There’s an important skills issue that I believe needs to be reframed. More than that, I think it needs to be flipped completely from the way it’s usually expressed. Making this shift will have an impact on the way we make hiring decisions and the way we measure performance. Play this short video to see …
I have many conversations with corporate services leaders and this question keeps coming up. In my view, there’s an important difference particularly as it applies to the relationship between corporate services professionals from the most junior all the way to the C-suite. Join me in this video and let me know if you see it …
Whether you realise it or not, each of your corporate services teams has a brand. The question is whether you are crafting it, or letting your stakeholders do it for you. It’s been said that your reputation is what people say about you when you’re no longer in the room. I wonder what your peers …
I’ve often talked about how important it is for corporate services professionals to decode their technical expertise. It applies to all the support and operations functions in a large organisation, and I believe it’s one of the most important keys to being viewed as a trustworthy advisor by the senior executives and customer-facing functions. …
Achieving true trustworthy advisor status in the eyes of C-suite executives and other stakeholders is simple, but by no means easy. Few corporate services teams get there. At Synthesis Group Australia we’re dedicated to helping corporate services individuals and teams to get the respect and engagement they deserve. There are three indispensable ingredients they need. …
There are three change scenarios that you and your corporate services teams are going to encounter at some point. You cannot employ the same approach to all of them. I’ll explain this in the video.
