The Institute of Civil Infrastructure begins partnership with Western Australia The Institute has continued to grow across the country with an exciting new partnership with the Civil Contractors Federation Western Australia. As the peak body for civil construction in WA, the opportunity for ICI to partner with CCF WA is a great way to support the men and women of the industry in their professional development. July 14, 2020By ICI Administrator General 0 0 Comment Read More »
How to build effective meaningful relationships in a virtual world? You have commenced building your professional network utilising the steps we have outlined in the above article, however, now you are asking yourself how do I make these relationships meaningful and effective and can I even do this in a virtual world? July 14, 2020By ICI Administrator General 0 0 Comment Read More »
The Institute of Civil Infrastructure expands into Queensland The Institute of Civil Infrastructure has partnered with CCF QLD to launch the industry’s own continual professional development program for civil managers. July 14, 2020By ICI Administrator General 0 0 Comment Read More »
Setting Goals for your Career Plan Have you ever wondered why one individual is more successful than another? It’s not because they are smarter, well, in some ways yes but it’s not brain smarts. It’s because they take the time to plan, they look at what it is that they are setting out to achieve and break it down into bite size chunks. They create a road map so they know exactly where they are starting, the steps that need to be taken to achieve the ultimate goal and they don’t stop there. They regularly review their progress and make deviations to the plan if it is to serve them. July 14, 2020By ICI Administrator General 0 0 Comment Read More »
The Institute to celebrate International Women's Day #EachforEqual is the theme for International Women's Day 2020, set for Sunday 8 March. The theme embraces the ideal that “an equal world is an enabled world.” July 13, 2020By ICI Administrator General 0 0 Comment Read More »
Invest In You In 2020 In the following opinion piece, David Castledine, CEO of CCF NSW and the Institute of Civil Infrastructure, shares his personal approach to professional development. In my view, everyone should invest some time in personal learning. It’s good for themselves and their career, and it’s good for the industry. Everyone knows this, but few do it, particularly in the civil industry. Here is the strategy I have honed over my 40-year working career; it has taken me from Apprentice to CEO. July 13, 2020By ICI Administrator General 0 0 Comment Read More »
What Makes an Employee Happy at Work Happiness - we all seek it. Yet, it eludes us where needed the most - at workplaces. It is no secret that we will spend majority of our time at our workplaces. Hence, staying happy is critical to our productivity, mental health and job satisfaction. July 13, 2020By ICI Administrator General 0 0 Comment Read More »
If you could do just one thing today, what would it be? In his book ‘Essentialism’ Greg McKeown tells the story of how, just a couple of hundred years ago, the word ‘priority’ meant the single most important thing. Then we messed with it and invented a word called ‘priorities’ which as we now know means lots of most important things. If you could do just one thing today, what would it be? September 12, 2018By Greg Mowbray People Management 0 0 Comment Read More »
10 things to do to be a better leader I’ve been banging on recently about how we should stop trying to be perfect (because it ain’t going to happen!) and just focus on becoming incrementally better. If we tried, each day, to just be a little better than we were the day before, and we did it for long enough, our leadership effectiveness would skyrocket, our people would be more engaged and our businesses would be more effective. September 12, 2018By Greg Mowbray People Management 0 0 Comment Read More »
There are five kinds of people in your organisation. Which one are you? You have probably seen a similar version to this, eg there are three kinds of people. Those that make things happen, those that watch things happen and there are those that say “what the #$@! happened”. I’m talking about the five kinds of people in your organisation when it comes to leadership. September 12, 2018By Greg Mowbray People Management 0 0 Comment Read More »