A new era, a new brand
Since 1989 we have grown through four iterations. From Kevin Hardy and Associates to a partnership in Management Consortium, to HardyGroup International, to HardyGroup as we are today. We started in a home office then moved to offices in North Sydney and next year we…
Lessons learnt: healthcare leadership from many cultural backgrounds
I have been very fortunate to have worked in the international environment for the last 10 years. This has given me practical experience of different leadership practices around the world. I am often asked how are we in Australasia different in our leadership experience?
How do we measure ROI on executive learning sets?
Historically, any formula on a Return on Investment (ROI) is defined in monetary terms. How do we measure or evaluate the efficiency of an executive learning set?
How to Stand Out in an Interview
This is a 6 minute video by Peter Carter, a man who has seen it all in the interview room, sharing his insight into what it takes to stand out and make an impression in an interview. Thank you to Pete for taking time out…
Farewell to an Inspirational Leader and Health Forum
The news in June that the 6th Asia Pacific Forum (APAC) due to be held on the Gold Coast in September this year is to be cancelled and Ko Awatea scaled back will no doubt come as a shock to many. APAC had become a fixture on the annual…
Leadership Code
I have been reading about Bushido (the way of the warrior) for some time. I do not profess to understand it fully, but it has some principles to act and live life by and to bring to the role of leadership.
Paul Ingle’s Leadership Journey and Lessons
“You should lower the angle of your head when you speak. You’ve got a very long nose so it makes you look arrogant”
Book Review: When Breath Becomes Air – Paul Kalanithi
It must be confessed that there should have been four – not three – copies of this book available to give away to HGI Insight subscribers. And there would have been, it is true, if it weren’t for the completely unprecedented and unintentional destruction of one copy of Dr. Paul Kalanithi’s post-humously published “When Breath Becomes Air”.
Book Review: Search Inside Yourself
Meng Tan was an engineer with Google and personal growth pioneer when he designed Search Inside Yourself as a popular tool to transform the work and personal lives of many of the brightest individuals at Google.
22 Great Interview Questions for Health Executives
Interviewing health executives and senior managers is never about assessing competencies or evaluating skills. That’s done earlier in the recruiting process, particularly if you’ve engaged a capable executive search firm.