Archive of Leadership

Future of the Workforce: Where Change and Opportunity Converge

The amount of change in our world and the rate of acceleration with which it is increasing, is exciting. Social, technology, workforce, workplaces, leadership, HR... everything is being reinvented. The old saying, "If it ain't broke then don't fix it," no longer applies. Now, leaders and executive teams are not only expected to be ahead of the curve, they need to be if they are to remain competitive.

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Leadership in the Age of Ideas

Two hundred years ago, leaders were responsible for building the most productive and efficient farms. With industrialisation, they became responsible for building the most productive and efficient factories. Today, leaders are responsible for coming up with the most compelling and contagious ideas. And ideas are a risky business.

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Leadership and Life’s Little Luxuries: Are you rubbing your employees’ noses in it?

Last week I received a call from prospective client who was struggling with a high staff turnover. He pleaded with me to help him stem the outflow. He is a small manufacturer that sells his products largely through distributors. I arranged to visit his offices in the Eastern suburbs the next day.

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The Change Strategy Rots from the Change Leader Down

It is sometimes uncomfortable to step back and reflect on the environment you create as a leader, however it is essential to understand your impact because people experience you from your behaviour and actions, not what you intend to say, think and feel.

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26Nov2009

Are You Praising Your Employees?

Smart Company has reported on a new survey involving 3,053 employees that found that 62% of employees believe their managers are “Very Poor”, “Poor” or just “Satisfactory” at offering praise to their employees.

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Inadequate Leadership the Real Cause of the GFC?

The Human Resources Leader has reported that inadequate business models and failed leadership were major factors leading to the global financial crisis. In order to prevent this process from recurring again, questions have been raised about the fundamentals of leadership and how they must change.

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Leadership Commitment

HR Daily have written an article explaining that the brands of top-performing companies are characterised by an emphasis on the experience of employees instead of customers.

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Human Resources Leadership in Difficult Economic Times

The economic challenges that we are facing are creating a difficult environment for human resources leaders. Many companies are simultaneously experiencing surplus and scarcity of talent and are struggling to find the right human resources delivery models, the right labor and organizational structure and solutions for attracting and retaining key talent.

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Leadership Today

Leadership today has become a very multi meaning term. Professionals from various disciplines have defined "Leadership" in different ways. Paradigm shifts in the cultures of organisations and the consistent parallel and horizontal development of companies have raised the need to look at leadership in a new angle.

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It’s Tough at the Top

Leonardo Di Vinci once said "the biggest deception a man can suffer is from his own opinion”. Your own Mindset as the leaders of your organisations during these challenging times its critical. What you do and say has the greatest impact on the psyche of your organisation.

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