The real work of the leader: a focus on the human side of the equation (journal article)
By Joseph P. Cangemi et al
from Journal of Management Development Vol 27 Iss 10 2008, pp. 1026-1036
"No one would argue that leaders have a myriad of significant responsibilities. Using a premise the authors support – leadership is a people business – they aim to utilize their more than 100 years combined leadership to answer the question: what, then, is the real work of the leader? Narrative based on over 100 years of leadership and consultation on leadership with a wide variety of organizations. The result is the eight roles of the leader, which are as follows: collaborative developer of mission, vision, and organizational core values; creator of a humanistic work environment; developer of people, builder of capabilities; Initiator of organization-wide communications; role model of emotional intelligence; utilizer of strategic data; consensus seeker – risk taker; change agent. "

Innovation in research and development: tool of strategic growth (journal article)
By Yair Holtzman
from Journal of Management Development Vol 27 Iss 10 2008, pp. 1037-1052
"To describe research and development (R&D) as a tool of strategic growth. The world's top performing companies share a common characteristic: their superior ability to develop and introduce new products faster and cheaper than their competitors. As a matter of fact, effective product innovation is the key to growth, even survival, for almost any business. The author discusses how innovation in R&D could serve as a differentiating strategic business tool. The paper is based upon the authors 15 years of experience in the area of R&D and new product development. "

Thinking about the future: guidelines for strategic foresight [book]

Editors: Andy Hines and Peter Bishop

"Executives will find the guidelines and the framework invaluable for understanding what it takes to successfully explore the future, while analysts who actively carry out strategic foresight projects will find the book an indispensable reference that they turn to again and again." - cover

Trade opportunities arising out of the global financial crisis (speech)
by Bernard Salt
from Brisbane Business News November 2008 (1p.)
"Coming is the Asian Arc of cities that will act as a fulcrum between the West and its lifestyle cities (such as are on offer in Australia) and the emerging consumer markets of China and India. For this reason the outlook for Australia and Queensland is especially exciting."
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Queensland sugar: where to from here (journal article)
by John Hine
from Food and Drink Business, November 2008
"The conclusion about the Queensland sugar industry is that there has been much change over the last few years, but with much more change likely in terms of commercial structures, possible new players, new technologies and new products over the next 5-10 years. Might there be a major new multinational investor in Far North Queensland to make industrial chemicals from sugar cane? Mozambique has a 30,000 hectare sugar cane project to make ethanol, can't we do the same?"
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Electronic attacks against government and business soaring (journal article)
by Ernie Davitt
from Australian Security Magazine, Nov-December 2008
With an upsurge in global cyber-attacks, including the targeting of Australian government agencies as well as business and the cost of online crime topping $3 trillion, the Australian Government has moved steadily to strengthen national e-security.
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Identity security, disaster recovery: major business worries (journal article)
by Ernie Davitt
from Australian Security Magazine, Nov-Dec 2008
"Recent research indicates that personally identifiable information and identity protection, disaster recovery and business continuity issues feature strongly on the security management worry list of senior management around the world."
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Knock 'em Dead: the ultimate job search guide 2009 [book]

Author: Martin Yate

Up-to-the-minute strategies to make you stand out from the crowd; new examples of what interviewers will ask you, and how to respond; strategies for discovering hard-to-find jobs; the best advice on how to use the internet for job searches.

Thinking and acting as a great programme manager [book]

Author: Sergio Pellgrinelli

"This book provides practical insights and advice on the practice of project and programme management and the performance of the role itself, rather than the application of specific frameworks, processes or techniques. It offers knowledge and thinking into the subject through the use of case scenarios drawn from actual experiences." --Cover

Crisis management in a complex world [book]

Edited by Dawn R. Gilpin and Priscilla J. Murphy

"To what extent is it possible to control events and stakeholder responses to them in order to contain escalating crises or safeguard an organization's reputation? This volume addresses both scholars and high-level practitioners of public relations, organizational communication, and strategic management. Strongly cross disciplinary, the book draws on theories from communication, the physical sciences, and business. It invites controversy and ultimately aims to change the way people conceptualize and prepare for crises."

