TMS CONSULTING ARTICLES & PAPERS
The Experience of Inexperience: An explorative review of the impacts of an inexperienced workforce
In a 2012 report from Queensland Mines and Quarries it was recognised that the yearly increase in high potential incidents (i.e. incidents that could cause major loss or a fatality) was reasonably...
Date: 20/05/2013
In a 2012 report from Queensland Mines and Quarries it was recognised that the yearly increase in high potential incidents (i.e. incidents that could cause major loss or a fatality) was reasonably...
Date: 20/05/2013
Performance Leadership: How to strategically unlock the potential of your team and organisation
Organisations across all industries now view leadership as a key enabler of organisational performance and competitive advantage. The vast majority of organisations are investing a significant amount...
Date: 08/05/2013
Organisations across all industries now view leadership as a key enabler of organisational performance and competitive advantage. The vast majority of organisations are investing a significant amount...
Date: 08/05/2013
Staffing Trends: A Changing Recruitment Market in Australia
Up until a few years ago, it was still the case that recruitment agencies were a key source of employment opportunities for the majority of professionals in Australia, particularly in the...
Date: 21/04/2013
Up until a few years ago, it was still the case that recruitment agencies were a key source of employment opportunities for the majority of professionals in Australia, particularly in the...
Date: 21/04/2013
Fatigue and Your Workplace - An infographic by TMS Consulting
Fatigue is a significant contributor to workplace incidents, accidents and deaths in workplaces across Australia and as a management consulting firm that specialises in Fatigue Management, TMS...
Date: 12/04/2013
Fatigue is a significant contributor to workplace incidents, accidents and deaths in workplaces across Australia and as a management consulting firm that specialises in Fatigue Management, TMS...
Date: 12/04/2013
Fatigue and Burnout in Disaster Response Volunteers
The number of worldwide disasters has increased more than four fold in the last 40 years (World Disaster Report, 2011). In Australia, the number of natural disasters such as raging bushfires,...
Date: 09/04/2013
The number of worldwide disasters has increased more than four fold in the last 40 years (World Disaster Report, 2011). In Australia, the number of natural disasters such as raging bushfires,...
Date: 09/04/2013
Road Safety and Mobile Workforces
This whitepaper will provide a brief overview of the mobile nature of modern Australian organisations, with a particular focus on resource industries that utilise highly mobile drive-in/drive-out...
Date: 19/03/2013
This whitepaper will provide a brief overview of the mobile nature of modern Australian organisations, with a particular focus on resource industries that utilise highly mobile drive-in/drive-out...
Date: 19/03/2013
Simplifying and Embracing Not-For-Profit Sector Reform
This paper on not-for-profit reform has been prepared within the context of government social policy in areas such as health, disability services, homelessness, workforce participation and education....
Date: 26/02/2013
This paper on not-for-profit reform has been prepared within the context of government social policy in areas such as health, disability services, homelessness, workforce participation and education....
Date: 26/02/2013
Safety Culture: From Awareness to Commitment
Major accidents are frequently traced to failures in safety management systems. Even when significant effort has gone into perfecting these systems, they remain fallible. It is largely for this...
Date: 15/02/2013
Major accidents are frequently traced to failures in safety management systems. Even when significant effort has gone into perfecting these systems, they remain fallible. It is largely for this...
Date: 15/02/2013
Staffing Trends: Signs of Life in the Queensland Employment Market
After a number of months topping the unemployment statistics nationally, Queensland’s employment market has started 2013 with modest growth, with figures released by the state’s Office of...
Date: 17/02/2013
After a number of months topping the unemployment statistics nationally, Queensland’s employment market has started 2013 with modest growth, with figures released by the state’s Office of...
Date: 17/02/2013
Workforce Planning when Downsizing
Workforce planning is a crucial element of ensuring business success, especially in large organisations. Unfortunately, it can be a forgotten task during a time of downsizing, yet this can be when it...
Date: 16/01/2013
Workforce planning is a crucial element of ensuring business success, especially in large organisations. Unfortunately, it can be a forgotten task during a time of downsizing, yet this can be when it...
Date: 16/01/2013
Stay safe on the roads this Christmas – Remember to Stop, Revive and Survive
The holiday season typically brings with it much love, joy, and happiness. Spending quality time with family and friends and spending time away from work can be just the catalyst needed to unwind...
Date: 11/12/2012
The holiday season typically brings with it much love, joy, and happiness. Spending quality time with family and friends and spending time away from work can be just the catalyst needed to unwind...
