Drucker made it clear that leaders, managers, academics and researchers in the fields of organisations, management, communication and change need to challenge the very foundations and assumptions of their work. Roddick said “we went looking for employees, but people turned up instead.” The starting points for all organisations are people and values.
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Guess who’s coming to dinner – the Power of Dialogue
I would love to set up the modern equivalent of an ancient concept – a space for dialogues that allow us to challenge our own concepts, create and define our real values and philosophies, and better understand the power of diversity. I would love to set up a Google+ circle that allows a number of excellent business thinkers and leaders to ask each other questions and respectfully listen to each other over months and years as we take the voyage of exploration through this complex world
PR Warrior Guest Post
This week, I was asked to write a guest post for the PR Warrior, arguably Australia’s most influential communication blog site and one of the Smart Business top 25 business blogs in Australia. The invitation came to celebrate the release of The Leader’s Beacon: The 55-minute guide to Leadership Communication. The PR Warrior, whose identity [...]
Expectations and Aspirations
The first time I was involved in preparing a major tender from the bidder’s side, I learnt the benefits of taking an aspirational approach rather than an expectational approach. Ensuring that you keep values and aspirations front and centre is an approach that has attracted plenty of attention and praise. Continually communicating your boundaries and being content to meet expectations makes the customer feel as though you are an impersonal organisation, not willing to help individuals unless they meet your terms. That is never a great feeling for a customer to have.
The journey to The Leader’s Beacon
The Leader’s Beacon is a very useful, thoughtful and practical contribution to the field of leadership. Professor Mick Dodson AM, Director – Australian National University (ANU) National Centre for Indigenous Studies and Australian of the Year 2009
The Young, The Bald & The Leadership
Instead, she set about making a documentary called Baby, Let Your Hair Hang Down and started working with children who suffer from alopecia. She researched the identity and image problems children suffer as a result of the disease, which can lead to bullying and trauma. This is all on top of continuing her usual work.
Why write a 55-minute guide?
The 55-minute guides are the antidote to most business books. A quick read, not a long slog. Focused on big ideas, not technical detail. Promoting joined-up thinking, not functional bias. Written to empower the reader, not to make the author look clever.
Leadership Communication is The Leader’s Beacon
The Leader’s Beacon? Dr Martin Luther King Jr used the phrase “a great beacon light of hope” in his famous dream speech. Beacons are both symbolic and practical. They mark the final destination of journeys. They illuminate the path ahead and provide early warnings of possible dangers. They call people together to unite in taking great actions. And, in the case of radio beacons, they help us listen and respond to messages from others.
The Australian Sustainability Opportunity
The Australian government’s announcement has finally given Australian businesses a formal framework they can point to in international business, marketing and negotiation, overcoming the competitive disadvantages from the years of being seen as a leader against environmental change as a result of the former approach to the Kyoto Protocols.
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