bluenotes debate leadership, diversity change

bluenotes debate leadership, diversity change Australia’s boards do not accurately reflect the  diversity  of the country. It’s an alarming and discomforting statement but according to a  recent report  from the University of Sydney Business School and Human Rights Commission, it’s true. So what can businesses do to address the issue â€" and what makes a  good leader, anyway? We put these questions to a panel of respected experts including ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott, Australian Human Rights Commission Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Tim Soutphommasane, Asian Leadership Project CEO Julie Chai and Associate Director Diversity Inclusion at the University of Melbourne, Alisha Fernando. We started by asking them about the ingredients of good leadership. Below are audio excerpts and an edited transcript of the discussion.   TS: Leadership for me is about a relationship. You cant be a  leader  unless there are followers. So that needs to be the starting point. Leadership is about getting people to do things for  common purpose  and motivating people to get results We look to seniority as an indicator of leadership but that is not necessarily a very good indicator in the modern workplace.” Elliott The key I believe to leadership is twofold: it’s about motivating peoples interests, so transacting with people; and elevating peoples values and transforming the way they see the world. To me, a complete leader is one who can engage both interests and values, deal in transactions as well as deal in transformations. JC: For me leadership is completely selfless. I draw inspiration from my team. I do my absolute best every day to get the best out of every member of my team. It’s being quick to observe when they’re having a slightly off day and knowing how to help them get back on track. SE: I agree with both those points. The definition of leadership is changing a lot. I mean obviously we look to seniority as an indicator of leadership but that is not necessarily a very good indicator in the modern workplace. In the future, leadership is going to be much more of a virtual centre with virtual teams. What we found at ANZ is when we get our most-senior people together they are not necessarily the leaders of the company. The leaders of the company are the people staff see every day and look to for, for example, how to behave, which values to showcase and so on. So I think that definition of leadership is going change it in a business sense. AF: I think there’s a saying, you don’t need to be a leader to lead. I think that’s really important; many of us may not have leader in our official title or job mandate but we can still lead. Why do you think it’s so important to have diversity in leaders, particular in companies operating in Asia? SE: I think diversity any way you look at it really has a couple of arguments for the case. One is just, really simply, the importance of reflecting your customer base. If you want to be in a really competitive environment with fast-changing customer needs you need to be able to reflect and understand your customers. Thats a really powerful part of reflecting the community within which you operate. For ANZ, our customer base isnt just here in Australia â€" although the face of Australia has changed enormously in just one or two generations. From a business perspective, another big customer base of ours is interested in Asia. Maybe they don’t operate there, but they’re importing, exporting and dealing there. That’s why having Asian leaders in our company makes us a better place. JC: Asia makes up 50 per cent of the global population. The region itself is about the equivalent of the US in size, which is an economy of about 10 trillion. We’re in the Asian Century, its just where we need to be. SE: Yes. JC:  If you want that competitive advantage in the future it’s time to start now because otherwise you’ll just be left behind. TS: It’s very simple. It’s about looking outside and seeing our place in the world â€" which is Asia. In the past we may have sought security from Asia but today we see security and prosperity. But if were looking at ourselves and looking in the mirror, Asia is already in Australia. We dont need to think of Asia as being ‘out there’. So much of Asia is already here. That is whats so essential that we do more to unleash the talents of Asian Australians because we should consider Australian workplaces as a laboratory. If we get it right here we should have no challenge getting it right outside our borders in Asia. Too often we are thinking of going outside to Asia and succeeding that way without understanding if we focus inwards as well and succeed here first that will make success in Asia all the more easier. For Asian leaders in Australia, there are clearly ‘blockages’ â€" if you can call them that. If you look at the kinds of graduates we are pumping out from our universities, the high-achieving students, there’s no issue with diversity