Aussie Rules

(4min 36) You’ve decided to make the leap from corporate life and make your own way. What lies in store for you? Today we some people who have already done it and those who can help you to make it happen.

In today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to:
- Naomi Simson, Chief Experience Office at Red Balloon Days
- Dr Jane Shelton, MD of Marshall Place Associates
- Matthew Franceschini, CEO of Entity Solutions

Add comments in the Talkback section at the end of this post.

Hear these interviews in full in previous editions of BTalk Australia:
Go It Alone and Escape Corporate Life | BTalk Australia
Working in Your Pyjamas | BTalk Australia
The Forgotten Workforce | BTalk Australia

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(6min 11) When can we afford to retire? A lot would like to retire earlier than 65, but for most people it’s not practical. So that raises the question of what do you do with the rest of your working life? Particularly if you’re out of work or in a dead-end job.

In today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to:
- Michael Davison, CPA Australia’s Superannuation Policy Advisor
- Philip Taylor, the head of the Business, work and ageing centre for research at Swinburne University of Technology
- Grahame Doyle from Hays Recruitment
- Executive recruiter James Lynch
- Anna McPhee from the Equal Opportunities for Women in the Workplace Agency

Add comments in the Talkback section at the end of this post.

Hear these interviews in full in previous editions of BTalk Australia:
Early Retirement? You’re Dreamin’ | BTalk Australia
Are Australian Businesses Ageist? | BTalk Australia
Do Older Workers Have the Staying Power? | BTalk Australia
Polish Up Your Interview Skills | BTalk Australia
No Place for Women in the Aussie Boys Club | BTalk Australia

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(11min 34) We all tend to overdo it over the festive season. Of course, when it comes to overeating Santa Claus sets a bad example. So what should we be feeding ourselves over Christmas?

Today on BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to nutrionist Zoe Bingley-Pullin about eating over Christmas. She also gives advice on New Year resolutions. How can you maintain a more balanced diet in 09? What impact will it have on the way you work?

Got any other diet advice? Add it in the Talkback section at the end of this post.

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(12min 36) Being prepared can make a big difference to the outcomes of a job interview, irrespective of your experience or career change. Today on BTalk Australia Sue Currie from Shine Communications gives Phil Dobbie ten tips to try and stand out and win the gig.

If you’ve got other suggestions add them to the Talkback section at the end of this post.

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(13min 56) Web analytics packages can track everything your site users do. So how do you make sense of it all? Is it really a case of information overload? And why pay for software when there are free tools like Google Analytics?

In today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks the practicalities of web analytics with Conrad Bennett, Technical Servbices Director at WebTrends.

Add your thoughts in the Talkback section at the end of this post.

Coming up: 5th-9th of January 2009 is Web Week on BTalk Australia. Hear a range of experts talk about web design, measurement and marketing.

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(8min 09) How do you keep a positive attitude in the workplace when those around you are down? Who’s to blame for constant negative thinking and how do you change it?

In today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to Lorraine Pirhi, the Productivity Queen, on an attitude that she says in prevalent in the Australian workplace.

Add you own ideas on how to beat negative thinking in the Talkback section at the end of this post.

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(21min 39) On today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to Alan Kohler, Editor-in-Chief of Business Spectator, about the credit crisis. How did it happen? What part did Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae play? Why was the collapse of Lehmann Brothers so significant? What will happen next and what, if anything, have we learnt? It’s a step by step explanation for anyone a little confused by what happened this year!

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See also:
Do We Need an Aussie Mac? | BTalk Australia
Don’t Sell Short | BTalk Australia
Will Debt Drive Us to Depression? | BTalk Australia
It’s People, Not Economists, that Drive the Economy | BTalk Australia
No Surprise on Business Expectations | BTalk Australia

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(13min 19) Economist Joshua Gans applies economic theory to the raising of children in his book “Parentonomics: An Economist Dad Looks at Parenting“.

In today’s BTalk Australia he explains to Phil Dobbie why advertising of unhealthy food is a good thing, how sharing is part of childbirth, why bargaining is important to secure a good night’s sleep and how to outsource potty training.

Feel free to suggest how else economic theory can be related to parenthood in the Talkback section at the bottom of this this post.

See also:
Too Much Power in the Power Industry | BTalk Australia

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(12min 38) Running an effective call centre is one of the hardest and costly tasks for most organisations. It’s a blend of technology, customer service and staff management.

On today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks to Denise Pitt, CEO of UCMS Group, one of the country’s largest call centre specialists. Denise has also been selected as the 2008 Telstra Victoria Business Woman of the Year. She provides advice for anyone running a call centre within their business – and don’t worry, that advice isn’t to outsource it all! In a wide ranging discussion Denice talks about technology, staff morale, remote working, off-shoring and cost cutting.

Add your comments in the Talkback section at the bottom of this post.

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See also:
Get Customers to Help Themselves | BTalk Australia
Talk to the Machine Not the Hand | BTalk Australia

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(10min 11) Dunn and Bradstreet has just released it’s latest Business Expectations Survey, showing 58% of business expect profits to fall in the March quarter. The report comes out a day after ANZ revealed the biggest two-month drop in job advertisements in 30 years.

So is it all bad news? On today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie asks Christine Christian, Dunn and Bradstreet’s CEO, if there is any glimmer of hope from today’s results? Could we be talking ourselves into a recession?

What do you think? Add comments in the Talkback section at the end of this post.

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