Being flexible is one of the competitive advantages a small to medium professional firm has over the large corporate employers in the ability to attract, engage and retain great talent. In the lead up to university graduation season at the end of the calendar year what we don't find is a bunch of the best talent completing their degrees and then looking for full time work. The best businesses and graduates have secured their future career relationships earlier, here's how you can be part of the action…

We are seeing hot demand with graduate talent with Marketing and IT majors in financial services firms which is great. We believe this is where some of the jobs of the future lie, however, from a firm's perspective is this the specialty of your firm? Or should you be looking closer at the problem you are trying to solve, here is what we mean …..

Like the lyrics to Tim Finn's 1983 classic, today's innovation and race to delightful customer experience focuses on the areas of frustrations and anxieties in the way we as consumers consume. The business that focus on removing this friction and improving the customer journey have a customer satisfaction advantage. Here are some more thoughts to think about the potential areas of friction on your professional services business…

In this podcast I discuss with our marketing intern, Kate Paterson, about the benefits of internships. We compare unpaid and paid internships, talk about Kate's personal experience and highlight why she sees the need to add value to the firm as well as some key beneficial learnings for her own development.

Wow this was a good conversation! We spoke with Milo-Arne Wilkinson from the Eleven Executive Leadership Program about what is forgettable, where we focus our time and what if what we did could get a 9 times better outcome. Some great examples of both business and personal that I am sure you can all resonate, this is worth a listen…

I can't stop banging our drum about this! Making poor hiring decisions in your professional services firm can HURT and the current state of the Financial Planning Profession in particular is causing people to focus on the WRONG things when hiring people, they are focusing on hiring for things that can be taught, not the things that will ensure good cultural fit and a better long term outcome! Here are some tips to dig deeper to find the right values when hiring for your firm

No one ever says 'actually I have a heap of spare time' and we probably will never say that but we are aware of what is the most important to us and sometimes that thing is right under our nose. We are all super busy and this is going to be a constant but here are some things I recently discovered to help me get some quality engagement with what is most important..

Now that's a mouthful but this is a really interesting chat with Cris Parker from the Ethics Centre and Director of the Banking and Finance Oath, we covered Amazon, Google and Casinos but fired off some great food for thought. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did….. We have just launched all our podcasts on iTunes so you can subscribe directly and binge on some of our favorite podcasts over the years

Privately owned professional services firms needing to rely on their people and skill sets more now than ever before. Don't get distracted by what is relevant or approved, instead focus on what will serve you and your clients, that's the most relevant. Here's what we mean...

Margin squeeze in professional service is hitting us all and the lure of tech as a solution is becoming more and more overwhelming. In this podcast we explore some practical approaches to scoping out how to approach it with a focus on Client, Business and Technology, check it out.