Blenheim Partners periodically produce reports on a whole range of people related issues facing senior decision makers as well as providing industry intelligence.
Blenheim Partners and the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) have come together to write, launch and present a thought leadership paper: “The Challenges of Attaining Growth” as part of the Blenheim Partners Insight Series. Click here to download.
Blenheim Partners in the media:
- No Limitations Podcast: The Long Walk: Alan Mackay-Sim – Australian of the Year 2017:
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- No Limitations Podcast: Episode 1 – is Diversity Winning in the Boardroom and Executive ranks, March 2018:
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- Interview with Ray Hadley and Peter Dutton, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, May 2017
- Turning our back on global talent could be more costly than we think, May 2017
- Donald Trump’s Corporate Refugees, January 2017
- Be a human, not a hero: A CEO’s survival guide for 2017, January 2016
- The Emergence of the Younger Professional Director – Is it Impairing Company Growth, January 2016
- Men in minority on Fortescue board, December 2016
- Independent Boards are Killing Performance, December 2016
- 10 things you need to know this morning in Australia, November 2016
- Podcast:The differences between leaders and managers, November 2016 Click here to listen to the Podcast
- CBA’s Livingstone becomes eighth female ASX200 Chairman, Australian Financial Review, 18 October 2016
- Executive moves: Killing season spreads to CFO, Australian Financial Review, 4 October 2016
- Diversity is not a corporate cure-all, September 2016
- Should there be more senior HR directors on corporate boards?, HRD Magazine, 14 September 2016
- On the Move, Australian Financial Review, 12 September 2016
- On the Move, Australian Financial Review, 6 September 2016
- On the Move, Australian Financial Review, 29 August 2016
- Australia: Taking Bigger Steps, May 2016
- Scrutinising of Boards, Executives and Companies, The Strategic CFO, April 2016
- Corporate diversity severely lacking in bored-rooms, 9 March 2016
- Interview with Richard Aedy on RN, 5 March 2016
- Letter from the Hon Christopher Pyne MP
- Interview with Peter Switzer, Switzer Daily, 27 January 2016
- CIOs can play role in bolder Australian companies, Investment Magazine, 25 January 2016
- Emphasis on gender counterproductive to diversity: survey of company directors, Marketing Mag, 12 January 2016
- No go for growth: Animal spirits little match for the cult of the dividend, Australian Financial Review, 29 December 2015
- ‘She’ll be right’': Australia and ambition, Human Resources Media, 17 December 2015
- Proust Draws Line on Diversity, Australian Financial Review, 15 December 2015
- SunRice profit proves it can make it on the ASX, Australian Financial Review, 15 December 2015
- Carnegie warning on changes to bankruptcy laws, The Australian, 10 December 2015
- Malcolm ‘Boom Boom’ Turnbull Is An Old Ideas Man, New Matilda, 10 December 2015
- Macquarie Group chairman lashes ‘xenophobia’, The Australian, 10 December 2015
- Opening address to the Blenheim Partners and MGSM Insight Series, Sydney, The Hon Kelly O’Dwyer MP, Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, 9 December 2015
- Ann Sherry says boards that fail on gender have no hope for diversity targets, Australian Financial Review, 9 December 2015
- Macquarie chairman Kevin McCann defends boardroom mix, Australian Financial Review, 9 December 2015
- Ann Sherry says boards that fail on gender have no hope for diversity targets, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December 2015
- Asian sugar company kills $360m investment program, Australian Financial Review, 9 December 2015
- Risk-averse directors are stifling growth, Australian Financial Review, 6 December 2015
- Directors look at boards with brutal honesty, Australian Financial Review, 6 December 2015
- Directors need to focus less on the risk and more on the reward, Australian Financial Review, 6 December 2015
- Lack of diversity among Australians, The Australian, 8 June 2015
Our published Blenheim Reports are as follows:
- You don’t get a Second Chance at a First Impression
- Leadership Lessons from the Great Genghis Khan
- Zenobia – Queen of Palmyra
- What can we Borrow from Ronald Reagan
- Father of a nation – Atatürk
- What Investment in Innovation – Are We Fooling Ourselves?
