Category: Leadership Matters

Decision-making is one of the most crucial challenges for managers. A global survey of CEOs cited by John Adair found that the ‘ability to take decisions’ was rated as the most important of 25 attributes required by senior managers. During my regular discussions with Corporate and Professional AIM Members there’s become a noticeable demand for […]

Your ability to accurately determine the skills and attributes needed to fulfil the requirements of your career progression requires research, honest self-reflection and time. If the role you want is with your current employer, your research could involve discussions with the person currently in that role, their peers, the person they report to, HR and anyone […]

Interested in global leadership? Here are the books and articles you should add to your reading list this month. Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built By Duncan Clark (HarperCollins, $29.99) Alibaba is sometimes compared to Amazon but it is a bit different: it operates as a portal for retailers rather than a seller itself. In the […]

The world in which most of us lead and manage is increasingly less robust and more unstable. Technology is changing faster than ever, bringing both threats and massive opportunities. Political and social forces are causing major changes, with migration, population pressures, multiculturalism, racial tension and the rising global gap between haves and have-nots impacting labour […]

On the job I’m one of two directors of Evolve. I’m responsible for the operations of the hotel – I’m the face of it. We have Tolarno Hotel in St Kilda and the aim is that within about two to three years we will have five properties within greater Melbourne. We formed the company early […]

Peter Baines worked in the disaster victim identification team following the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. Today he is a leadership consultant and runs a charity, Hands Across the Water. By Nicola Heath When Peter Baines switched on the television late on Boxing Day in 2004, with news of the immense devastation caused by a […]

Gender equality campaigner Hannah Wandel AIMe believes women are naturals when it comes to multitasking. Her own career may just prove her point. Wandel balances her full-time job as Social Policy Adviser at the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canberra with her role as chief executive of the not-for-profit organisation she founded two years […]

Internships are an increasingly popular pathway taken by university students eager to jump into a job when they graduate. These highly sought-after positions are where Australia’s next generation of skilled workers are shown the ropes by professionals across a range of industries. Communications graduate Cabrini Broderick learned the value of internships after dismal job-hunting results. […]

The presidency of the United States represents the pinnacle of global leadership. As leader of a global superpower and commander-in-chief of the military, American presidents have had a controlling hand in world affairs since George Washington first took office in 1789. Since then they have presided over the most defining moments in modern history, from […]