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Responsible Leadership Cornerstones

Grant Crossley — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:00:03 +0000

A While back I caught up with an old friend who resided with Cisco

Many of you will know of Cisco as

YOUR COMPLIMENTARY INVITATION TO 2 MAJOR EVENTS NEXT WEEK

Grant Crossley — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:56:12 +0000

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YOUR COMPLIMENTARY INVITATION TO 2 MAJOR EVENTS NEXT WEEK

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Dates: Tuesday 29th May to Thursday 31st May, 2013
Time: 9.00am  - 5:00pm
Venue: CeBIT - Darling Harbour - Hall 3, Stand F05

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EVENT 2:
Is your Approach to Remuneration Delivering the Desired Business Results?

Complimentary Executive Education Workshop

Total Executive invites you or your peers in Sydney's west to an exclusive breakfast event for CEOs and Business Owners.

Trudy MacDonald - Managing Director of Talent Code - will discuss creating effective remuneration and bonus structures that deliver the business results you need in the context of the SME landscape.

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The Executive Connection (TEC) feedback from CEOs on previous events with Trudy...

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Network with CEOs from across Sydney while you engage with Trudy to gain insights into the psychology of employee motivation and practical approaches to rewarding your staff.

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What we can learn from the world of insurance...

Grant Crossley — Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:42 +0000

The other day I had the pleasure of meeting up with an old friend from my days in life insurance - a couple decades ago.

Jon and I have had many discussions over the years - a lot to do with innovation, creativity, leadership and life in general, so I knew he would provide some interesting insights into what his thoughts were on Responsible and Effective Leadership.

Trust and Communication are the cornerstones of a Responsible Leader

Grant Crossley — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:00:13 +0000

Broni Cooper has been Human Resource Advisor for Amber Technology.

I met with Broni a while back and we discussed the concept of a responsible leader.

I have been inspired by Broni's movement from media to HR for Amber.

Our conversations to date have been about people - predominantly - and from that I discovered Broni's internal caring - not only for her staff - also for society.

Effective and Responsible Leadership has many qualities...

Grant Crossley — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:00:43 +0000

A while back, I met up with Rowan Gilmore - who used to be CEO of the Australian Institute of Commercialisation (AIC)

We discussed what responsible and effective leadership means and Rowan had a few very good points as below.

Before we ventured into what makes a leader responsible and effective, I discussed with Rowan when he had seen responsible leadership at its worst.

Dr James Moody discusses his thoughts on Responsibility and Leadership

Grant Crossley — Wed, 15 May 2013 02:00:21 +0000

A While back I met up with Dr James Bradfield Moody. For any of you that watch ABC New Inventors - you will be familiar with James.

It is unfortunate The New Inventors is not currently running.

Others may be aware how James has been the Executive Director of Development for the CSIRO.

Now James spends a lot

How can we work with Adaptive Leadership?

Grant Crossley — Mon, 13 May 2013 02:00:58 +0000

Every year the economic, politic, environmental, legal and community aspects of our society have their complexity increase exponentially. This creates many problems and challenges that require both adaptive and technical response. So what is an 'Adaptive Problem'?

Insights from Neuroscience of The NEW Leader

Grant Crossley — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:03:06 +0000

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Survey after survey, year in year out, show a high percentage of staff that report not being engaged, or even feeling actively disengaged (Gallup Consulting, 2011). Recent research from Palladium Consulting highlights that people embrace accountability when their job and their role, is clear and has meaning for them.

If you placed a plank of wood on the ground and said to your team that you would give $50 to anyone who walks the length of this plank, who would do it?

Almost everyone will... it's an easy $50!

What if you took this same plank and placed it between 2 buildings, up at the twenty-fifth floor. $50 to anyone who will walk across the plank!

Would they do it? Not a chance.

Okay... now the other building is on fire and their child is lying unconscious at the other end of that plank and the flames will reach them in just a few moments. Would they go across the plank now?

Most would say yes.

Michael Gordon Chairman of A4E discusses a mates society

Grant Crossley — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:00:06 +0000

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1) Creating an Appraisal Contract in a 'Mates Society'

Creating an Appraisal Contract is never easy - though in Australia it is easier than you may think - in comparison with other countries.