- Lessons in leadership – Hannibal Barca
- Cleopatra VII
- Customers Don’t Know What They Want
- Library of Alexandria
- Hatshepsut
- Hypatia of Alexandria – The end of the classical world
- Don’t Tell me Data is your Answer – It’s your People
- Tokenism has no place in the Boardroom or Management
- Are our Leaders Really Dealing with the Challenge of Unemployment
- Albert Jacka – The first Anzac hero
- Sir Neville Howse an ANZAC Hero
- Leadership Lessons from Spartacus
- Ulysses S. Grant – Some Lessons in Leadership
- An Inspirational Women – Joan of Arc
- Leadership Lessons From Li Ka Sing The Richest Man In Hong Kong
- Business Leadership Lessons From The Art of War By Sun Tzu
- Andrew Carnegie – The Richest American of All Time
- Lessons of Leadership from Trajan
- Lessons of Leadership From a Strong Woman – Isabella of Castile
- 4 Business Lessons from Alibaba
- Coco Chanel – Maverick to Icon
- Was Shackleton the greatest leader in the last 200 years
- Technology on the Warpath
- 4 Leadership Lessons from Otto Von Bismarck
- The Threat of Cyberterrorism – Organisations are Vulnerable
- Leadership Lessons from Mahatma Gandhi
- 7 Lessons of Leadership from Pericles
- Grocery in the United Kingdom
- Julius Caesar
- Diversity – Are we window dressing the ASX 100 & 200
- Alexander the Great – The Macedonian King
- 13 Qualities a Leader Has
- Do we Need Digital, Technology or AI Specialists on our Boards?
- The Challenges of Attaining Growth The Blenheim & MGSM Insight Series – Conclusion
- The Challenges of Attaining Growth The Blenheim & MGSM Insight Series – Chapter 8 Australia, Australians and Australian Managers
- The Challenges of Attaining Growth The Blenheim & MGSM Insight Series – Chapter 7 Digital Disruption and IT Driven Innovation
- The Challenges of Attaining Growth: The Blenheim & MGSM Insight Series – Chapter 6 Generic Growth Strategies
- The Challenges of Attaining Growth: The Blenheim & MGSM Insight Series – Chapter 5 The Short and the Long of it
- It Pays to be in Cybercrime
- Busy Work – Are our Boards the Creators and Doers of Busy Work?
- The Challenges of Attaining Growth: The Blenheim & MGSM Insight Series – Chapter 4 Over-Scrutiny of Boards Results in Risk Aversion
- 10 Common Traits of Leaders
- The Challenges of Attaining Growth: The Blenheim & MGSM Insight Series – Chapter 3 Fear of Failure as a Guiding Mindset
- War Rooms
- 10 Perspectives on Leadership
- The Skills of the Future
- The Challenges of Attaining Growth: The Blenheim & MGSM Insight Series – Chapter 2 The Professional Director: Multiple Agendas and Flawed Incentives
- Challenges of Attaining Growth: The Blenheim & MGSM Insight Series – Chapter 1 Board Diversity – Beyond Demographics
- The Challenges of Attaining Growth: The Blenheim & MGSM Insight Series – Introduction
- War Rooms
- War Rooms
- As a Leader You Are Tasked with Assessing and Building the Team 7 Points of Reflection
- Boards With No External Contingency Plans – Loss of Company Value
- War Rooms
- Why Guts Counts
- Business – Becoming a Dirty Word
- You Brought the Map, Didn’t You?
- Have you got what it Takes to be Successful in the Digital World
- War Rooms
- Diversity – What Are We Seeing From Abroad
- War Rooms
- It Wasn’t Any Good With The Old Boys’ Club, And It Isn’t Any Better With The New Women’s Club
- Executive Remuneration – CEO’s are Paid 150 Times More Than The Average Worker
- War Rooms
- Remuneration up in Cyber Security and Compliance Roles
- Why Aren’t CEOs Falling On Their Sword – What Happened To Honour
- The Fallout From The Reporting Season
- War Rooms
- Executive Market Diversity and Tenure Snapshot – Third Quarter Calendar Year 2017
- 11 Lessons from Aristotle
- What Makes a Successful Board? An Advisory Perspective
- War Rooms
- Where will our Future CEOs come from?
- The CFO – A Key Playmaker
- War Rooms
- Lessons in Leadership – Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch
- State of the Market – Board and Executive Movements for August 2017
- Thoughts on Leadership
- War-Rooms
- Do You Really Understand Off Limits in Executive Search
- War Rooms
- Can I get a HR Director who has had operations experience – that will be diversity of thought!
- War Rooms
- Headhunters Highlight Some Attributes Companies Look For In Potential CEO’S
- Retail – Are Our Leaders Thinking Differently to the United Kingdom?
- Off Limits and Executive Search
- War Rooms
- State of the Market – Board and Executive Movements for July 2017
- Blenheim Partners 457 Visa Campaign
- Leadership Ideals from Special Forces
- War Rooms
- Lessons in Leadership – Sir John Monash
- As a Leader Can You Make the Tough Decisions?
