Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice Did you know there is no official definition for Strategic Procurement? There are a range of descriptions and methodologies that have evolved from an early discussion piece from Japanese [...]
Written by: Karen Fischbach – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd Each workday we take ourselves to our place of work. Many of us are on autopilot. The question is, do we take responsibility for what we actually do during the time [...]
Written by: Donna Kirk – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd John Donne famously wrote, “No man is an island.” He could have been talking about a project because projects cannot be completed without drawing from resources outside of the project [...]
Written by: Donna Kirk – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd An ethical Australia with ethical behaviour is what we believe to be our current state in general. However on Monday 26 October Q&A aired a program with a challenging [...]
Written by: Brett Lyndon – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd In the first part of this article, published in August we looked at what a Conflict of interest is. In this, Part Two of our series on Conflict of [...]
Written by: Donna Kirk – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd As a lay person reading a recent article from the ABC, one could get a little rattled at what seems to be a complete and utter disgrace. There is [...]
Written by: Brett Lyndon – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd Pro Leaders Academy Facilitator, Brett Lyndon will take you through a 3-part series looking deeper into the area of Conflict of Interest, its implications and what steps you can [...]
Written by: Donna Kirk – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd No matter how much preparation goes into contingency scenarios, companies, organisations and governments can still be faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges when disaster strikes. The procurement process can be [...]
Written by: Phil Sealy – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd If we look at probity as being the evidence of ethical behaviour, then does ethical behaviour automatically make me get it right? As a probity advisor, I don’t believe [...]
Written by: Brett Lyndon – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd A recent Australian National Auditors Office (ANAO) audit of Western Sydney Airport Company (WSA Co) a wholly owned Australian Government Business Enterprise (GBE), and therefore subject to operating under [...]
