Is Your Board or Management Team Conflicted?

Finding happiness at work, all by yourself, on site or on a bike...

I love to ride my bike. There's just something about being out on the road, all alone, with a simple piece of machinery, cranking out miles just to go nowhere/anywhere.

How to get ahead without sucking up...

At every title or level, there are people who feel undervalued, underestimated and under appreciated by their superiors and maybe even by their peers.

How to cope with emotionally wrenching news like the MH17 disaster...

We recently woke to learn the shocking news that a Malaysian Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur had been shot down while flying over Ukraine.

Mining is tough - here's a guide to healthy living...

Where do you sit with your health, wellbeing and fitness?

The good and not so good reasons for changing jobs...

The mining game has caused many of us to quit, look further afield and start again” - Lou Adler CEO, best-selling author, created Performance-based Hiring. Recent book: The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired

We exist to make a difference...

Are you a shift worker that doesn't get good sleep?

Most of us call it our body clock, though it does have a fancy scientific type name of Circadian Rhythms.

New website to link FIFO workers with rooms for rent

Clever Perth brothers Chris and Daniel Del Borrello have just launched a website linking FIFO workers with rental accommodation. Not surprisingly, it's a hit...

From country mining kid, to mine site worker, to mining consultant. My story: Featuring Brad Thorp.

I've been part of the mining industry all my life. Dad was working at Greenbushes Tin when I was born in Bunbury. Growing up, I lived in some interesting mining locations; King Island and Eneabba to name a couple.

Getting back to work faster, after a workplace injury

Source: While not specifically quoting mining industry statistics, this article found in the “HR Director” magazine in January 2014 stated some fascinating statistics that are likely to have relevance to ‘return to work’ factors (post workplace injuries) across all industries.

Incredible but true ...

Crucial leadership and negotiation lessons from our own paralytic Australian parliament of recent yea ... and the recent US Government shutdown.