The powers to lead [book]

Author: Joseph S. Nye

A look at the nature of leadership in today's world, in a blend of history, business case studies and psychological research. The author observes that many now believe that the more authoritarian and coercive forms of leadership - the "hard power" approaches have been largely supplanted by "soft power" approaches that seek to attract, inspire, and persuade rather than dictate. Nye argues that the most effective leaders are those who combine hard and soft power skills. Drawing examples from the careers of leaders as disparate as Gandhi, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lee Iacocca, and George W.Bush, Nye uses the concept of smart power to shed light on such topics as leadership types and skills, the needs and demands of followers, and the nature of good and bad leadership in terms of both ethics and effectiveness."-

How to Become an Authentic Speaker (journal article)
By Nick Morgan
From Harvard Business Review Vol 86 Iss 11 Nov 2008, pp. 115-119
"Like the best-laid schemes of mice and men, the best-rehearsed speeches go oft astray. No amount of preparation can counter an audience's perception that the speaker is calculating or insincere. Why do so many managers have trouble communicating authenticity to their listeners? Morgan, a communications coach for more than two decades, offers advice for overcoming this difficulty. Recent brain research shows that natural, unstudied gestures -- what Morgan calls the "second conversation" -- express emotions or impulses a split second before our thought processes have turned them into words. So the timing of practiced gestures will always be subtly off -- just enough to be picked up by listeners' unconscious ability to read body language. If you can't practice the unspoken part of your delivery, what can you do? Tap into four basic impulses underlying your speech -- to be open to the audience, to connect with it, to be passionate, and to "listen" to how the audience is responding -- and then rehearse your presentation with each in mind. You can become more open, for instance, by imagining that you're speaking to your spouse or a close friend. To more readily connect, focus on needing to engage your listeners and then to keep their attention, as if you were speaking to a child who isn't heeding your words. To convey your passion, identify the feelings behind your speech and let them come through. To listen, think about what the audience is probably feeling when you step up to the podium and be alert to the nonverbal messages of its members. Internalizing these four impulses as you practice will help you come across as relaxed and authentic -- and your body language will take care of itself."

When Your Colleague Is a Saboteur (journal article)
By Bronwyn Fryer, Maggie Craddock, R Dixon Thayer and Deborah Kolb
From Harvard Business Review Vol 86 Iss 11 Nov 2008, pp. 41-52
"Mark Landstad, relatively new to CliffBank's investment banking division, has a veteran teammate, Nicole Collins, who appears to be a reliable ally. However, when Mark needs her help in locating vital information for his part of a presentation they will be doing together, she feigns ignorance. During the meeting, Nicole produces the data out of the blue and wows the attendees with her analysis. Knocked off balance by the sabotage, Mark clumsily seeks advice from his boss, who is a brick wall when it comes to interpersonal dynamics. How should Mark deal with his backstabbing colleague? Maggie Craddock, president of Workplace Relationships, classifies Mark as an anxious pleaser, one of four power styles identified by her firm's research. She surmises that Mark is actually sabotaging himself and recommends that he address his dilemma by first examining his own modus operandi. R. Dixon Thayer, former CEO of I-trax and himself once the victim of coworker sabotage, has empathy for Mark. However, he criticizes Mark's hasty, open-ended way of approaching his superior. Thayer lists four "rules for boss engagement" that Mark should follow, beyond proving that his sneaky colleague won't stop him from getting results at CliffBank. Deborah Kolb, of the Simmons School of Management, contends that Mark does not yet understand his division's culture well enough to know whether Nicole's behavior is the rule or the exception. Only by overcoming his political and interpersonal naiveté, she argues, can he learn how to negotiate relationships in his new setting."

