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Renée Giarrusso is a highly sought-after communication, leadership & mindset expert. She is a speaker, International 4-time award-winning author, facilitator, educator and coach (PCC). She works with leaders, teams and organisations to energise mindset and accelerate communication, collaboration and leadership to lift performance and culture. Her sole purpose is to make workplaces exceptional places to work. The team at PRP have been working in partnership with Renée for a number of years across her various programs. We sat down with Renée to talk about her Awaken Career Transition program, which you can read below.

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Generational Games ​– building a great cross-generational team.

October 31, 2023
​In today's diverse workforce, success often hinges on the ability to adapt and evolve. This was the focus in a recent discussion hosted by Wendy Born from Business Value Partners, to members of the National Electrical Communications Authority. Wendy was joined by our Directo r, Andrew Bath an d Senior Con sultant, Ella O’Connell . Collectively, Andrew and Ella bring over 25 years of experience in recruiting across diverse industries and successfully working with millennials and Gen Zs. ​During the discussion, they explored recruitment strategies, steps to creating thriving cross-generational teams, and the benefits Millennials and Gen Zs bring to the workplace. Below we have compiled three key takeaways from the discussion for your perusal. Dive in below! ​ ​What are the benefits of employing millennials and Gen Zs? There are a multitude of benefits that come along with employing millennials and Gen Zs within your business. Andrew and Ella discussed how younger generations are not just committed employees but also drivers of change. They challenge process, modernise business, and bring a fresh perspective that’s vital to stay relevant in today’s world. ​In Andrew’s words, “having the younger generation in our team brings diversity of thought and fresh knowledge. I get to learn different things and new technologies, and how they can add value to the business”.​

RETAIL IN AUSTRALIA: CRISIS OR OPPORTUNITY?

Dan Corbett • March 16, 2018

ANY NOISE AROUND THE RETAIL INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA IN 2018 SEEMS TO COME DOWN TO THE FAILURES OF CONVENTIONAL BRICKS AND MORTAR RETAIL. THE STRUGGLES OF LEGACY BRANDS MAY DOMINATE THE HEADLINES BUT IN EVERY CATEGORY IN RETAIL THERE IS A DIFFERENT MARKET LEADER UNDERTAKING SIGNIFICANT, STRATEGIC TRANSFORMATIONS TO ESTABLISH A SUCCESSFUL FOUNDATION FOR THE YEARS TO COME.


The current view is that retail in Australia is a battle between e-commerce vs. bricks and mortar with e-commerce laying waste to storefront retail. Any successful retailer in Australia has e-commerce as an essential part of any business strategy to succeed long term. IBISWorld estimates that e-commerce in Australia is a $20 billion industry employing nearly 70,000 Australians while growing 13% year on year. This is one statistic that highlights the incredible opportunities in retail as customers are demanding that retailers invest significantly in e-commerce. In a time poor world, customers and in particular millennial consumers want choice and flexibility in their retailers.


Although there is a challenge coming from fast fashion and online retailers like Amazon and ASOS, the reality is that legacy brands in Australia matter. Legacy businesses may not have been the first movers, but they are currently undertaking large scale transformations that are some of the most exciting in Australian business.


Businesses like Officeworks have had success in understanding the needs of their customers and offering them options up to near instantaneous fulfillment in local stores. This is a perfect example of an established retailer adapting to changing customer patterns to great success.


Officeworks have increased their investments in systems and transformation to ensure they meet the changing needs of their customers and to future proof their position in the market. The investments are significant, the projects are demanding but the returns are worth it.


As always, industry change and transformation leads to a demand for people who are able to devise and implement strategies that future proof businesses. This in turn provides opportunities for people who have worked on or are able to add value to these organisations.


Project Resource Partners is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a focus on business transformation. I lead our retail practice and see every day the investment in transformation that Australian retailers are undertaking to appeal to more shoppers in more ways. Click and collect, same day and next day deliveries, smarter warehousing systems and cutting edge use of business intelligence are just some of the examples of new projects we are seeing businesses execute to ensure that retailers prepare themselves for their futures.


I lead the e-Commerce, FMCG and Retail portfolio here at Project Resource Partners. I have been partnering closely with leading organisations across the sector to assist them to establish business transformation teams, project management offices as well as a multitude of roles spanning across project services, business process improvement and business analysis.


If you are looking for your next move, if you would like more insight or if you're simply seeking advice as to what's happening in this space, please do reach out.


Dan Corbett
Consultant
Project Resource Partners
Level 29, 360 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia
T +61 3 9949 8100 D +61 3 9949 8105
E dcorbett@projectresourcepartners.com.au

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