being represented. The question here is whats happening to those high achievers when they get into the workforce after five years? Or seven? Or 10, or 15? Because you would think after 15 years in the workforce they would be coming through in roughly proportionate numbers at least if we think the kind of technical ability and skills developed through university is any proxy for talent. And clearly it is. What that says to me is a number of things. One, you might have structures within organisations which aren’t yet genuinely open to diversity. So you might have assumptions about who is fit to lead and who is fit to do certain types of work. Perhaps here what youll see is culturally diverse talent being seen as the technicians rather than dealers or managers. And then on top of this there might be some cultural defects on the part of diverse talent which militates against them being rewarded in a  commensurate manner. This idea that ‘well, I let my work speak for itself. I dont need to sell my wares’. That’s a very classical Asian assumption to have. But in an Anglo-Australian context thats a sure recipe for failure. There’s a saying ‘the squeaky wheel gets the grease’. The Chinese counterpart is ‘the loudest duck gets shot’. SE: It’s interesting you say that as those exact words would be fitting if we were sitting here on a panel talking about gender diversity. TS: Yes, I think there are clear parallels, as you rightly say. It’s important for us to apply some of the lessons learned there. I think it’s important for senior leaders in business to recognise this is a priority. If those at the top of the tree don’t signal this is important it’s not going to be treated as such. That’s perhaps where weve fallen behind a little on cultural diversity more generally. I have it said to me all the time, ‘well, its not that we dont care about your issue but we already set targets for gender and Indigenous employment. But once we get those things bedded down we can deal with cultural diversity’. That to me is a deferral into infinity and it doesnt allow for organisations to get on the front foot. JC:  For me there are three key barriers locking out Asian Australian leaders today: the lack of relationship capital the ‘networking capital’; the non-stop stereotypes and biases that are placed on us; and the fact people feel the need to conform to the Westernised leadership model. The views and opinions expressed in this communication are those of the author and may not necessarily state or reflect those of ANZ. This article was originally published on bluenotes and republished here with kind permission.   Discover what opportunities lie ahead for you at ANZ through FlexCareers  here.

9 Ways to Earn Free Professional Development Units

9 Ways to Earn Free Professional Development Units 9 Ways to Earn Free Professional Development Units On the off chance that you are a task the executives proficient (PMP), you should keep your abilities current. The Project Management Institute (PMI) offers proceeding with proficient instruction courses to the individuals who are ensured in venture the executives. All PMI affirmations, except for an ensured partner in venture the executives (CAPM), expect holders to follow the Continuing Certification Requirements Program. The goal is to ensure that your guaranteed abilities keep awake to-date and that your aptitudes remain pertinent. What Is a PDU? A PDU is a Professional Development Unit. The specific prerequisites for your specific circumstance will be set out in the Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR) Handbook from PMI. You need to acquire your PDUs over a three-year duration, which begins at the time that you first breeze through your test. At the hour of composing, the PMP ® capability expects you to win 60 PDUs in those three years by doing qualifying exercises. Everything sounds entirely reasonable, however on the off chance that you hold two or three qualifications, or mean to keep your testaments legitimate and dynamic for the remainder of your expert vocation, at that point the expense of proceeding with instruction can before long mount up (don't stress, this article will assist you with discovering approaches to cut that cost). What Counts as a Qualifying Activity? A passing action is one that is applicable to the PMI Talent Triangle subjects, meets a predefined reason and uses learned assets. The PMI Talent Triangle covers specialized undertaking the executives, authority and business, and key administration. At the end of the day, a large portion of what you do and see in regards to proficient advancement will be applicable, yet a talk with somebody who thinks nothing about the subject of undertaking the board won't check. A simple method to check if your source is proficient is to utilize PMI Registered Education Providers (REPs) however you will regularly find that these instructive bodies charge for their preparation. Something else, utilize your expert judgment. On the off chance that the source sounds amateurish, it likely is. Would i be able to Get PDUs for Free? Truly! You can gain PDUs for nothing. You can, obviously, spend a ton of cash on going to significant expense preparing and gatherings. Or on the other hand you can utilize the proposals that follow and cut the expense of keeping up your PMI accreditations. 