by Sandra Brown | Apr 5, 2019 | Attraction and Retention, Board Services, News, TRANSEARCH Australia
Traditionally Not-for-Profit boards have been largely comprised of people with a passion for the cause or a personal connection to the organisation. Manifest examples in Australia are Jeff Kennett’s work with Beyond Blue (he is the former Chair and Founder of the...
by Bill Sakellaris | Feb 18, 2019 | Attraction and Retention, Case Study, TRANSEARCH Australia
TRANSEARCH was retained to conduct a search for a General Manager Intermodal for Aurizon (previously known as Queensland Rail). The GM Intermodal position called for knowledge of terminal operations where there was an intersection of rail, road and sea transport. This...
by Bill Sakellaris | Oct 13, 2016 | Attraction and Retention, Culture, News, TRANSEARCH Australia
Peter Drucker said ‘Culture eats Strategy for breakfast’ and the more organisations I speak with, the more I understand the impact of culture. Every executive appointment today must be a winner: We don’t have the luxury of time or money to make a hiring decision that...
by Sandra Brown | Sep 8, 2016 | Attraction and Retention, News, TRANSEARCH Australia
Today is a day to check in with your colleagues and friends to make sure they are OK, but is one day a year really enough? In workplaces across the country people will hear “RU OK?” today. Some may think the question is invasive, others will think the person asking is...
by Geoff Slade | Jun 23, 2016 | Leadership, News, TRANSEARCH Australia
Being genuinely interested in everyone you meet may be second nature to those of us in the executive search business, but contrary to the popular saying, the reverse isn’t always true. In London for an AESC conference recently, I met John Niland. John is best-known as...