- What Do You Say When Asked ‘Why Are You In Between Roles’
- State of the Market – Board and Executive Movements for June 2017
- Australian Executive Market Diversity and Tenure Snapshot as of 30 June 2017.
- Digital Insight June 2017 – Will Australia have the talent to capitalise on the digital boom
- Recent changes to the Temporary Work (Skilled) visa (subclass 457)
- Sir Winston Churchill – Perspectives on Leadership
- Diversity and Board Composition – Why not CEO and CFO?
- Burn the Boats
- The Opportunities and Obstacles in Becoming the Chief Financial Officer
- Can You Make a Tough Decision – As a Leader Could You Make This Decision
- Some Leadership Lessons from Sir Winston Churchill
- Artificial Intelligence: Will it Help Drive the Next Wave of Growth?
- Leadership Lessons from Sir Douglas Mawson
- Who Becomes the Leader?
- Presentation Makes A Difference – Dress for Success
- 5 Traits of Mental Toughness a Leader Needs to Succeed
- Lessons from John Fairfax
- 14 Lessons in Leadership from Muhammad Ali – The Greatest
- Lessons from Sir Reginald Ansett
- Leadership Lessons from Golda Meir, the Iron Lady
- 457 Visa Amendments – The Market Commentary and Feedback from Australian Business Leaders
- Some Current and Yesteryear Chair and CEO’s Born Overseas
- Lessons in hard work, entrepreneurism, innovation, and risk-taking
- Board & CEO’s want Succession Planning Capability from the CFO
- 11 Leadership Lessons From the First Historical Great
- 8 Communication Skills that are Important for a Leader
- 6 Thoughts on Leadership
- 7 Learnings from Failure that a True Leader Should Recognise
- 14 Lessons from Sam Walton
- 7 Learnings from Failure that a True Leader Should Recognise
- 15 Lessons from Machiavelli
- More Women on Boards
- A Refresh of Director Competencies and Directors Called for!
- Digital – Threat or Opportunity?
- The Emergence of the Younger Professional Director – Is it Impairing Company Growth?
- Scrutinising of Boards, Executives and Companies – Is it Over the Top and what are the Consequences?
- Do our Future CEOs come from Australia – Is there a Lack of Diversity in Global Experience and Thinking?
- Short Termism – ‘We have the tyranny of instant coffee, short termism, not taking to make things right, February 2017
- Digital – Threat or Opportunity, January 2016
- Diversity – What’s changed in the last 12 months, January 2017
- Is fear of failure promoting slow plodding growth in our companies, December 2016
- Diversity – Not Enough of the right Stuff on Our Boards, November 2016
- Women For Boards – August 2016
- The Australian Supermarket Sector – Competition and Disruption – December 2015
- Low Oil Price – A Perspective – October 2015
- Media – September 2015
- Logistics – May 2015
- Building and Construction Materials – May 2015
- Energy – The Numbers – April 2015
- Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology – The Numbers – April 2015
- Retail – The Numbers – April 2015
- Telecommunications – The Numbers – April 2015
- Banking – The Numbers – March 2015
- Gaming and Entertainment – The Numbers – March 2015
- Insurance – The Numbers – March 2015
- Mining Services – The Numbers – March 2015
- Property – The Numbers – March 2015
- Transport – The Numbers – March 2015
- A Broader Perspective on Diversity in the 2015 ASX 100 Boardroom – March 2015
- Energy, Oil and Gas – The Numbers – December 2014
- Gaming & Entertainment – The Numbers – December 2014
- Head of Digital – December 2014
- Gaming and Entertainment – November 2014
- Insurance – November 2014
- Insurance – The Numbers – November 2014
- Property – The Numbers – November 2014
- Mining Services – The Numbers – October 2014
- Pharmaceuticals – October 2014
- Retail – The Numbers – October 2014
- Consumer – September 2014
- Telecommunications – September 2014
- Retail – August 2014
- Case Study – Executive Search – July 2014
- Case Study – Strategic Succession Planning, Major Retail Company – July 2014
- Case Study – Succession Planning, ASX Listed Company – July 2014
- Mining Services – July 2014
- Women For Boards – July 2014
- Gold Producers – June 2014
- External Succession Planning – November 2013
- Financial Services – Banking – November 2013
- Infrastructure – November 2013
- Energy, Oil & Gas – The Numbers – October 2013
- Mining Services – The Numbers – October 2013
- Energy, Oil & Gas Producers – September 2013
- Iron Ore Producers – June 2013
- Coal Producers – May 2013
- Retail – Property – April 2013