Thoughts from our CEO

A Customer Centred Organisation

I’ve spoken in previous blogs about the Personnel Group’s journey to build a deeper, more customer centric organisational model, able to offer more services, and solve more problems for the people we support. We talk about our organisation sitting at the intersection of the employment, health, training, and community service sectors, with our customers at

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Inequality

This fortnight, on the back of the Federal Budget, I’m thinking a lot about financial equality. This budget included measures aimed at addressing the rising cost of living, and pleasingly there were significant inclusions that will have tangible impacts on the lives of Australia’s most disadvantaged. These measures include lifting minimum welfare payment rates –

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Gender

This fortnight I attended a production of Suzie Miller’s award-winning play Prima Facie at HotHouse Theatre in Wodonga.  The performance portrays a successful sexual assault defence lawyer, who herself becomes the victim of sexual assault and must navigate the law from the other side of the bench.  It is a powerful commentary on sexual consent

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Workplace Accessibility Investment

This fortnight I was heartened to hear the Federal Government’s announcement that it was boosting its investment in workplace accessibility through the Employment Assistance Fund.  This exceptional program allows employers to make their workplace more accessible through modification, equipment, and training, at no cost to the employer.  The Government’s announcement sees a doubling of funding

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Leadership…and a bit of fun.

A while back I came across a LinkedIn post that shared that “the measure of an organisation’s culture is the way team member’s feel on Sunday night, when thinking about having to go to work on Monday morning”.  I think a lot about this, considering how to create an environment where our team love being

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Imagining our Future

In the past fortnight, I have been on the road facilitating workshops with each team around our footprint, exploring our team’s ideas for how The Personnel Group’s service should evolve in the next few years.  It is a wonderful experience to hear such diversity of ideas from people genuinely invested in seeing us grow. All

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