The continuing shift in focus from Australia’s manufacturing heritage to an expanding service-based business economy will be reflected in the introduction of a new Melbourne Business Awards category in 2016.
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To help launch the 24th year of the Melbourne Business Awards, we’re delighted to announce Matt Finnis, CEO of St Kilda Football Club, as our guest speaker for the first breakfast of the year on Friday, March 4th.
As the Saints return to their spiritual home in Moorabbin, Matt will be speaking about the cultural change the club has undergone in recent times and its focus on re-igniting a sense of ‘belonging’ and ‘community’ – two values that the Melbourne Business Awards hold dearly.
It’s fair to say sport runs thick through Matt’s blood. As well as the day-to-day running of the St Kilda Football Club, Matt has previously been CEO of the AFL Players’ Association, Chairman of Ladder – an AFL Players charitable initiative to tackle youth homelessness, and beyond footy is also a director of Surfing Australia.
Matt was born and raised within the city of Kingston and still lives locally with his wife and three children. We look forward to welcoming Matt to the stage and hearing the Saints story.
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Special Guest Speaker:
Matt Finnis, CEO St Kilda Football Club
Along with our first two Buiness of the Year Award Nominees:
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Read More...Embracing changes & building morale in the work place - Lessons from one Paralympian on the imperative of a positive attitude
Guest Speaker - Don Elgin, Paralympic Champion
The business of keeping industry leaders and their workforces motivated is one thing that drives former Paralympic athlete Don Elgin. Born without the lower part of his left leg, Don has defied adversity his entire life, ultimately representing Australia in athletics events at four World Championships, three Paralympics Games and the Commonwealth Games.
Today, as a business owner himself Don tackles the challenges and changes that confront company leaders in lifting morale and motivating their workforces. “The importance and power of a positive attitude is something that needs constant attention,” says Don, founder and director of StarAmp Global, a boutique sports management agency.
Join us on July 17th to hear how Don approaches the challenge and opportunity of motivating teams for better business and the greater good. Book online today at www.melbournebusinssawards.com.au.
Don is living proof that with the right attitude, anything is possible. Having excelled in elite sport and mixed it with some of the biggest names in the film industry, he will take us behind the scenes on his extraordinary journey from little bush battler to world-beater!
The Melbourne Business Awards hold five Breakfast events during each calendar year, which attract between 130 and 180+ business professionals from small, medium and large businesses, as well as corporate leaders and entrepreneurs. Each Breakfast features networking opportunities, local business nominee presentations and a topical keynote speaker from the business, political or sporting sectors.
These Breakfast events enable the Melbourne Business Awards to showcase our award nominees to the South East Region business community, whilst networking with like-minded business people
The Award: Nomination for the annual "Business of the Year" Award Winner are open from January to September each year. From all nomination 8 Award Nominees are chosen via a committee and selection process. At each of the Breakfasts throughout the year, 2 of these Award Nominees present to the audience and broadly outline the secrets behind their success. During the final Gala Breakfast at the end of the Year the "Business of the Year" Award Winner is announced.
In 2015 the Breakfasts events will be held on the following Fridays at the Woodlands Golf Course in Mordialloc:
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With Christmas fast approaching, it is time to reflect on 2014 as we seek to recognise and reward outstanding and diverse businesses across our dynamic patch of southeast Melbourne.
From bayside to Braeside, we’re celebrating manufacturers that have forged new ground and own their niches; from food companies with humble suburban beginnings to businesses that have built success overseas as much as at home.
Join us for our annual awards Gala breakfast on December 5th and help us applaud Australian and Victorian enterprise at its very best. As well as awarding the Business of the Year title, we’ll be rewarding those companies and individuals that showcase their leadership potential when it comes to empowering young employees.
And guest speaker Andrew Fuller, a psychologist and scientific adviser to the ABC TV series Whatever: the science of teens, will also provide some fresh perspective on how to “Deal with Tricky People” in a workforce context.
To avoid disappointment, book your seat today!
Networking from 6.30am, formal proceedings begin @ 7am.
The Award: Nomination for the annual "Business of the Year" Award Winner are open from January to September each year. From all nomination 8 Award Nominees are chosen via a committee and selection process. At each of the Breakfasts throughout the year, 2 of these Award Nominees present to the audience and broadly outline the secrets behind their success. During the final Gala Breakfast at the end of the Year the "Business of the Year" Award Winner is announced.
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Guest Speaker: Alex Commins, Managing Director of Colorpak
SURVIVING CHALLENGES TO THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR
Lessons for all businesses and bucking the bad news story trend
When manufacturing minnow Colorpak (www.colorpak.com.au) swallowed an industry giant in 2010, it was billed as an industry game-changer and, not unexpectedly, came with numerous challenges.
The mid-tier industrial packaging player’s acquisition of Carter Holt Harvey’s folding carton operations was a bold move at a time when manufacturing was feeling more than the pinch.
Job losses and site closures followed as Colorpak restructured to improve its competitive position, further fuelling the negative headlines about the death of Australian manufacturing.
Yet, shareholder returns of 120%; 9-12% growth year on year; a doubling of operational capacity underline a success story that combines the mantras, ‘survival of the fittest’ and ‘who dares wins’.
Join us at our July breakfast to hear Alex Commins, Managing Director of Colorpak (2004 winner of the Business of the Year), as he expands on the challenge of surviving seismic shocks to the manufacturing sector and the lessons for all types of businesses.
Networking from 6.30am, formal proceedings begin @ 7am.
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