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12 months they get an extra week.”
One day a year the workplace stops
and the time is devoted to health
and wellbeing with dentists, skin
and eye doctors coming on site and
lectures and workshops on things
like depression and stress. On top
of that, there are generous bonuses
for performance – needless to say
a high proportion of staff qualify.
Clock-watching is a thing of
the past. Working from home is
allowed in many circumstances
- the organisation will pay set
up and maintenance costs to
equip the employee’s home with
all the devices and connectivity
to intranets and website
business portals they need.
A key aspect of this
transformation is the growth of the
popularity of the Australian Open
overseas, particularly in China.
Tiley explains: “To ensure that we
fully embrace the opportunities
of global growth we have opened
up several international offices
including in Europe and Hong
Kong which will allow us to focus
on engaging local markets and
forming strong strategic and
commercial partnerships.”
Growing the game
This year there were no Australians
left after the first week of
Wimbledon, but Craig Tiley is
not despondent. The tradition
speaks for itself and that evening
he was at the annual TA barbecue
celebrating 30 years since Pat
Cash took the title and 50 since
John Newcombe’s success. “The
challenge today is there are many
more nations playing the sport
“I am proud that the
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
is considered the
MOST SUCCESSFUL
AND BIGGEST
SPORTING EVENT
IN AUSTRALIA,
and is right up
there globally”
– Craig Tiley, CEO
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