International Speakers

AIM regularly invites international speakers to present to managers around the country.

These events are exclusively designed for experienced senior executives. They are most suitable for those from the private and public sectors who have substantial responsibility for the leadership and strategic direction of their organisations.

Upcoming International Speakers for 2008:

Gary Hamel Presents: The Future of Management

International leading expert on business strategy, Gary Hamel, is coming to Brisbane for a full day program packed with the latest innovation in management.

The Future of Management: Discover practical steps your organisation can start taking now to build its own 21st Century management advantage.

During this seminar Gary argues that organizations need to build innovative management structures that are people friendly and allow people to flourish.

If you can do this you will build an innovative management system that will meet the performance challenges ahead.  For the first time since the industrial revolution organizations need engaging, innovative and resilient systems right now.

Dates:
Melbourne, Convention Centre. Wednesday 13 August 2008
Brisbane, City Hall Grand Ballroom. Wednesday 20 August 2008

Time: 8.45am - 4.30pm
Investment (inc GST):
Melbourne: AIM Members $720; Non-Members: $820
Brisbane: AIM Members $920; Non-Members: $995
Register: Online (click above for the appropriate location) or call (613) 9534 8181 for Melbourne and 13 16 48 for Brisbane

Jeffrey Pfeffer: Evidence-Based Management

Most managers would expect their own decisions, and those of their bosses, would be based on hard evidence, facts and reputable research. But the reality is often very different. We get seduced by our past experience, fads and what others are doing, ideology and other mythology and try what we think works, even when the evidence may point to a very different reality.

Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer has spent much of his research career working to develop and describe the best evidence on how companies ought to be managed, and teaching managers the right mind-set and methods for practicing evidence-based management.

Dates:
Perth, Hyatt Regency. Wednesday 12 November 2008

Time: 9.00am - 12.30pm
Investment (inc GST): AIM Professional Members $660; AIM Corporate Members $770; Non-Members: $924
Register: Online or call (618) 9383 8000

Jeffrey Pfeffer: ‘The hard facts and dangerous half-truths of management’

"The best organisations have the best talent", "Financial incentives drive company performance", "Firms must change or die".

Popular adages like these drive business decisions every day. Yet too much common management “wisdom” isn’t wise at all. Instead, unsubstantiated knowledge based on “best practices” such as these, can actually prove to be poor, incomplete, or outright obsolete. Worse, legions of managers use this dubious knowledge to make decisions that are hazardous to organisational health. The facts about what works are out there. So, why don’t managers use them?

Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer, from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, will illustrate how your organisation’s managers can make better decisions if those decisions are based on evidence of what works elsewhere, as well as within your own organisation.

Dates:
Melbourne, Exhibition Centre. Tuesday 18 November 2008

Time: 9.00am - 4.30pm
Investment (inc GST): AIM Members $760; Non-Members: $860
Early bird rate, Pay before 12 September to recieve $100 discount.
Register: Online or (613) 9534 8181