This afternoon will be the final class of the Commercial Radio Course at Swinburne University. It will bring to a close 24 years of a course that has provided over 350 graduates.
It also will be the last class in the course for the man who has been there right from the very start Jim Barbour (left). I’ve had the pleasure of being a student of the course (2005) and also working alongside Jim for the past six years in delivering the program.
Having the opportunity to work closely with Jim has given me a greater understanding of why he is held in such high regard within the radio industry and beyond.
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Thursday, 01 November 2012 02:30 Category: Leadership
Anthony Wight (Wighty) is the General Manager of Prime Radio's Mackay stations 4MK and Zinc FM.
Today he writes about a new beginning for his stations...
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Wednesday, 18 July 2012 06:00 Category: Leadership
Gareth Aldis is the Director of Thinksmart Development and works across across a variety of industries, both in Australia and internationally.
He writes today about 'dealing with objections'
I don’t like the sound of that format? This creative doesn’t feel right? Your price is too high?
Sound familiar? How does it make you feel?
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Sunday, 24 June 2012 09:00 Category: Leadership
Cam Barber is a professional speaker and CEO of Vivid Learning, who conduct Presentation Training, Message Consulting and Media Training.
Cam has conducted workshops with some major companies including Walt Disney, Fox Sports, the Hawthorn Hawks Football Club and Telstra.
If you are in a leadership position at any level in radio (or any industry), or if you wish to develop as a leader - you need to be able to present and speak confidently and clearly.
Today, Cam writes on developing 'poise' as a speaker.
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Thursday, 21 June 2012 06:00 Category: Leadership
Rob McCasker is a former radio programmer and now freelance writer.
It’s good to laugh. Many of mine have come from radio station general managers. Like the one who tried to negotiate weather into my salary; “Mate this sunshine is worth 20 grand a year”. He was serious, and so was I when I said I’d rather be paid in real dollars than solar energy.
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Monday, 18 June 2012 07:00 Category: Leadership
Gareth Aldis is the Director of Thinksmart Development and works across across a variety of industries, both in Australia and internationally.
He writes today about the power of mentoring.
Your radio station is constantly changing, another re-structure announcement, new programming format, clients coming and going, colleagues in and out, your Manager is too busy keeping on top of everything going on in the business to have ‘real’ time for you, and you can’t even remember the last time you attended any company paid training – Does any of this sound familiar to you?
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Saturday, 02 June 2012 22:00 Category: Leadership
Wade Kingsley is Ideas Director at DMG Radio Melbourne
Fun watching the Labor Party implode isn’t it? Well it’s not really great for government, but it makes good news copy and hopefully drives up cume for radio!
But all the pretty vile public mudslinging did get me thinking about leadership and how important it is in today’s commercial radio environment.
I love the quote ‘you can’t be a leader without followers’. Sadly this is where KRudd went from the dizzying heights of a Kevin’07 victory, to being thrown out of the back of a moving car in 2010.
When it comes to assessing how your team are responding to your leadership, here are some things to think about.
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Saturday, 25 February 2012 07:00 Category: Leadership
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