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Perusing: Yes, you can guarantee free PDUs for perusing! Self-coordinated perusing identified with the qualification that you hold will tally toward your PDU complete. There are innumerable articles, sites, whitepapers, and books on subjects to do with the PMI Talent Triangle topics, so you will undoubtedly discover something that is both intriguing and meets the prerequisites of the CCR scheme.Working as a professional: Working in your normal everyday employment permits you to utilize your aptitudes, and hence improve them. You can record time spent accomplishing crafted by a venture supervisor (venture facilitator or some other activity in a task the executives field) as long as it's significant. In this way, a two-day organization gathering on the vital business objectives for the up and coming year wouldn't tally, however time spent getting ready for and going to extend load up gatherings, working with your undertaking support, conveying correspondence material about your venture , etc would all contribute. Be mindful so as to note down precisely what you are asserting for and why it is applicable in your PDU log with the goal that you can legitimize PDUs guaranteed for this region on the off chance that you are inquired. Giving an introduction: Time to demonstrate those open talking abilities! Giving an introduction to your partners or your neighborhood venture the executives network is an incredible method to share the information that officially and legitimately identifies with your credential.Creating content: Plus, you can include the hours spent in setting up your substance! PMI offers distributing openings through KnowledgeShelf or ProjectManagement.com and the substance you make and distribute here (or somewhere else) can tally toward your PDU all out and will just cost you mental aptitude and time. Offer your introductions on SlideShare or transfer a video of your introduction to YouTube. You could compose a short book to go with the video and put that on LinkedIn - you likely as of now have a profile there so you wouldn't need to make another record. Chipping in: If you have a lot of time however very little money to spend on PDUs, chipping in is an incredible method to help your aggregate. There are a huge number of PMI volunteers around the world, and there will undoubtedly be a part close to you. Converse with your nearby group and see what positions they have that would be a solid match for your aptitudes. On the off chance that chipping in for your part isn't something that interests to you, consider giving your time, in a task the executives related limit, to a neighborhood non-benefit. In the event that your school PTA needs a hand sorting out a major summer occasion, for instance, utilizing your task the board abilities to lead that bit of work would be something you could record on your PDU log. Preparing: Most conventional preparing will require a budgetary cost, yet pay special mind to online courses that offer free access. You may likewise have the option to go to instructional courses as a component of in-person meetings. For whatever length of time that the material is applicable to the confirmation you hold, at that point you ought to be alright to guarantee PDUs.Attending online classes: Webinars are regularly given by legitimate task the board preparing organizations and are made accessible for nothing, in spite of the fact that you'll presumably need to tune in to an attempt to seal the deal toward the end. Check with the coordinator about whether you can guarantee PDUs because of joining in. In the event that the introduction is planned for 60 minutes, setting aside out effort for superfluous substance and an inquiry and answer meeting, you could likely despite everything guarantee a small amount of a PDU for the instructive substance that was conveyed. The most effective method to Declare Free PDUs PMI couldn't care less how you got your PDUs or whether you paid for them, so the way toward recording and announcing your PDUs is the equivalent whether or not they were paid for or free. Essentially sign in to the Continuing Certification Requirements System and record your exercises. The helpful dashboard will disclose to you what number of more PDUs you have to accomplish in this current recertification cycle. Keep in mind, your PDU movement could be reviewed whenever, and you could be solicited to give defense from your learning and consistent expert advancement through these courses. Try not to cushion out your PDU log with questionable exercises. There are a lot of legit approaches to learn, create, and guarantee PDUs for nothing as long as you search them out.

