Melbourne Business Awards

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GALA AWARDS BREAKFAST EVENT

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. 

Melbourne Business Awards

Guest Speaker: Melinda Walker

Networking from 6.30am, formal proceedings begin @ 7am

As well as heralding a fresh start to the business year, January 1st also saw the ushering in of new legislation to tackle the vexed issue of workplace bullying. It is a problem that should challenge all of us who are responsible not only for ensuring business success but also for our staff, the people who help ensure our businesses are successful.

With this in mind, our first breakfast on Friday, February 21st we will be hearing from guest speaker, Melinda Walker, a specialist in Organisational Behaviour, Bullying Prevention and Leadership. Melinda will unpack key aspects of the workplace bullying legislation and challenge us to think about how we should approach such a sensitive topic in our own work environments. www.melindawalker.com.au

Remarkable People

Melinda Walker specialises in Organisational Behaviour, Bullying Prevention and Leadership.

For 20 years Melinda worked in real estate with a range of different people, some resourceful and others not so. This experience taught her that intimidation tactics or bullying often resulted in poor performance and lack of stability amongst the team and the organization.

Since real estate Melinda moved on to studied extensively to enhance her understanding of people and team dynamics and why some organizations consistently achieve and others fall miserably behind - noticing that the biggest gap between these organizations came down to 3 main things- Attitude, Respect and Communication.

Through her compnay Melinda's aim is to teach her clients how to have greater respect for each other, and how to communicate in a way that doesn’t require intimidation or bullying. By working with and around people’s differences individuals learn to further enhance their strengths and their capabilities for the betterment of the team and the organization.

When people learn to work to their strengths there is less micro-managing required for the leader as well as less staff frustration and despondency. The more a person learns to enhance their strengths the more effective they will be in the workplace and the more they will work together collectively as a team.