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AboutJustin Miles

Justin is the Managing Partner of our Melbourne office, an outcome focused leader with a track record of driving business performance through proven talent and organisation development practices. Justin’s methods and skills have been shaped by working with performance oriented leaders in great companies including PepsiCo, The Campbell Soup Company, Diageo, Rip Curl, Fonterra and Wesfarmers, in Australia, the USA and Latin America.

If you want to increase diversity, don’t recruit with an ideal candidate in mind

December 10, 2024 10:30 am Published by Comments Off on If you want to increase diversity, don’t recruit with an ideal candidate in mind

We have written before that in our line of work we see a lot of Position Descriptions that aren’t worth... View Article


Don’t Buy a Dog and Bark Yourself

November 26, 2024 11:45 am Published by Comments Off on Don’t Buy a Dog and Bark Yourself

The 10 Must-Haves for Effective Recruiting Partnerships The never-ending rise in social media (LinkedIn, Meta et al), the supporting technology,... View Article


The Recruitment Type Indicator (RTI)

November 13, 2024 11:53 am Published by Comments Off on The Recruitment Type Indicator (RTI)

Since the dawn of time, we have found ways to describe and categorise people. From the four temperaments of the... View Article


WFH vs. Return to the Office: Finding Value

September 26, 2024 2:23 pm Published by Comments Off on WFH vs. Return to the Office: Finding Value

I found Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s recent article on strengthening culture and teams both compelling and thought provoking. Unfortunately, most... View Article


Why Organisations Should Care About Burnout and Threat State Brains

September 18, 2024 10:33 am Published by Comments Off on Why Organisations Should Care About Burnout and Threat State Brains

By Sonya Hughes & Justin Miles Lately we’ve been exploring, burnout and the prevalence of “threat state brain”. These are... View Article


The Four As of Personal Reflection

July 18, 2023 11:15 am Published by Comments Off on The Four As of Personal Reflection

 “I will keep constant watch over myself and, most usefully, will put each day up for review.” Epictetus Humans have... View Article


The Four As of Mutual Obligation

July 3, 2023 10:19 am Published by Comments Off on The Four As of Mutual Obligation

Too many meetings without decisions? People taking too many things ‘offline’? People feeling micro-managed yet execs say people aren’t making... View Article


Did we learn anything about Succession Management by watching Succession?

June 2, 2023 11:35 am Published by Comments Off on Did we learn anything about Succession Management by watching Succession?

Warning: this article contains spoilers for those people watching the TV show Succession, and for those organisations that aren’t practicing... View Article


A Re-think on the Great Resignation

February 4, 2022 11:44 am Published by Comments Off on A Re-think on the Great Resignation

In November 2021 in the US, something like 4.5 million employees resigned from their jobs. Another headline for a phenomenon... View Article


Talent budgets are tight. Lets get back to basics.

October 26, 2021 10:41 am Published by Comments Off on Talent budgets are tight. Lets get back to basics.

Many HR teams are winning high praise for the role they have played in keeping their organisations functioning through COVID-19.... View Article