Category Archives: Management

Leading Women

HG is very honoured to work in sectors that are represented by so many impressive women. In this special feature, we recognise the significant contribution of female leaders by sharing some of their insights. Two simple…

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Western Queensland PHN – Sandy Gillies – First Indigenous PHN CEO

Sandy Gillies is a proud Gunggari woman and Winton local, but she is also the Chief Executive of the Western Queensland PHN.  She was recently appointed to lead a health network covering almost a million square…

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Interview with Dr John Wakefield

Dr John Wakefield, self-described ‘Queensland country doctor’ took the baton after an extensive, global search to find a successor to Michael Walsh as Director-General, Queensland Health. Kevin Hardy spoke with John about the system and his…

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What happened at Christchurch Hospital on the day of the mosque shooting

David Meates MNZM, Chief Executive, Canterbury DHB has led a workforce through some of the most extraordinary challenges imaginable. He has been in a CEO Executive Learning Set facilitated by Kevin Hardy at different times over…

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5 Golden rules for getting the job done: Interim Executive work

Increasingly organisations are hiring to get a job done. Rather than generate a field of candidates to compete with one another for a role, organisations are looking at knowledge, skills and expertise to drive value. And…

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Is quality improvement sustainable long term?

Professor Chris Baggoley shares his considerable experience and ideas on whether sustainable quality improvement is possible.

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There’s a lot of talk about partnerships with clients

A partnership relationship with a client is the foundation of how HardyGroup built this business. There’s nothing new in this. What is new, is the frequency with which I hear this being spoken about by recruitment…

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The CEO Eye Roll

Busy executives are time poor. Pressure is constant. Meetings chew up 75% plus of their time during the day and many work into the night. Meetings are the bane of executive life – Why are we…

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Four questions to ask yourself before the year ends

There are four questions about 2017 I ask my Learning Set members and people I mentor. The first 2 are work related. The answers form the bases of setting their 2018 goals. Outlined below are the…

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60 Seconds with Paul Ingle – Who is Holding the Mirror?

Maybe it’s the time of the year but a little known service we provide has been running hot. Career Coaching. A confidential one to one for people in our network contemplating their next move.

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