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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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