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  • What I'm listening to this month

    by Megan Purcell
    What I’m listening to right now:

  • What's hot on my reading list

    by Megan Purcell
    What I’ve read this month: 1.    One of the brightest sparks in my fortnight is when the Future Crunch newsletter lands in my inbox. Future Crunch...

  • On failure

    by Megan Purcell
    Some recent realisations I've had on professional failure after yes, I copped what I felt was a pretty big one in my military career. I found them ...
    Posted in leadership, small business

  • The gladhanding *could* do you some good

    by Megan Purcell
    One of the interesting ‘inside’ aspects of politics is the process of organizing those visits you see on TV. You know the ones – where the pollie i...
    Posted in auspol, corporate affairs, government relations, lobbying, politics

  • Announcing: webinar

    by Megan Purcell
    I'm following up my presentation at the Australian Regional Development Conference today with a little webinar featuring my six top tools to access...
    Posted in auspol, corporate affairs, local government, regional development, webinar

  • The five lessons I've learnt from a year in business

    by Megan Purcell
    It’s coming up on a year since I took the plunge and went out on my own. I’ve built a team with the lovely Matt Evans, worked with some phenomenal ...
    Posted in corporate affairs, small business

  • Please, disagree with me

    by Megan Purcell
    Post election, a close friend was talking to me recently about political accountability. The 24 hour media cycle has made many of our pollies so te...
    Posted in auspol, corporate affairs, government relations

  • Government partnerships in a new policy world

    by Megan Purcell
    Last week I made some predictions on the election and boy was I wrong. I’d guessed Labor to pick up six-odd Coalition seats – not a whitewash, bu...
    Posted in auspol, corporate affairs, government relations, politics

  • Three reasons lobbying is a dying art

    by Megan Purcell
    Lobbying is a dying industry. I said this last week and I know it might upset some of my friends in the industry (sorry not sorry) – but I firmly b...
    Posted in auspol, corporate affairs, government relations, lobbying, politics