Stefan Gassner

Equality as part of the Employee Value Proposition

Promoting equality in the workplace is not just an ethical responsibility but for my journey, it has been a strategic necessity. This is our second secret ingredient in winning the AFR BOSS Best Places to Work Award in the Professional Services category (read about our first ingredient ‘Curating challenges to drive staff engagement’). By fostering an inclusive and equitable environment, I noticed we were able to significantly enhance staff engagement, leading to big benefits in increased productivity, innovation, and employee satisfaction. The journey toward true equality requires commitment, continuous effort, and a willingness to address challenges head-on. However, the rewards—both…

Crafting challenges in the workplace to drive motivation

I was wondering ‘what can I do as a leader in our business to encourage self-determination, an active development mindset across the business, and an approach that allows everyone to be genuinely deliberately developmental?’, the answer became clear…we need to ensure staff can challenge themselves in ways that motivate them as well as drive our business strategy.

Procurement Functional Maturity Assessment – how do you measure up?

Grosvenor’s Procurement Functional Maturity Assessment gives you an independent view of where you stand. You’ll receive a clear, actionable summary of how your function compares and what to focus on next.

Procurement Maturity Assessment

What is your team’s procurement maturity level?

Are you already established? Perhaps emerging? Or you aren’t sure? Based on Grosvenor’s Australian procurement research, we have developed a system to define the level of your team’s procurement maturity.

Governance and Assurance and how to amplify effective governance

What is the relationship between assurance and governance? Assurance promotes good governance and fosters public trust by ensuring that operations are transparent and aligned with strategic goals.

Transforming Evaluations from Reports to Results

To truly harness the power of evaluations, organisations must shift their perspective from viewing these reports as endpoints to considering them as starting points for transformation and growth. By setting clear objectives and aligning evaluation outcomes with organisational goals, companies can create a seamless transition from insights to action.

Post Evaluation Playbook

Evaluation reports are often not used to their full potential, meaning all the time, effort and cost invested in conducting the evaluation was somewhat wasteful. The Post Evaluation Playbook presents the foundations of good post-evaluation practice providing advice on how to make sure your evaluation turns into a purposeful pathway for growth.

The distinguishing factor between high and low maturity procurement teams is….

The results of our research weren’t a complete surprise to us as we have been seeing more and more evidence that it is the soft skills rather than the technical skills that count in modern day procurement functions.

Are your stakeholders happy? How to improve stakeholder satisfaction

63% of respondents to our research indicated that their stakeholders are “somewhat happy” or “very happy” with the way that the procurement function works in their organisation. How do you further improve stakeholder satisfaction?

How to level-up your procurement maturity

From our latest annual procurement research, Stronger Together, we know what it takes to level up the maturity of your procurement team or your whole procurement function. And the results may surprise you! It is not the way you negotiate with suppliers. So what is it?

AI adoption by procurement teams

70% of teams we researched in 2024 said that they do not use AI in document creation and 63% say they do not use AI in any other form. It is fair to say that AI has not been adopted widely by Australian procurement teams. But is that about to change?

The secret to the success of better practice procurement teams

In Grosvenor’s Annual Procurement study, Stronger Together – The secret to the success of better practice procurement teams – we looked at what makes the difference between a highly mature procurement function and those who are less mature. How mature is your procurement team?