5 Steps to Developing Better Judgement for Leaders

By Mark Busine – Mark Busine is managing director for DDI Australia. He advises clients on appropriate HR and talent management strategies, and assists in the development and implementation of large-scale succession management programs. He also provides coaching and feedback to senior executives regarding their personal and developmental goals. Poor judgment is often a result an…

What 6 Leadership Behaviours Drive Commitment & Results

By Dave Hanna Dave Hanna is a partner at HPO Global Alliance, a professional services firm committed to better understanding high performance organisations and the methodologies by which they can be sustained and expanded. He has also served as a principal at The RBL Group and senior consultant with Franklin Covey Co, and has worked…

9 things bosses do that make great employees quit

Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning coauthor of the No. 1 bestselling book, “Emotional Intelligence 2.0,” and the cofounder of TalentSmart, the world’s leading provider of emotional intelligence tests and training, serving more than 75% of Fortune 500 companies. His bestselling books have been translated into 25 languages and are available in more than 150…

Why Companies Need a Different Kind of Leadership

By Roger Collins – Professor Emeritus Roger Collins is Chairman of the Octant Leadership Foundation and Vice Chairman of engineering supply company Inenco. As a leading management consultant, Roger assists organisations and teams achieve excellence in leadership, performance, sustainable success, strategy development and implementation. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of NSW and also serves…

THE FUTURE AND A WINDOW INTO THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP

By: Anthony Howard Anthony Howard is an executive mentor and founder of The Confidere Group. He is driven to help people and organisations navigate their way, and supports influential leaders to optimise their personal life, their enterprise, and their contribution to the world. He has written and spoken extensively on human-centred leadership and has recently released…

Free L&D Network Session (Sydney) – Topic: Creating a Legacy of Leadership at SAS

Organisations that continuously outperform the market are purposeful.  They know where they are heading, why they are heading there and what they stand for. To sustain this they embed leadership at every level such that there is no dependence on any individual. In this interactive presentation Rob Metcalfe, former Managing Director and now Managing Consultant…

Personality Traits: Are You a Giver or a Taker?

An interesting TED Talk by Adam Grant, author and a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, on the ‘Giver’ and ‘Taker’ personality types and how they can positively or negatively impact on an organisation’s culture, productivity, and success.   FOLLOW FOR FREE – To receive the free ‘Learning Matters’ daily news via email, simply click on the ‘Follow’…

Soft Leadership Training

Written by: M.S. RAO, PH.D. “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Soft leadership is a new relationship-oriented leadership style that effectively blends soft skills with leadership. This style emphasizes transformation of people more than transaction of tasks. It…

Free L&D Network Session (Brisbane) – Topic: Elements to a Successful Program in Leadership and Development

How would your organisation fare if its leadership development program was evaluated and benchmarked against the systems seen by an experienced practitioner? What would be the strengths of the program currently in place at your organisation? Where would the opportunities for improvement in your program reside? Attempt to score the leadership development program at your…