What can we learn about human nature from a man whose career has taken him from nightclub bouncer in Alice Springs to training a team of bodyguards for Nelson Mandela?
Rob Redendbach, author of Waveman — From Backstreets to Baghdad and Beyond, draws on this experience to teach streetwise leadership to Aussie business people.
He says, just like effective security, leadership relies on foreseeing problems before they occur. Many business people do not spend enough time on this, preferring instead to wait and fight fires. What’s more, when things do go wrong, too much time is spent playing the blame game rather than focusing on the solution.
On today’s BTalk, Rod talks about ways to avoid conflict in the workplace and how to cope when things don’t go according to plan, as well as telling us about his colourful worklife in the security industry.
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Does the UK economy need the royals?
As Harry and Megan try to extricate themselves from the Royal family, this week we ask whether its worth keeping the royal family at all?
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Fed warns of considerable medium-term risk, hints for more fiscal support
The US Fed warns of considerable medium term risk but markets see optimism. NAB’s David de Garis looks at the FOMC meeting, with the ECB up next.
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A stormy Monday as trade war ratchets up
As the trade war ratchets up NAB’s Ray Attrill looks at how things escalated over the weekend, and the market reaction expected today.
