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Leadership Excellence at Downer (LEaD1)
ARCHIVAL ARTICLE Leadership Excellence At Downer (LEaD1) Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand. It works closely with its customers to design, build and sustain assets, infrastructure and facilities. The Group employs...
10 Insider Tips to Rock Your Presentations
From Toolbox Talk To Boardroom Squawk - 10 Insider Tips to Rock Your Presentations Whether you're a leader, salesperson or trainer, at some stage most of us need to deliver a presentation at work or do some public speaking. Great presenting skills help us to influence...
Low Near Miss Reporting – Good Sign or Failure?
We have a range of programs that will train your people in hazard identification and risk management which we can tailor specifically to your industry organisational needs. Training can be taken as individual units of competency, or as part of one of our accredited...
What goes on at Santa Corp?

Employers & Managers: New Industrial Manslaughter Law In QLD
Negligent Employers & Senior Executives Can Be Charged With Industrial Manslaughter- New Queensland Laws In a media statement from the Queensland government, Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace announced new industrial manslaughter laws passed the...
Safety Journey at Hitachi Construction Machinery
Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia (HCMA), part of the global giant Hitachi, is a leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment. Headquartered in Japan with over 20,000 staff globally, Hitachi is a highly diversified company that operates eleven...
When Enhancing Safety Culture Heats Up – Ducab Dubai
You can read this article on the LDN website here.
The 8 Skills Successful Leaders Need
Melissa Williams, CEO Learning Dimensions Network After a conversation with Leadership Dimensions Managing Partner Janet McCulloch, we have been reflecting on the topic of leadership. Let's face it, being a leader today is a challenge. As we enter a world is more...
The Safety Journey With Costa Group
Costa Group is Australia's largest horticultural company and a major supplier of produce to food retailers. With over 3,500 hectares of farmed land across Australia and more than 6,000 employees during peak seasonal periods, Costa values their employees and...
National Report on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
The National Mental Health Commission's National Report on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. >> Download The National Report on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention This report provides a highlevel summary of the reform journey in Australia's mental health...
Purposeful leaders’ are winning hearts and minds in workplaces, study finds
People are happier and more productive when their leaders show strong morals, a clear vision and commitment to stakeholders, a new study has found. The growing importance of what is being described as 'purposeful leadership' for the modern workplace is outlined in a...
Corporate Manslaughter: what is it and could it bring justice for Grenfell Tower victims?
Related posts: Queensland Industrial Manslaughter: New Laws Ioannis Glinavos, University of Westminster. The disaster at Grenfell Tower has been described by David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham, as a case of corporate manslaughter. According to English law,...
The challenge of sedentary work environments – how to stay healthy
WorkSafe Qld provides some tips on how to stay healthy and keep moving. Many workers spend a large part of their working day sitting, including administrative and call centre workers, as well as people in particular areas of sales and manufacturing. This is defined as...
Essendon air crash: what will the investigators be looking for?
Essendon air crash: what will the investigators be looking for? Geoffrey Dell, CQUniversity Australia Just before 9am on Feb 21st, a twin-engined Beechcraft B200 Super King Air turbo-prop aircraft took off from runway 17 at Essendon Airport outside Melbourne in...
Why we need a new science of safety
Why we need a new science of safety Philip Thomas, University of Bristol It is often said that our approach to health and safety has gone mad. But the truth is that it needs to go scientific. Managing risk is ultimately linked to questions of engineering and...