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Time to Thrive: Creating the Future through an Integrated Wellbeing Framework

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An integrated wellbeing framework, whether Wellbeing Budget, Doughnut Economics or a version thereof, that integrates physical, mental and emotional, social, financial and environmental wellbeing, provides a better balanced scorecard and platform for positive action by governments, businesses, brands and individuals alike. Is this the platform that will shift us from survive to thrive and set […]

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Building trust in uncertainty calls for alignment

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Purpose-led leadership aligns people, planet and profit Purpose-led leaders agree that the role of a business is to create long-term value for all stakeholders, achieving the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit. This is alignment in its purest form – aligning customers, employees and key stakeholders around a common purpose, values and identity

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In it for the long term: business, brand and marketing strategy

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Businesses need to invest in the long term or risk being stuck in an endless cycle of cash flow challenges. First published in First 5000. Short-term financial priorities rule the mind-set of many mid-sized business Having worked with mid-sized businesses, and evident in research by KPMG1 BDO2, Grant Thornton3 and the Australian Government Department of

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Criticizing the Competitor Does not Win Customer Trust

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From years of research across multiple categories, in general, people don’t trust other people, brands or businesses that criticize the competitor. It doesn’t show great sportsmanship. And if you don’t have enough good to say about your own brand, without criticizing the competitor, then you have a problem. Banks Bashing Banks Over the weekend, I

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Be more human: The human centric organisation and experiences

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First appearing in First5000 Why are humans orchestrating less than optimal human experiences?  Recently my feed has been inundated with articles talking about the need for organisations to become human centric and experiences to become more human. I shake my head and wonder where did it all go wrong? Why are humans orchestrating less than

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Does your brand deliver against its promises to customers and employees?

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The hypothesis (our approach) Aligning people, brands and experiences around a common purpose, values and idea ensures the brand consistently delivers against its promise to customers, employees and stakeholders. The reality (our survey) Our pulse survey indicates what the situation really looks like: There is a gap of 50 percentage points between aligned and not

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The power of alignment: employee and company purpose and values

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Research by Gallup indicates that “When workers are engaged but not aligned with their organisation’s brand, it limits their power to create an engaging customer experience that will actually drive earnings per share.” We ran a small scale “pulse” survey to have a look at the impact of employees who agreed/strongly agreed that they were

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Building brands people trust

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Research on trust and reputation. Brands such as Qantas, Bunnings, Toyota, ALDI win across research on trusted brands. Salmat indicates that the top reason why Australian consumers continue to buy a specific brand (beyond price and quality) is because they trust the brand = 67% Reptrak concurs with purchase intent +6.3% amongst corporate brands with

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The value of values

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 A discussion on the opportunity to develop values as distinctive drivers for your organisation, its people and brands. As first written for First 5000. Off the back of Royal Banking Commission Report and the fourth edition of the ASX Corporate Governance Councils’ Principles and Recommendations, there has been a lot of discussion around values. Not

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Do your employees trust you?

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A look at the findings from the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer and implications for brand, employer brand and business results. In the wake of the Banking Royal Commission Report, it’s worth taking a close look at the findings from the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer Global Report launched in January. Employer-employee: the most trusted relationship Of all

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