The Australian Census of Women in Leadership measures the status of women on boards and women executive managers in Australia’s top 200 organisations listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Applying the business principle of what gets measured, gets done, the Census is designed to establish accurate statistics to enable international benchmarking. The 2006 census found […]
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HBR Ideacast: How Women Become Leaders
Posted on 24 January 2009.
Harvard Business Online’s Steve Singer talks with Alice Eagly, co-author of Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders. Click here to watch the Ideacast
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How star women build portable skills
Posted on 23 January 2009.
Research has shown that star performers often falter when they move to new companies. Further analysis reveals that’s true primarily of men. The research showed that male analysts built up greater firm and team-specific human capital, investing more in the internal networks and unique capabilities and resources of the firms where they worked. In contrast […]
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Working Parents Toolkit – tips for employers
Posted on 22 January 2009.
New to Australia, a complimentary group of child care, parenting, human resources, and career management specialists have joined forces to create the Working Parents Toolkit – a practical guide and tool for employers to support expectant parents, employees on parental leave, and working parents. The Working Parents Toolkit offers […]
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Harvard Business Review on the Tests of a Leader (Paperback)
Posted on 22 January 2009.
“Harvard Business Review on the Tests of a Leader” is a great book that pulls from the best HBR articles to help leaders rise to the tests they face on a daily basis. If you want to navigate through muddy business waters, overcome difficult hurdles, and thrive in this modern world […]
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“The CEO’s role in leading transformation”: The CEO helps a transformation succeed by communicating its significance, modeling the desired changes, building a strong top team, and getting personally involved
Posted on 21 January 2009.
This is a first class article with some good practical tips you can follow. Authors, Carolyn B. Aiken and Scott P. Keller identify four key functions that collectively define a successful role for the CEO in a transformation: 1. Making the transformation meaningful. People will go to extraordinary lengths for causes they believe in, and […]
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