Author name: Karlie Cremin

There have been a number of studies undertaken with the hope of discovering whether transactional or transformational leadership, leads to greater employee engagement. On the surface one might hypothesis that transformational leadership would be the preferred style by employees however the findings are not that clear cut and there are some important distinction to be […]

There has been a great deal of discussion in recent years around creating more ‘human workplaces’, where individuals feel that their humanity and their contribution matters and clearly differentiates them from other inanimate commercial inputs.  There is also a commercial argument for cultivating a more humane workplace,  let’s face it happier more engaged employees are

This article was featured in Hunter Headlines on 7th May 2016. The vast majority of organisations would like to think that they are open, fair and non-discriminatory in their recruitment and workplace practices. However, the statistics and anecdotal stories paint a very different picture. Why does diversity matter? Organisations that are truly diverse have access to a

I remember a time not so long ago when people were willing to have conversations and negotiate mutually beneficial outcomes. And yet, the business world seems decades from that now. We at DLPA work with a lot of construction companies, and what we are seeing occur in this industry in particular now is that legal

I think it’s pretty safe to say that the world is in a state of accelerating change – and the economy doesn’t quite know how to take the latest jolt of unexpected (for most of us) stimulus – the Brexit result – certainly seems to highlight the knife edge on which our economies hang in

During our recent business trip to the Big Apple, we noticed things that we hadn’t noticed last time we visited as tourists. Let’s face it, our attention is in a different place when we’re on holidays and we don’t tend to hang out in the business districts as much. In any case what we noticed