Letter from the publisher
SAY WHAT?
I arrived back at work
today to find the copy of
The Symes Report
waiting for me.
Well done! Thank you for thinking to send it to me.
I can imagine that you are feeling justifiably proud of your production.
Dr Leoni Degenhardt
Emeritus Dean,
AIS Leadership Centre,
The Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales
The magazine looks fantastic. I like the approach of mixing up methods of content consumption across the blog, magazine, and video channels.
Anthony Johnson
Practice Lead
GroupTech, Westpac Group
One thing I love about my team at Symes Group is that even when they produce excellent work, every time they do something a second or third time it gets better and better. I couldn’t have been more thrilled with Edition #1 of The Symes Report.
And yet Edition #2 has taken things to another level! The timing is perfect because Symes Group itself has been evolving and changing as you will read from my article: The death of leadership training – How I am changing my business in response to the evolving world, on page 20.
Congratulations to the team, this is an excellent read and completely in tune with the world around us and its ever-changing landscape.
Thank you to our collaborators and contributors for enriching our pages and words, we are forever grateful!
Jess
Letter from the editor
I’m going out with a bang!
Before I head off for maternity leave I thought I would make an early delivery – of The Symes Report Edition #2.
After the success of our first edition and the great response from our readers I have been encouraged to reach out more to our great clients and collaborators and have some real treats for you.
Prepare to be inspired by individuals switching careers, partaking in endurance bike rides, and saving lives on North Bondi Beach. You can also enjoy cutting edge thought leadership from some of the most internationally recognised business leaders in the world including Arianna Huffington, Daniel Goleman and Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia.
And we’re also talking about some big topics – gender and diversity, gender targets and the future of work. So, you will need relaxed focus for this one!
Sit back, take some time and enjoy!
Barbara Harvey (left) and Jessica Symes. PIC/AAP
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