How to answer the slavery question
Australia’s largest companies must now produce Modern Slavery Statements and ask their suppliers tough questions...
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What you didn’t know about the neuroscience of trust
Trust is at the core of an accountant’s relationships with clients, but what is ‘trust’ and how does it affect business?...
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Why you need a bigger business idea than the pursuit of profits
How do you build a company the world will get behind? By listening to the new C.E.Os – Customers, Employees and Outsiders...
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Director courses help accountants get board ready
Having a head for numbers is prized as a company director, but ‘softer’ skills can come in useful in the boardroom...
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Build soft skills to future-proof your career
What broader skills help chartered accountants’ careers? Five CAs reveal what soft skills are useful and where to get them...
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New Zealand gets silver in global anti-corruption measure
New Zealand comes second in the latest ‘least corrupt country’ list. Australia has a lot to do it if wants to catch up...
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Slavery in the supply chain
2019-20 will see Australian businesses lodge their first Modern Slavery Statements. So what does modern slavery look like?...
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How to get started with the UNs Sustainable Development Goals
Accountants can help make the world a better place by including UN Sustainable Development Goals in their business strategy...
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Gender pay gap proving tough to fix
Paying equal wages for equal work was made law half a century ago, so why are women CAs earning 72% of what male CAs do?...
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What makes a good leader today?
Today’s leader must strike a balance between traditional authority and creating a space where connectivity thrives...
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Do the experiment before the business case
Pete Williams CA of Deloitte Australia’s Centre for the Edge says innovation works best when you start small and leave the business case at the door...
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How self-interest could be the key to workplace diversity
What does diversity mean in the workplace? And how can we best achieve it? Diversity champions Ken Woo FCA and Catherine Fox trade views on the best way to get business leaders backing the cause...
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The silver lining on staff turnover
Conventionally seen as a negative, staff turnover is now recognised by leading organisations for the opportunities it offers...
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Hard demand for soft skills
Accountants facing digital disruption should be brushing up on “soft skills” to raise their job market appeal...
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Risky business
As a chartered accountant, you are faced with risks – and risk exposure begins as soon as you begin to offer any professional advice...