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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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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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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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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Overview: This is the follow up article to “Redefining data ecosystems for the data economy” written for First 5000. In this article we explore the value of a single data ecosystem technology – that integrates internal and external, structured and unstructured data, from legacy systems and new technologies, in real-time, with data protections – in
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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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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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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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Insights into the challenges and way forward for delivering corporate, customer and employer brand strategies and campaigns during organisation and environment change. Everything is changing It’s widely accepted that everything is changing and at an increasing rate. The business environment is changing, with technological advancements and industry disruption, shorter innovation cycles, changing customer expectations and needs,
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New research from Weber Shandwick indicates that just 19% employees strongly agree that “what my employer portrays about itself publicly matches what it’s like to work there”, while 7% strongly disagree and 74% are either not sure or do not feel strongly either way. The article is excellent from employer brand and employee engagement perspective.
