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Jun 16, 2011
My book "What To Do When You Become The Boss" has just been released in China by the Publishing House of the Electronics Industry (PHEI), one of China's most prestigious business book publishers.
I was fortunate enough to attend the launch in Beijing recently. Very exciting.
Speaking at the launch, Yubo Fu, Vice Chief Editor of PHEI said "The book will fill a niche market for Chinese managers. We look forward to strong support for the book in China".
Launching the book in Beijing, Alan Morrell, Senior Australian Trade Commissioner, commented "The audience for a book such as this is growing all the time. In my own experience in China, now going back some 23 years since my first visit, Chinese society and organisations have undergone tremendous change. If anything, this book has become more relevant to the needs of Chinese managers.
You can hear my interview on China Radio International. I was very impressed with the journalist Yunfeng Zheng. He really asked some great questions that got me thinking about the practical issues around leading and managing.
The Chinese version may be purchased online her e and here.
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Aug 24, 2010
What's in your knowledge hard drive? On average, it's been estimated that people will work for five different organisations over their working life? With such turnover, how do organisations maintain the critical corporate knowledge needed to remain successful?
In this latest aticle, I've suggested some creative ways that organisations might tackle this challenge.
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Jul 10, 2010
For students of leadership, I've located a good new resource. As they say on their site "LMKnowledge, the intelligent search engine for decision makers. Are you familiar with wasting time searching for relevant business information? LMKnowledge is the new knowledge portal for first-class online resources and global business articles. It provides you with immediate access to the most relevant sources of business information.
With more than 10.000 searchable professional contributions, the Global Research Team is continuosly reviewing new, interesting sources from different business cultures to inspire, animate and confront you with new ideas."
Check it out.
Bob
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Jul 1, 2010
For cycling fans, "le Tour", the biggest annual sporting event, is about to start. And for students of leadership, there's an interesting series of articles in my local paper on the Australians in the tour. Today it was on Michael Rogers and his chances for this year's event.
For leadership watchers, it will be very ineteresting to see how he goes. His cycling abilityt is undoubted. However, it's his leadership that will make or break his chances.
As the article stated: "Rogers is excited. He is hungry to produce his best. He knows he has the attributes to race well - he can time-trial and climb. He also has a steady, calm nature to handle the pressure moments that often break others. But deep down, he knows something is missing.
That something is the respect of his teammates, who will be expected to race flat out to help his chances. Without teammates, no rider wins a tour - let alone ''le Tour''. The 30-year-old from Canberra also knows such unconditional loyalty is not given but earned."
Cycling as a team leader in an event such as this - they compete for 21 days over 3,000 odd kms - is a real test of leadership.
In terms of trust and respect - two essential qualities for leaders - Rogers had this to say, ''It was something I had to earn back,'' Rogers told the Herald. ''When you ask the guys to sacrifice their own performance for the leader, a whole lot of work goes on around that. Like in any relationship, there is a need to be trusted. That is something I've spent a lot of time doing ... getting the respect of the guys so they know that when I am there to show - and I have showed this year that I am serious - that if they stand behind me I can win or perform.''
Watch the Tour and stayed tune for leadership results.
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Jun 30, 2010
My apologies if you have been trying to access the site over the last few weeks, as it was hacked and had to be closed down.
We are now back in business with some new articles to come very shortly.
A new site for entrepreneurs
A new site has started at http://myentredex.com/ - check it out - some good material, blogs etc.
British Institute for Learning and Development
I've just been fortunate enough to be made a Fellow of the British Institute for Learning and Development.
"What To Do When You Become The Boss"
The book is off to a great start as released by Hachette in Australia. I'll be running sessions at the Australian Institute of Management in Sydney and Melbourne to launch this new edition.
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Jan 29, 2010
The Clean Language Workshop is fast approaching - 16th Feb in Sydney.
If you're new to Clean Language or would like to understand more, listen to my good mate Wayne Turmel's podcast at the Cranky Middle Manager site http://cmm.thepodcastnetwork.com/
Wayne interviews Penny Tompkins and James Lawley who will be running the Sydney workshop. They are also authors of "Metaphors in Mind" see their site http://www.cleanlanguage.co.uk/
Clean Language is a great way to improve communication between people and help one another understand what each other is really saying and meaning.
If you plan to be in Sydney on the 16th, book for the workshop by contacting me
Cheers
Bob
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