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From: Management Insights
Keep calm and forget innovation
In times of great volatility, like the present, companies feel that they must innovate – go the extra yard, produce a miracle – to survive, writes Leon Gettler. History suggests it's a little simpler than that.
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From: Management Insights
Leadership is emotional
Feelings are different from thoughts, writes Richard Searle, and although the ranks of management are still dominated by males who generally associate emotions with weakness, it is time this changed.
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From: CEO Hub
Board games – becoming a director
Being a company director is not for everyone, writes Dianne Jacobs, but if you think you're cut out to sit on a board, these tips should help you find your niche.
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From: CEO Hub
Taking a long view after missing out
When multiple internal candidates go for a role within a company, only one can get the gig, writes Kip Frame. Often the ones who miss out just leave the organisation, but a close look at Hillary Clinton's career shows there may be wiser options.
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From: Management Insights
Building an innovation organisation
Being innovative in terms of both products and organisational processes is non-negotiable, writes Phil Preston. It can't be done spasmodically, it must be hard wired into your business.
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From: Management Insights
Digging into director decisions
Despite the importance of boards in corporate decision making, much of the research on how they actually work is done after the fact. Gavin Nicholson looks at the nature of interactions in the board room.
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From: CEO Hub
Money can't buy Goldman class
Virginia Mansell writes that the furore over former Goldman Sachs employee Greg Smith's acerbic opinion piece raises some critical points about money's role in company culture – real or perceived.
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From: Management Insights
What's in a company name change?
OneSteel and Gunns have both recently flagged potential name changes, writes Leon Gettler, but unless such a move represents a change in strategy, there really isn't any point.
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From: Management Insights
Is the gender pay gap normal?
The reasons – both rational and irrational – given in justification for the gender pay gap must be given more attention, writes Eva Cox, in light of the recent Fair Work ruling on social and community awards.
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From: Management Insights
An open letter to Brendan O'Connor
Previous Small Business Ministers have been criticised for failing to understand, or 'get', the sector. But Tim Mazzarol has some friendly advice on how to go about this.
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