Recently we asked you, our valued network, to tell us what you see as your major challenges or opportunities for the year ahead. Thanks to everyone who contributed, there were some extremely insightful entries. What became clear as we read through them all was that they fell into five distinct categories, which we thought would be valuable to share with you all.
Striking a balance between compliance and culture has become a significant challenge in every sector. With ever-changing regulatory requirements and a desire to maintain a unique organisational culture, how do you stay compliant without compromising your identity and values?
“Feedback is one of the most powerful influences on achievement. But research has also shown that this impact can be either positive or negative. Although feedback is among the major influences, the type of feedback and the way it is given can be differentially effective” (Visible learning.org)
For generations, “she’ll be right” has been a go-to catchphrase to define Australian culture—an idiom that optimistically or apathetically suggests that whatever is wrong will fix itself in time.
Some of us resist technology because we believe it stifles creativity and lateral thinking. The limitation of this view is that it assumes people are always effective ‘out-of-the-box’ operators, which is generally not the case.
