Edition 139, November 2007
DON’T LET YOUR HR FUNCTION BE A PROCESS FACTORY
Hiring, firing and keeping remuneration within budget. Does a focus on these three functions create a HR supremo?
BUSINESS TRAVEL
It doesn’t matter whether it’s London, Paris, New York or Sydney, Brisbane or Perth. Business travel is most definitely not a glamorous perk. Business travel is an additional stress on managers in search of the elusive work/life balance.
PROFILE: ALISON HIGGINS-MILLER, RIGHTNOW TECHNOLOGIES
RightNow Technologies Asia Pacific vice-president, Alison Higgins-Miller, believes that getting and staying ahead is simple. You’ve got to be at least 20 percent better than the next person and you can never slack off the pace.