By now many of you will have heard the both exciting and sad news that our Business Manager Meagan Williams is leaving us for a new opportunity as Two Feet Program Manager with The Difference Incubator – a social enterprise consultancy based in Melbourne. We are so proud of what Meagan has contributed both to [...]
This coming May, B Corps from around Australia will come together in the centre of Australia to reinvigorate their mission of using business as a force for good. The first Champions Retreat to be held in Australia will take place in Alice Springs from May 3 to May 5, 2017. Immediately afterwards, we’ll be running [...]
In mid-October 2016, over 500 representatives of nearly 300 ‘B Corps’ from 19 countries converged on Philadelphia for three days of service, collaboration, and celebration. The theme of the three days – ‘Towards an Inclusive Economy’ – provided each of us with the challenge to understand what this actually means for us and our organisations [...]
I want to continue exploring the world of prosperity and what else contributes to this very important facet of my life. One of the words that enriches prosperity for me is abundance. Even saying that word fills the air around me and creates a strong vibration within me. It is rich in its sound and [...]
Prosperity is a significant word in my dictionary of life. It is a marker of success for me – a descriptor of what is important in my achieving. Prosperity is about abundance – it reflects a successful, flourishing, thriving way of being. It does not carry any of the ‘trappings’ that seem to appear when [...]
Credit: Dustin Scarpitti It is wonderful to see the word ‘mindfulness’ appearing in mainstream business environments. There seems to be an increasing number of articles and discussions around the benefits and successes mindfulness can bring – personally, professionally and from an organizational perspective. Leadership mindfulness is finally beginning to get traction. The world [...]
Reflect on the last time you went to ‘delegate’ a task but didn’t. What were you thinking as you made that decision? Was it: ‘It is easier to do it myself’, ‘If I want it done properly I need to do it myself’ or ‘No one else knows how to do it, so I will [...]
In 2014, more than 1,500 employees from Germany, Australia, China, India, Mexico and the United States were surveyed by Catalyst on ‘inclusion at work’. The study, reported by Forbes, revealed that employees, both men and women, who felt included at work were more likely to suggest new product ideas and ways of getting work done. [...]
It seems to be a paradox of our times that while we are supposedly more connected than ever, there are many signs that we are also more unconnected than we’ve ever been. For the last year or so, between my work for Global Leadership Foundation, I’ve been working as the Victorian state coordinator for a [...]
Guest blog by Elizabeth O'Brien of Health Enhancement for Living Program How often do you find that youʼre doing one thing but thinking about something completely different? You’re having a conversation or performing some task … but your mind has drifted off. Itʼs thinking about the next thing you have to do, or the meeting [...]
