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Lavish end-of-year parties made way for “Bring ‘n Braais” at the local park. Your “Christmas bonus”? A job to go back to in January. Salary raises this year are rarer than the strains of “We Are The Champions” in a Melbourne bar… 2009 is going to be rough. It’s going to take endurance and optimism. It’s going to take PLUCK.

“What The Pluck?!” is a workshop designed to lift spirits and transform fear-driven responses to the current economic threat and uncertainty. People and teams learn strategies for coping and skills for succeeding when the going gets tough.

Journalist Philip Delves Broughton disarms the greatest business school of them all… So, will reading his book really save you two years and the expense of an MBA?

We spent some time on the beach with Malcolm Gladwell’s latest bestseller, Outliers. The author of the highly acclaimed The Tipping Point and Blink is bound to be quoted ad infinitum but before you get outraged or depressed about the arbitrariness of life and its effect on your success…

The November 2008 issue of PICA award-winning magazine Leadership featured an article written by PLA’s Louise Parr and Nic Lamond. Are You Smart Enough To Lead? The article explores the critical importance of emotional intelligence (EQ) in the modern leader, especially as we face a challenging and uncertain future.

To download the full pdf article click here.

2008 brought huge change for our business, most significantly with the addition of two new partners, Laura James and Nic Lamond. They both add valuable corporate experience to PLA’s consulting expertise and have injected new vigour and energy into the business.

For the complete low-down on all four of PLA’s partners, click here.

Welcome to Parr Lamond & Associates’s revamped website. Late last year Greenteabag Design set about turning our vision for a new online presence into binary reality. We are very excited about the new site. We believe it captures our approach to organisation development through its clear, intuitive and thoughtful design. Please email us any feedback on the new site. Now go take a look around…