top of page

Search
I Want to Give Back
Ex bankers, high profile politicians and the business elite are eyeing off Australia’s social care sector as a soft landing place for...
Marika Kontellis
May 1, 20171 min read
Keeping the human in human services
In a context where strategy, market position and customer acquisition dominate Board Room and Staff Kitchen Room discussions, the human...
Marika Kontellis
Aug 4, 20161 min read
Great Workplaces
I was leading a session with senior staff and Board members recently about the need for workplace culture reform. The newly appointed CEO...
Marika Kontellis
Jul 25, 20162 min read
Women Rule in Social Care
Every now and again I am reminded that the business of “social care” really is women’s work. It shouldn’t be, as women do not have a...
Marika Kontellis
Mar 11, 20162 min read
Let’s Get Strategic
For many years, our funders required us to have strategic plans; not so we could follow them not measure the effectiveness of what we...
Marika Kontellis
Feb 17, 20162 min read
What did we learn from 2015?
Learning Number One – A new Brand and Marketing Plan isn’t the answer When the going gets tough, it seems social care organisations get...
Marika Kontellis
Dec 17, 20152 min read
Business Models of Tomorrow: The Concept of Risk
With so much talk about change, NDIS, person-centred planning, strategy, planning and the like, one of the core concepts that has been...
Marika Kontellis
Dec 6, 20153 min read
bottom of page