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Apr 01
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What to Do When Your Board Is Meddling in Operational Work

By Board & Governance

Today’s uncertain environment has prompted many board members to take on more operational roles, which can be disruptive to the leadership teams executing the work. Leaders who diagnose what’s driving the board’s overreaching behaviour, rebuild clarity with their own teams, and put simple communication structures in place can stop drift before it becomes dysfunction. When everyone is clear on their role, the board shifts from bottleneck to strategic partner, freeing the leadership team to lead with confidence, focus, and speed.

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Apr 01
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2026 Global Human Capital Trends

By People & Culture

Deloitte’s Human Capital Trends highlights a shift from tension to tipping points, with leaders navigating faster, compressed change cycles. Success now relies on sensing change early, experimenting quickly, and continuously adapting, with the human edge more critical than ever.

Three key shifts emerge: the blurring of boundaries between humans and AI, requiring new approaches to trust and decision-making; a move from cost efficiency to value through innovation and adaptability; and a transition from static planning to dynamic, continuous learning and reinvention.

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Apr 01
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‘I think I have AI anxiety’

By IT/Digital

AI anxiety” refers to a growing, widespread unease about how rapidly artificial intelligence is reshaping work, identity, and society, often without people feeling prepared or consulted. This anxiety isn’t a single fear but a mix of concerns including job disruption and loss of purpose, lack of control over opaque AI-driven decisions, misinformation and deepfakes eroding trust, privacy and surveillance risks, concentration of power among tech giants, impacts on education, and a deeper worry about the loss of human meaning and connection. While not irrational, this anxiety can be eased by making concerns more specific, improving AI literacy, relying on trusted information, and advocating for transparency and safeguards as society adapts to these changes.

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Apr 01
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New guide helps employers build a picture of workplace neurodivergence

By Operations, People & Culture

A new resource highlighted by the Institute of Community Directors provides practical guidance for better supporting neurodivergent employees, with a focus on safety, trust and inclusion.

It encourages organisations to move beyond assumptions and build a clearer understanding of neurodiversity within their teams, helping identify barriers and strengthen inclusive practices. With research linking low awareness to burnout and reduced psychological safety, resources like this offer simple, practical steps to create more supportive and inclusive workplaces.

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Mar 04
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How to Demonstrate Adaptability When Interviewing for a Senior Role

By Business

As a senior leader, your strongest advantage in today’s job market isn’t your titles, decades of experience, or a specific metric of success. It’s how your adaptability has transformed how you lead. How did you navigate layoffs without losing trust? How did you integrate AI into your team workflow without slowing momentum? How did you pivot when the strategy you built last year no longer made sense? To stand out to executive recruiters, you must be ready to show evidence of your adaptability through stories that prove you can thrive when conditions are anything but stable

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Mar 04
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The Skills Board Chairs Need Now

By Board & Governance

Chairs today must mediate increasingly divergent stakeholder demands while guiding boards through technological disruption and societal scrutiny. Traditional leadership traits such as strategic acumen and executive experience now matter less than the ability to synthesize vast amounts of information, reconcile contradictions, and facilitate constructive dialogue. Today’s effective chairs foster a culture of learning on the board, creating psychological safety and encouraging open, respectful debate among directors. To make sure the board balances expert insight with broad participation, chairs also conduct rigorous skills audits and provide structured feedback to directors.

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Mar 04
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Cybersecurity Is Now a Board-Level Responsibility for Not-for-Profits

By IT/Digital

Cybersecurity is now a core governance responsibility for not-for-profit boards and executives, not just an IT issue.

As digital systems underpin service delivery and fundraising, cyber incidents can disrupt operations, compromise sensitive data and damage trust. With not-for-profits increasingly targeted and regulators expecting active oversight, leaders must treat cyber risk as a strategic priority and ensure they have clear visibility of their organisation’s cyber maturity to protect their mission and stakeholders.

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Mar 04
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What not-for-profit leaders need to know in 2026

By Business

This special extended report brings together insights from two dozen leaders across government, regulation, academia and the not-for-profit sector to explore the forces shaping the year ahead, including governance, advocacy, funding, technology, risk and workforce challenges. The report highlights the issues leaders most need to understand in an increasingly complex environment.

Our own CEO, Carmel Molloy, features in the report reflecting on why connection and peer leadership are becoming essential capabilities for today’s for-purpose leaders, and how shared learning, perspective and support help leaders navigate uncertainty with greater confidence and resilience.

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Jan 22
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Commissioner’s Column: Why charities matter more than ever

By Programs & Services

From Sue Woodward, Commissioner of the ACNC, this month’s Commissioner’s Column reflects on the horrific antisemitic attack at Bondi Beach and its deep impact on communities and social cohesion. It highlights the vital role charities play in crisis and recovery, from the bravery of volunteer first responders and community generosity, to food relief, disaster response, and long-term rebuilding after fires and floods. The column reinforces charities as Australia’s connective tissue, while reminding the sector of its responsibility to act for public benefit, uphold charitable purposes, comply with the law, and maintain public trust through transparency. It concludes with a call to kindness, inspired by the concept of ‘mitzvah’, as a powerful way to help heal divisions and strengthen the nation.

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Dec 16
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What’s working from home doing to your mental health? We tracked 16,000 Australians to find out

By Operations

A major Australian study of more than 16,000 workers found that working from home can significantly improve mental health, particularly for women. The strongest benefits came from hybrid arrangements, mainly working from home with one to two days on-site, especially for women experiencing poorer mental health. For men, long commutes were linked to worse mental health, but working from home itself showed no clear benefit. Overall, the findings suggest flexible, hybrid work models can meaningfully support wellbeing, while one-size-fits-all workplace policies may miss the mark.

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