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1. Virtual Recruitment

July 2010: Feature Virtual Recruitment In the eternal search for the perfect recruit, some organisations are branching out beyond social media into the virtual world of Second Life to secure talent. Chris Sheedy takes a tour. The venue for a recent Linden Lab careers fair was typical in many ways. It contained a large space where several staff members m...
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2. Change Agent

July 2010: Cover story Change Agent Networking, tactics, mental discipline, teamwork, consultation and collaboration: Julia Gillard must work the gamut of leadership skills to realise her passion for making positive change. By Georgina Jerums. Growing up in Adelaide after emigrating from Wales with her family as ten-pound Poms when she was four, Julia E...
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3. Winning Over the Board

July 2010: Feature Winning Over the Board As a manager, writing a paper for your board that is effective is a critical skill for successfully achieving your objectives. By Mark Rosenberg. Whether you've been invited or ordered to do it, the task is at hand: to write a paper for your board. How do you go about producing a good one? An ef...
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4. Managing Up and Down

July 2010: Feature Managing Up and Down Almost all leaders and managers have bosses and subordinates. It's important to manage productively in both directions. Harold Resnick has earned international recognition as a leading authority and innovator in organisational transformation and leadership development. Dr Resnick founded Work Systems Associates (WSA), a management...
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5. Creative Solutions

June 2010: Feature Creative Solutions Problem-solving is a critical skill for a manager. Michael Carman looks at how to find solutions to problems. An oil executive wanted to make better use of the expensive, and wasted, real estate of petrol stations. His solution: add convenience stores. Despite criticism (who would buy petrol and coffee together?), th...
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6. Mettle Testing

June 2010: Feature Mettle Testing Finding the best person for a job today often involves psychometric testing, but is that all that's required? Sarah Marinos reports. Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or on your own inner world? Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you take in or do you prefer to interpret and add meaning? When making...
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7. Game Plan

June 2010: Cover story Game Plan Banker, businesswoman and academic powerhouse, Helen Nugent talks about career planning, change management and being on boards. By Georgina Jerums. She is Bond University Chancellor, a non-executive director of Macquarie Bank, Origin Energy and Freehills, chair of Funds SA and Swiss Re Australia and director of the Natio...
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8. Selling yourself

June 2010: Feature Selling yourself A fundamental factor in any manager's success is their personal image. Ray Grose outlines the essentials. A manager's image is the picture that other people hold of them, made up from the quality of thousands of interpersonal interactions. In a sense, it is simply the organisation's collective evaluation. Click here to read more

9. The motivation factor

May 2010: Feature The motivation factor Money, power, success, achievement or a calling? What drives leaders to be what they are? You do not need to convince Ronni Kahn or Paul Henderson that the quest for real satisfaction as a corporate leader often involves taking the road less travelled. Kahn attributes growing up in racially-divided South Africa and 10...
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10. Engaging people

May 2010: Feature Engaging people Genuine one-to-one communication is needed, today more than ever, to help staff learn, develop and contribute. By Karalyn Brown. For almost as long as we've researched human psychology in the workplace, the impact of a manager on the engagement, productivity and loyalty of their team has been clear. Back i...
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