Why do some colleagues think best in meetings while others need time to process? Learn the three brain types that drive workplace communication and discover five proven strategies to improve team collaboration and decision making.

Engagement, a cornerstone of communication, is critical in the workplace for fostering positive relationships and ultimately, achieving better business outcomes. Yet, if I had a dollar for every resume claiming “I’m a great communicator,” I’d be well on my way to retirement. The reality is that many people struggle with one fundamental aspect of communication - true engagement. 

Why? Because we don’t know how to listen.

Sparrowly Group’s Giovanna Lever shares her tips to mastering deep and long lasting engagement.

So many think that culture is about free lunches, ping pong and setting up social committees. But, it’s more than that. It’s the care and consideration we put around the needs of each team member to thrive and it goes beyond the surface level perks of dinners and team offsites. Sparrowly Group's Managing Director Giovanna Lever shares her take on culture and the practices that she follows daily to drive a collaborative and positive culture.

Have you ever wondered how AI could transform your professional life? Could it be the game-changer you’ve been waiting for, or is it just another overhyped technology? In this piece, Sparrowly Group’s Federico Moreno shares some key messages and considerations about using AI to it’s potential without sacrificing human oversight and intelligence.

The 2024-25 Federal Budget has been handed down, and it’s drawing mixed reaction and debate about the market-shaping approach of the Future Made in Australia Act. Sparrowly Group’s Federico Moreno unpacks these perspectives and as well as the implications of the Act in the context of a highly competitive global economy racing towards net zero.

Submitting an award application is an amazing opportunity to get the recognition you deserve. Sparrowly Group’s Justine Sinclair shares her top 10 steps to being award ready so you can demonstrate your strengths and achievements.

Discussions of whether or not one type of impact analysis - economic, social, or environmental - deserve precedence over the other are ill-founded and miss the fact that all three are necessary to inform good decision making and each other.

That said, economic analysis carries obvious advantages, being a robust way to weigh the impacts between different physical, financial, and subjective intangible effects for individual people, and then weight the balance of those effects between people. That dollars are only a convenient, but arbitrary, yardstick of relative preferences and therefore well-being is aside to the actual aims of economic analysis. Albeit one often poorly explained by economists, and therefore, commonly misunderstood by non-economists through no fault of their own.

Sparowly Group’s Senior Economist, Sam Miller provides a explainer to help demystify misperceptions.

We as a society are moving into a new era of advancement, but one thing is for sure, if we don’t remain truly connected, we will never be truly connected; never be truly fulfilled. Sparrowly Group’s Giovanna Lever shares how she recognises and captures those micro moments to create meaningful connections and moments in life.

Grant writing can be daunting but it doesn’t have to be. Sparrowly Group’s Naomi Farrelly shares her grant writing tips to help you put your best foot forward.

Perfectionism is unfortunately more common than we realise and resides in many of us. Sparrowly Group’s Giovanna Lever explores how it affects her as a leader and strategies she has implemented to overcome perfectionism and embrace growth.

My kids were her absolute motivation to take the plunge, start Sparrowly Group and become the maker of her own destiny. And, a lot has happened in 8 years. It’s not just Giovanna any more. Today, Sparrowly Group is a team of 7 individuals, all with unique, yet, complementary skills.

As we now move into our 9th year of business, Managing Director, Giovanna Lever wanted to share her 8 learnings with aspiring or current business owners.

In a world that thrives with human connection, why do we design our houses to live at the back of them? As we look towards optimising the natural assets of our towns and cities and building better public spaces to connect for residents and visitors, how can we take that same energy and better connect the streets we live in? Sparrowly Group’s Giovanna Lever provides solutions to connecting communities closer to home.

The recent rise of chat-based AI assistants, such as ChatGPT, has sparked a lot of discussion about their potential impact on knowledge workers. If you’re a knowledge worker and you’re still not convinced, read on…

Sparrowly Group Owner and Managing Director, Giovanna Lever shares her strategies on how she maintains a positive mindset for business and personal success.

Your business accountant is a critical partner in running a successful business. Sparrowly Group invited Select Accounting to share insights into what makes a good accountant.

Sparrowly Group’s Managing Director, Giovanna Lever shares how she has continued to apply the 5% to the business and in life, and how it has helped maintain focus as the world adapts to a new normal.

While many businesses are adopting funnel and automated marketing programs, what happens when there is a mismatch with customer experience?

Giovanna Lever provides her insights as to why advocating for your team is integral in leadership for the business and the most importantly, the team.

Sparrowly Group’s, Giovanna Lever shares her views on the pitfalls of many businesses today in lazy sales and why playing the long game and care is so critical.