D'Angelo Fisher
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Leo D'Angelo Fisher specialises in management and leadership issues, emerging companies and corporate strategy. |
When self-confidence runs amok
| LEO D’ANGELO FISHERExcessive self-confidence in two or more members of a team can cause a team to self-destruct.
Guru magic unlikely to stick
| LEO D’ANGELO FISHEREvent organisers, would rather chew termites than admit that motivational speakers are simply entertainers
Release the stinkers
|With technology advancing at a frenetic pace and consumer habits along with it, the news media finds itself in a period of radical transition.
Real Julia, genuine spin
| leo d’angelo fisherVoters welcome honesty and directness, but eventually they will uncover any deceitful political devices and tricks behind spin and artifice.
Experience not essential
| Leo D’Angelo FisherThe growing influence of the professional political class is a disturbing trend in Australian politics.
Feud undervalues the power of two
| Leo D’Angelo FisherBlanche d’Alpuget’s new biography of her husband and Labor’s longest serving prime minister has re-opened rifts between Hawke and his treasurer, Paul Keating.
Employee input heals painful cuts
| leo d’angelo fisherMorale and productivity benefits await employers who take the opportunity to listen to suggestions from unhappy workers.
Time bandits stifle innovation
| Leo D’Angelo fisherIf companies want to encourage creativity then they must give their staff time, time to think without constant interruptions.
Gillard et al mythBusters?
| LEO D’ANGELO FISHERThe glass ceiling mantra is not only an insult to those many women who have succeeded based on their talent, drive and ambition, it also provides a convenient excuse for failure.
Small talk matters big time
| Leo D’angelo FisherAn important attribute that most successful executives possess goes largely unsung: small talk.
The stationery cupboard is bare
| Leo D’Angelo FisherSome companies are more aggressive than others when it comes to controlling their costs.
Canned brands mere spam
| Leo D’Angelo FisherThere is some truth to the merit of “personal branding”.
In the heat of the moment
| Leo D’Angelo FisherThe Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission focused on the thorny issue of leadership.
Campbell’s fall hurts us all
| LEO D’ANGELO FISHERNSW government minister David Campbell’s resignation sets a precedent and there is reason to fear the consequences.
It’s performance review time for PM
| Leo D’Angelo FisherKevin Rudd has always fancied himself as a crack administrator.
Skills shortage a grey area
| Leo D’Angelo FisherNext time you’re walking down the street or sitting in the train, count how many grey workers you see.
The hardest journey of all
| Leo D’Angelo FisherFacing justified criticism I felt obliged to reveal my membership of the Fourth Estate.
Penny hasn’t dropped for bank chief
| Leo D’Angelo-FisherPlaced within reach of a microphone, most chief executives go into spin mode.
Tasmania passes leadership test
| leo d’angelo fisherThe Governor of Tasmania, Peter Underwood, has insisted on doing his job with integrity and without compromise.