National Learning Institute

Talent management – you get what you expect. By Andrew O'Keeffe

For the last 20 years I've watched a crop of young people identified in the late 1980s as ‘high potential leaders' in IBM Australia develop into top business leaders. One of the crop became a global executive with Microsoft, one is currently the CEO of IBM Australia and one is the CEO of Australia's largest telco.

Back then we worked on a...

You're the Boss…Now What?

Congratulations! You scored that big promotion and have moved up from the world of prospecting and sales quotas. You now have the nice office with the large desk-and all the managerial responsibilities to go with it. But just because you were a star seller, it doesn't mean you'll automatically be a star manager too. And, sadly enough, many...

What’s your new boss like?

With the number of people now being laid off, there's a good chance that you may have a new boss.  At the very least you're likely to know someone who has a new boss, or perhaps you have just taken on a new management role yourself.

What influences the relationship between the new boss and the group?  Do these influences impact the...

Hardwired Humans . . . and Change. By Andrew O'Keeffe

© Hardwired Humans



Mostly from painful experience, business leaders learn that change management is a critical skill. The fact that 70% of change initiatives fail indicates that change is complex and risky. But it doesn't have to be that way-if we manage change in the fresh light of hardwired human behaviour.A current situation facing an...