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Guest blog by Richard Carter
Resilience as a key leadership characteristic is fast becoming a commodity all Australian leaders need.
The unprecedented levels of disruption occurring across most industries means that many leaders are now facing increasing adversity from changes in market dynamics, technological innovation and new competitors. Clearly, being a leader in today’s economy is not for the faint-hearted.
By Dr Malcolm Johnson FAIM
If stereotypical behaviour towards the different generations was a virus, we’d be in the middle of a pandemic.
Unfortunately, while the attraction of generation stereotypes is to reduce the complexity of human interactions to more simple terms, this is causing a range of problems in business, as AIM’s recent research on the management reality of generational thinking has shown.
Don’t miss out on last week’s best reads from around the management world, gathered from AIM’s Twitter at http://twitter.com/aimcomau.
Why Smart Leaders Embrace Flexibility (via @workflexibility) http://bit.ly/QRVXGe
Are you a leader who likes to stay ahead of the latest industry trends and hype?
Then you’ve probably caught on that EQ is the new IQ – and with research showing that emotional intelligence is just as important as technical skills, you can rest assured that the industry fascination with emotional intelligence isn’t going out of style anytime soon.
In fact, emotionally intelligent leaders are more in demand than ever before.
Catch up on a week of management reading with this selection of articles, gathered from AIM’s Twitter at https://twitter.com/aimcomau.
50 Signs You Might be an Entrepreneur (via @entmagazine) http://bit.ly/1pE5Qky