Continuity and Change: The Role of the HR Function in the Modern Public Sector (journal article)
By Catherine Truss
From Public Administration Vol 86 Iss 4 2008, pp. 1071-1088
"As the public sector has modernized and sought to become more efficient and cost-effective, the effective and strategic management of people has received increasing prominence and there have been calls for the Human Resource (HR) function to play a more strategic role. However, not much is known about whether the role of the HR function has changed substantively. In this paper, we present empirical evidence from six matched-pair public sector organizations in the UK to assess whether HR functional roles have changed, as envisaged, into a model more akin to the private sector. The findings highlight the complex and often contradictory nature of HR functional roles, and suggest that new and more strategic roles have not replaced traditional approaches but, rather, have been grafted on, giving rise to a variety of hybrid HR forms."

Australia’s Top 100 Global SMEs 2008 (joutnal article)
Source: The Diplomat
Every country has a national champion, a mighty company that symbolises its prestige on the global stage. But increasingly, smaller and medium size enterprises play just as important a role in creating prosperity and defining Australia's engagement with the world. The Diplomat Future Champions 100 List is a snapshot of emerging sectors pointing the way to Australia's economic future.
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Taxation and climate change (journal article)
by Malcolm Turnbull
from Sydney Papers, Autumn 2008, pp. 42 - 52
"Climate change is the greatest economic challenge of our times. But the most sincere passion for saving the planet will be no consolation if the power of the government is not used shrewdly and efficiently. An exponential global growth in energy has helped lift millions out of poverty around the world. The challenge is to combine a continued acceleration in energy availability with a dramatic reduction in carbon emissions."

Performance management masterclass (journal article)
by Rachel McGahern
from Training Journal, October 2008, pp. 18-21
The fifth TJ toundtable discussion examined the impact of performance assessment has had on the ever-changing role of the manager.
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Strategy, innovation, and change: challenges for management

Authors: John Murray, Constantinos Markides and Robert Galavan

"Serves as a guide to a range of contemporary business challenges, such as managing uncertainty, creating new markets through innovation, energizing people, leading clever people in organizations with limited hierarchy, and introducing radical change. The central focus is on the core concerns and responsibilities of senior management - strategy and leadership." - cover.

Corporate entrepreneurship : building the entrepreneurial organization [book]

Author: Paul Burns

"Considers the personal qualities of successful entrepreneurs and the manner in which they do business. It also demonstrates how these qualities can be replicated to form an organizational architecture that encourages entrepreneurship at all levels within a company." - cover.

Global innovation management : a strategic approach [book]

Author: J. Christopher Westland

"Lays out strategies for market-driven design, entry and positioning, raising investment capital, protecting intellectual property, managing innovative people and nurturing organizational, civic and national innovativeness in a rapidly changing world." - cover.

The Future of Food: How Science Will Solve the Next Global Crises (journal article)
from Wired, November 2008
Forty years ago, advances in fertilizers and pesticides boosted crop yield and fed a growing planet. Today, demand for food fueled by rises in worldwide consumption of meat and protein is again outpacing farmers ability to keep up. It's time for the next Green Revolution.

The 50 Best Inventions of the Year (journal article)
from Time, November 4, 2008
From a genetic testing service to an invisibility cloak to an ingenious public bike system to the world's first moving skyscraper — here are TIME's picks for the top innovations of 2008.

The Futurist Rising (journal article)
by Ann-Maree Moodie
from Management Today, October 2008
Whether they are called social researchers, trend trackers, economic forecasters or cultural trend commentators, futurists are enjoying something of a surge in popularity as business grapples with tough economic times and an uncertain future.

Capitalism at bay (journal article)
from The Economist, Vol. 387 No. 8602, 18 October 2008
The article explores economic liberty and capitalism in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Details about the nationalization of banks in Great Britain and other state interventions aimed at regulating economies are provided. The relationship between financial markets and national governments is also explored.

The Myth of multitasking : how "doing it all" gets nothing done [book]

Author: Dave Crenshaw

"Helps business leaders and employees: recognize why multitasking is a false construct, understand the different between background-tasking and switch-tasking, create a new and realistic weekly budget for using time [and] schedule recurring appointments with key people." - cover.

Talent is overrated : what really separates world-class performers from everybody else [book]

Author: Geoffrey Colvin

Explains that the key to extraordinary performance is "deliberate practice", and outlines how to apply this principle in your life and work.