? After all, the boss is called that for a reason – shouldn’t a leader give instruction and watch their workers take...


Leadership and Management Workplace and Job Trends 2019

What are the workplace job trends in leadership and management we can expect to see in 2019? Understanding what’s ahead is a key way in which great leaders or managers stay ahead of the pack. Yes, great leaders...


10 Ways of Reconsidering Employee Evaluations (and what to do instead)

Employee evaluations can be daunting for employee and employer alike, and if not delivered in the right way they can adversely affect an employee’s motivation, confidence and performance. If you are not getting the results you want, it...


What business managers need to know about effective employee performance reviews

A busy manager dealing with the daily cut-and-thrust of business can inadvertently disconnect from the people they need most, making performance reviews an opportunity for effective engagement. In the words of Henry Ford, ‘Coming together is a beginning....


How to Avoid Business Burnout for You and Your Staff

Perhaps you’ve been there — work is overwhelming, help is limited, and before you know it, your drive and determination have diminished. Regardless of whether it’s you or your employees you’re trying to protect from burnout, doing so...


Soft Skill Strategies for Managing Employees

A smart employer knows that the biggest investment their business will ever make is in happy employees. As difficult as it can be to recruit and create a great team, that’s often the easy part. Successfully managing employees...


5 Savvy Ways to Grow and Expand Your Business

When it’s time to grow and expand your business, you want to do it in a way that stretches you out of your comfort zone but is also sustainable and achievable. Start with these five ways to be...


Essential business management know-how for entrepreneurs

When starting out in business or simply to trying to gain a competitive advantage, all entrepreneurs benefit from learning general business management know-how. “You never lose in business, either you win or you learn.” – Melinda Emerson, business...


How to get a Top 20 Salary Job in Management and Project Management

There is a reason why Project Management and Management jobs are so popular in Australia. Both are highly transferable skills that can be applied to any sector across all Australian states and internationally. Growth in management and project...


4 Vital Elements of giving Constructive Feedback

Giving constructive feedback to employees can be a daunting task for managers. Many managers say it is the least favourite part of the position. However, as difficult as it is, being able to do so effectively can have...


Human Capital is the New Key to HR Leadership

Human Capital and Talent Management have emerged as the ‘new black’ for Human Resources leadership. For the HR professional, staying ahead of trends is key to leading change and survival in today’s rapidly changing landscape. Most CEO’s and...


6 Tips for Maintaining Effective Communication With Your Employees

One of the most under-appreciated aspects of running a successful business is communication. For your business to be successful, you need strong and effective communication with your employees. When your employees understand your goals and feel like their...


Do you need a better digital workplace culture?

  The agility of mobile devices and access to the internet has contributed to a new work culture in Australia. Technology has liberated us from needing to be at our desks to work, yet with it comes challenges...


How Do You Measure Your Team’s Potential?

There is no doubt that measuring your team’s potential and performance is important. It can help to assess training needs, provide meaningful feedback to employees, test training processes, as well as helping learn ways to lead your team...


How to Keep Your Employee’s Motivation Levels High

When it comes to understanding how to keep your employee’s motivation levels high, many leaders mistakenly think that money is the prime way to drive their employees to succeed. However, it has become apparent that this is not...