Date: 11/12/2012
Staffing Trends: Festive cheer in short supply but jobs growth predicted from mid 2013
In recent months there has been extensive coverage in the press predicting a slowdown in the labour market in Australia, with a range of issues from cuts in government spending, the perceived end of...
Date: 26/11/2012
Author: Kevan Sangster, Recruitment Manager
In recent months there has been extensive coverage in the press predicting a slowdown in the labour market in Australia, with a range of issues from cuts in government spending, the perceived end of...
Date: 26/11/2012
Author: Kevan Sangster, Recruitment Manager
Fatigue Management - The Next Steps and Industry Safety
Whilst fatigue is recognised as a significant contributor to incidents in the mining and transport industries, an initial review undertaken by TMS Consulting (TMS) in 2011 found that there are...
Date: 22/10/2012
Author: Helen Wood, Managing Director
Whilst fatigue is recognised as a significant contributor to incidents in the mining and transport industries, an initial review undertaken by TMS Consulting (TMS) in 2011 found that there are...
Date: 22/10/2012
Author: Helen Wood, Managing Director
Unlocking the door to successful regulatory reform
Regulatory Reform is not just a good idea, it’s a necessity for a public service that is facing budgetary constraints paired with increasing community demand for services. This paper discusses...
Date: 08/12/2011
Author: Natasha Corbin, Senior Consultant
Regulatory Reform is not just a good idea, it’s a necessity for a public service that is facing budgetary constraints paired with increasing community demand for services. This paper discusses...
Date: 08/12/2011
Author: Natasha Corbin, Senior Consultant
Staffing Trends : A focus on the Human Resources – the new growth sector?
With recent government statistics indicating a predicted rise in demand for Human Resource professionals over the next 5 years, TMS explores the reasons behind this prediction and discusses whether...
Date: 06/09/2012
Author: Kevan Sangster, Recruitment Manager
With recent government statistics indicating a predicted rise in demand for Human Resource professionals over the next 5 years, TMS explores the reasons behind this prediction and discusses whether...
Date: 06/09/2012
Author: Kevan Sangster, Recruitment Manager
Workforce planning won’t save you
Whilst the concept of workforce planning is not new by any means, implementation and optimisation of workforce planning can sometimes be low on the organisational agenda. This can be due to several...
Date: 04/09/2012
Author: Natasha Corbin, Senior Consultant
Whilst the concept of workforce planning is not new by any means, implementation and optimisation of workforce planning can sometimes be low on the organisational agenda. This can be due to several...
Date: 04/09/2012
Author: Natasha Corbin, Senior Consultant
The Psychology of Risk - Understand your risk appetite and improve business decision making
Understand your risk appetite and improve business decision making What is your organisation’s appetite for risk? What is your willingness to accept or avert risks? What are your motivators...
Date: 05/09/2012
Author: Malcolm Lawson, Senior Consultant
Understand your risk appetite and improve business decision making What is your organisation’s appetite for risk? What is your willingness to accept or avert risks? What are your motivators...
Date: 05/09/2012
Author: Malcolm Lawson, Senior Consultant
Workforce Productivity: Presenteeism and its impact on safety and organisational health
Is Presenteeism an issue in your workplace? Did you know that Presenteeism (i.e. present but less than fully productive) is between four to seven times more costly than absenteeism? Recent studies...
Date: 26/06/2012
Author: Malcolm Lawson
Is Presenteeism an issue in your workplace? Did you know that Presenteeism (i.e. present but less than fully productive) is between four to seven times more costly than absenteeism? Recent studies...
Date: 26/06/2012
Author: Malcolm Lawson
Staffing Trends – A buyers market in Queensland?
In amongst low unemployment and an ongoing ‘War for Talent’ in specific industries across Australia, the election of a new LNP government in Queensland has altered the job market paradigm...
Date: 26/06/2012
Author: Kevan Sangster
In amongst low unemployment and an ongoing ‘War for Talent’ in specific industries across Australia, the election of a new LNP government in Queensland has altered the job market paradigm...
Date: 26/06/2012
Author: Kevan Sangster
Virtual and Remote Team Management
A virtual or “geographically dispersed team” is a group of individuals brought together by information technologies to accomplish organizational goals and tasks who work across time,...
Date: 26/06/2012
A virtual or “geographically dispersed team” is a group of individuals brought together by information technologies to accomplish organizational goals and tasks who work across time,...
Date: 26/06/2012
Still a tough market for skilled labour?
Despite the headwinds of the European debt crisis and the predicted slowdown of our main export market in China, the Australian job market is showing resilience, which raises the question – how...
