Back in the late 1980s, the number one ruckman for our Adelaide Hills-based Under 14 footy team was a kid that we called Stobie pole. I’m not even sure that he had a real name. At least, I have no recollection of him having any other name. The nickname was apt. Having already broken the…
Month: July 2015
RIP the annual staff performance review?
I was interested to read yesterday that consulting firm Deloitte has decided to scrap its bi-annual staff performance review in Australia in favour of real-time assessments. This is all part of a global initiative at Deloitte to reinvent its performance management system. Deloitte Australia’s head of people and performance Alec Bashinsky told SmartCompany that the traditional staff performance…
A South Australian drink that outsells Coca-cola
The servos, delis and bakeries in the eastern border towns of Pinnaroo, Bordertown and Yamba were always well stocked with South Australia’s flavoured milk of choice, Farmers Union Iced Coffee. Homesick, car-weary South Australians, returning home for Christmas via the badlands of New South Wales and Victoria, would pine for their first taste of the…