Leadership between global boundaries starts with respect - Peter Church

Grant Crossley — Mon, 06 May 2013 02:00:43 +0000

Here is an interview that takes us from Australia to Asia from one of the leading entrepreneurs creating the links.

Peter has a lot of knowledge about how to lead - responsibly.

This interview shows how we can responsibly connect with Asia going forward...

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Recently I had the opportunity to meet with Peter Church, Founder and Chairman of AFG Venture Group and author of Added Value - The life Stories of Indian Business Leaders.

You can review the book review here

My discussion with Peter was about leadership and success. Peter gave some interesting thoughts on the differences between leadership in Eastern and Western cultures.

Peter is well connected with eastern societies. He has spent almost all of his career working and living in the Asian region as an international lawyer and corporate advisor.

How do you attract the best and brightest - long term, David Skellern

Grant Crossley — Mon, 06 May 2013 02:00:42 +0000

The other day, I had the pleasure of meeting with Dr David Skellern - CEO of NICTA (National Information & Communications Technology Australia).

Since 2005 David has been working on the redevelopment of NICTA's DNA.

With over 600 staff, David is in the business of developing spin-offs. Their 5th spinout 'Cohesive Data' already has been gathering a lot of interest with technology that compresses xml - seriously.

To give an idea - Wikipedia could be reduced in download size by up to 90%.

All of this owned by 3 entrepreneurs who have been under the management of Raymond Wong from the University of NSW.

The road ahead looks valuable given the first spinout from NICTA is already in 750 million mobile phones and was last year formerly proved 'system correct' - which is a scientific achievement.

Workers want more training

Grant Crossley — Fri, 03 May 2013 03:53:22 +0000

Australian businesses are risking losing valuable staff, as more than half feel they're not receiving enough additional training and skill development.

The latest Kelly Global Workforce Index released today reveals more than half of Australian employees (56%) believe they are not receiving enough training from their current employer to gain the skills necessary to progress in their careers.

It is time to respect your Elders - Jonothan Hennessy Sceats

Grant Crossley — Thu, 02 May 2013 02:00:02 +0000

Here is an interview about "Respect" - respect for our elders - a core of responsible leadership requires elders who inspire respect, the rest follows.

Jono Hennessy Sceats is a good mate and I always enjoy a conversation with him.

This week we were discussing leadership in preparation for Responsible Leadership 2010.

Jono was saying how his father was a bit of a larrikin, though always had good advice.

He recalls two favourites of his father...

How does responsible leadership work with a board of directors? - John Vines

Grant Crossley — Wed, 01 May 2013 02:00:29 +0000

It is interesting to see how responsible leadership works with a board of directors.

This interview gives insights into how it works...

Yesterday I met up with John Vines, Chairman of IBSA (Innovation and Business Skills Australia)

John is widely experienced on the boards of organisations and I asked what Responsible Leadership means to him.

John explained that responsible leadership means that organisations need to take into account every external environment and how their decisions make impact internally as well as externally.

Many boards of directors need to think more broadly.

This brings with it an implication...

Boards need to recognise multiple stakeholders...

The Innovation Awards

Grant Crossley — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:52:00 +0000

Last night I attended the Consensus Innovation Awards.

It was a brilliant night with many dignitaries and senior executives attending.

Senator Kate Lundy was the Keynote Speaker (pictured left)

These awards are regarded as the premier awards for developments in innovation in Australia.

This year the winners were:

Wastedge.com

Cloud Software & Mobile Apps for Waste Service from ASPsoftware

and

ArmorVox 8.0 from Auraya Systems

ArmorVox 8.0 is a core voice biometric engine designed and developed in Australia for high security applications in banking, financial services and Government services worldwide.

I look forward to seeing you at future Consensus award events including Consensus GreenTech Awards and Consensus Showcase.

Grant Crossley has been Australia's leading publisher on innovation and also CEO of The Creative Leadership Forum.

To learn more about how you can inspire innovative and creative growth within your business, contact our founder Grant Crossley here or +61408844009.