2016 Cover Letter Trends - Work It Daily

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Has a protracted presentation with 3-5 sentences on how they got some answers concerning the position, what they do, and their enthusiasm for the chance. It has a 2-3 section body that expounds on involvement with the business or position; may list a couple of encounters or achievements and the association with why they need the chance or feel they're an extraordinary fit. Closes with repeating why they're a solid match, rehashes intrigue, may share contact data or offer to development. The New Cover Letter â€" Also Referred To As An E-Note, Power Note, Or Value Proposition Letter: 2016 Cover Letter Trend #1: The Shrinking Attention Span Not just have our contracting capacities to focus changed the manner in which we devour data, however our cerebrums are changingâ€"and it's influencing something beyond how we utilize our cell phones or expend content on the web. It's changing the scene of how we pursuit of employment and requesting we impart just the most crucial data in the most compact manner conceivable. It's making a genuine quandary for the individuals who don't believe themselves to be proficient essayists, or who make some hard memories expounding on themselves, or who think that its difficult to save everything except for the subtleties. So what's a vocation searcher to do? Above all else… overlook the customary introductory letter as you most likely are aware it. Think of it as a piece of the past, and how about we proceed onward to better systems for work looking. 2016 Cover Letter Trend #2: Easily Readable On Mobile Devices Introductory lettersâ€"which I'll presently allude to as e-notes, power notes, or incentive lettersâ€"must satisfy the need of an inexorably cell phone subordinate crowd. Your e-note, which is basically the email that your resume is joined to, ought to be short and fit on a solitary screen. Try not to hope to have the option to compose an inconceivably succinct e-note with your first draft. Experience and compose your first form, and afterward return and alter. Plan to utilize less than 150 words so the whole content will be streamlined to fit on a versatile screen with no looking over. 2016 Cover Letter Trend #3: Give Them Space At the point when you're composing your e-note make certain to fuse a lot of blank area. Utilizing void area in your e-note will make the substance all the more effectively edible by the peruser. Consider the effect Twitter has had on our whole age! We're compelled to state what we need to state in 140 characters or lessâ€"yet the splendor behind it is that Twitter had the foreknowledge to realize that their crowd's capacity to focus was short, and they needed to oblige it. Regardless of whether your crowd's ability to focus is short, or they're simply in a hurry, utilize Twitter's 140-character limit as your guide and make shorter sentences. 2016 Cover Letter Trend #4: Engage Or Fascinate Your Reader At the point when we show work searchers how to compose a Value Proposition Letter we encourage them to consistently begin with an intriguing inquiry or entrancing certainty. For example, my incentive letter may begin by saying: Is it accurate to say that you are a bustling CEO with no an ideal opportunity to compose your resume? Or on the other hand it may state: Is it accurate to say that you are a period squeezed official being confirmed for an open door that requires a resume yesterday? Notice how I'm focusing on my crowd? Occupied CEOs and time-squeezed officialsâ€"while I'm additionally tending to their concern; they need a resume NOWâ€"and they don't have the opportunity to do it without anyone's help. Start your e-note, power note, or offer letter a similar way. Address your crowd, pose an inquiry or express a drawing in truth that identifies with them and their most squeezing need. You generally need to address the need. 2016 Cover Letter Trend #5: You're The Answer When you've addressed the need or the difficult they have, give them how you're the appropriate response! How are you the answer for your concern? For instance you could utilize three short slugs with provable outcomes: My customers appreciate results like these: In about fourteen days or less my customers are meeting. Their resume reaction rate increments by 75%. 85% are utilized in a quarter of a year or less, annihilating the normal employment searcher's inquiry time by over half. At that point you could tie the issue and how you're the arrangement into your image and what you do: I work with occupied top-level officials on close cutoff times to make talk with winning resumes inside 3-5 business days. I could change the wording to suit my crowd, the outcome I need to share, the difficult I have to address, the space I have, or any number of different factors. The magnificence is that it's totally adjustable. 2016 Cover Letter Trend #6: Follow A Formula Keep your e-note creation simple by following an equation. You won't feel like you're beginning without any preparation each time you compose another e-note, and after a short time you'll realize the recipe so well that composition by it will be simpler and quicker. Make sure to keep each point short! Start with an inquiry or drawing in proclamation. Focus on the greatest need they have. State how you're the arrangement. Demonstrate it! Give them three shots that demonstrate you're the arrangement. Remember the cash. Managers need to know how you made it, spared it, or added to it. How does this fit into your image? Source of inspiration close. Alter â€" Remember… 150 words or less. 2016 Cover Letter Trend #7: Close With A Call To Action At the point when we compose offer letters for our customers we generally end with an incredible source of inspiration. Mine strength state: Prepared for results like these? How about we talk! Yours could state: Prepared to find out additional? Or on the other hand: Intrigued? How about we talk! Call me at 1.800.991.5187. You can alter your source of inspiration. Notwithstanding, recall that the thought is: you need them to make a moveâ€"regardless of whether that activity is to call you, email, look at your LinkedIn profile, or visit your web continue. You don't need it to stop with your e-note; you need them to be so constrained by what you've said that they need to make a next stride. Remember these focuses as you plunk down to compose your next introductory letter, and you'll be ten strides in front of your opposition. Making some hard memories composing your own introductory letter? 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