Date: 24/04/2012
Author: Kevan Sangster
Despite the headwinds of the European debt crisis and the predicted slowdown of our main export market in China, the Australian job market is showing resilience, which raises the question – how...
Date: 24/04/2012
Author: Kevan Sangster
A New Government Means Change
What are the lessons for optimising recent changes to the Queensland Public Sector?When Machinery of Government (MoG) changes occur, a window of opportunity for genuine renewal opens and the...
Date: 17/04/2012
Author: Helen Wood, Managing Director
What are the lessons for optimising recent changes to the Queensland Public Sector?When Machinery of Government (MoG) changes occur, a window of opportunity for genuine renewal opens and the...
Date: 17/04/2012
Author: Helen Wood, Managing Director
Managing Projects to Realise Benefits
Given the significant, and at times ongoing, investment in infrastructure and capability, most public initiatives have an obligation to ensure that value for money is delivered. Gaining positive...
Date: 19/02/2012
Author: Anup Takle, Executive Director
Given the significant, and at times ongoing, investment in infrastructure and capability, most public initiatives have an obligation to ensure that value for money is delivered. Gaining positive...
Date: 19/02/2012
Author: Anup Takle, Executive Director
Fatigue and its Relationship to Cycle Length
Roster design and work schedules, if poorly designed or managed ineffectively, are associated with a variety of psychosocial and physiological problems that can affect the health and well-being of...
Date: 30/11/2011
Author: Helen Wood, Managing Director
Roster design and work schedules, if poorly designed or managed ineffectively, are associated with a variety of psychosocial and physiological problems that can affect the health and well-being of...
Date: 30/11/2011
Author: Helen Wood, Managing Director
Successful Change Management
The clichés about change abound."The only thing that's certain aside from death and taxes ..." "The only thing that's changing about change is the speed ..."The reality is that all...
Author: Helen Wood, Managing Director
The clichés about change abound."The only thing that's certain aside from death and taxes ..." "The only thing that's changing about change is the speed ..."The reality is that all...
Author: Helen Wood, Managing Director
Teams that work
Many of us have spent considerable time working in teams. When we reflect, most can recall at least one team experience that sparkled more than others - a team that felt great to be part of, and...
Author: Helen Wood, Managing Director
Many of us have spent considerable time working in teams. When we reflect, most can recall at least one team experience that sparkled more than others - a team that felt great to be part of, and...
Author: Helen Wood, Managing Director
Networking - Ancient Science or Modern Art?
Networking is one of those terms that either strikes fear into those that don't know its benefits, or it will be seen as a great opportunity by those that have mastered the key skills needed to make...
Author: Steven Henderson
Networking is one of those terms that either strikes fear into those that don't know its benefits, or it will be seen as a great opportunity by those that have mastered the key skills needed to make...
Author: Steven Henderson
Gung Ho! How to motivate people in any organisation
Ken Blanchard and Sheldon BowlesA book review by Kristyna MeehanGung Ho! is a simply written book with important messages. It is based on the wisdom passed down from a Native American man to his...
Author: Kristyna Meehan
Ken Blanchard and Sheldon BowlesA book review by Kristyna MeehanGung Ho! is a simply written book with important messages. It is based on the wisdom passed down from a Native American man to his...
Author: Kristyna Meehan
Innovative Approach to Competition
This article was published in Soaring Australia Magazine, December 2007. Please note this is a scan from the magazine and may take a few moments to load (2.4MB) //
Date: 30/11/2007
Author: Ralph Henderson and Helen Woo
This article was published in Soaring Australia Magazine, December 2007. Please note this is a scan from the magazine and may take a few moments to load (2.4MB) //
Date: 30/11/2007
Author: Ralph Henderson and Helen Woo
Crucial Conversations
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMilland and Al Switzler have recently written Crucial Conversations, Tools for Talking When Stakes are High. The foreword is by Stephen R. Covey.Their focus is...
Author: Kristyna Meehan
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMilland and Al Switzler have recently written Crucial Conversations, Tools for Talking When Stakes are High. The foreword is by Stephen R. Covey.Their focus is...
Author: Kristyna Meehan
Employee’s Survival Guide to Change
Change management is an important (but often misunderstood) component of modern organisations. In previous generations, organisational change was slow, but in today’s world of globilisation,...
Author: Book review by Helen Wood
Change management is an important (but often misunderstood) component of modern organisations. In previous generations, organisational change was slow, but in today’s world of globilisation,...
Author: Book review by Helen Wood
Hot Topic - Regulatory Reform
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Date: 12/07/2012
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Date: 12/07/2012
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