AWAre!

August 2003

AWAre! is the occasional e-newsletter of Adrian Walsh & Associates. We offer comprehensive training and consulting services in human resources management, organisational development, planning and business development. For more information visit our website at http://www.adrianwalsh.com.au/.

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Thought for this Issue

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.”


~ Semisonic – Closing Time

IN THIS ISSUE

This Issue

Australia’s Aging Workforce

Supporting Consultancy Services

360 Degree Feedback – Individuals & Teams

This Issue

Life (and business) has been hectic. Somehow we’ve allowed several months to come between this issue of AWAre! and the previous one (in February 2003).That’s not to say we haven’t had worthwhile things to tell you. Rather, we haven’t had the time do so!

Time is still tight, but we have just launched our new publications, Australia’s Aging Workforce. We wanted to tell as many people about it as possible, so this issue of AWAre! has been prepared with that particularly in mind (although we’ve added another couple of items of interest as well).

In a few weeks time, we’ll be back with a more complete AWAre!

Until then ……

Adrian Walsh

 

 

Australia’s Aging Workforce

In the final years of the 20th Century Australia’s working age population grew by an average of 170,000 a year. However, from 2020 the working age population will grow by only 125,000 for the entire decade. This is not speculation, but cold fact. The implications for business are profound. How is this shortage of workers to be made up?

Regular readers will recall that we have been actively working in this fascinating area for some time and have previously offered some resources. We are delighted that our publication Australia’s Aging Workforce has now been completed and is available. To read a synopsis of the book, check this link to our website.

The book offers a comprehensive approach to the subject, with an analysis of the problem and its implications, and a detailed exploration of the challenges facing and options available to businesses, if they are to manage these challenges in the coming decades. Importantly it is highly practical in its approach and offers a number of useful tools that organisations can use to help address the issue.

So far as we can see this offering is unique, and we commend it to readers.

 

Supporting Consultancy Services

Australia’s Aging Workforce is a valuable tool for organisations to use on their own. But we also offer a range of consultancy and training services designed to support organisations as they seek to come to terms with the challenges of the future.

Contact us at any time to explore the possibilities.

 

360 Degree Feedback – Individuals and Teams

Among the many services we offer are a parallel set of 360 Degree Feedback Tools. Based on sound research, one tool has a focus on feedback to an individual, while the other is designed for use by work teams, seeking to measure their own performance as a team.

Both tools are easy-to-use and involve those providing the feedback in a minimum of effort, always a problem with feedback processes of any kind. Reports are produced in an easy to read graphical format.

While we encourage organisations to support any feedback processes with appropriate training and support, the tools can be used in a “stand alone” format, with price being very moderate.

Contact us to see whether these useful tools might be of assistance to your organisation.

 

CONTACT US?

ADRIAN WALSH & ASSOCIATES PTY LTD

PO Box 539

Croydon  Vic  3136

Australia

Tel:      +613 9870 1378

Fax:     +613 9870 1037

Email:  enquiries@adrianwalsh.com.au

Website:   http://www.adrianwalsh.com.au

 

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