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Tag: <span>Leadership</span>

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Real Aussie Men Like Tony Abbott are Never Wrong

Tony Abbott is an old fashioned Aussie bloke doesn’t say sorry and is never wrong. Saying sorry is an admission of weakness and Tony Abbott isn’t weak. This Monday he dug his heels in after Indonesia recalled their Ambassador to Australia because of spying allegations that we’re being reported in the media. In a statement to Parliament he said. “Australia should not be expected to apologise for the steps we take to protect our country now or in the past, any more than other governments should be expected to apologise for the similar steps that they have taken.” Aussie men …

7 tips on being a great leader from Qantas’ Alan Joyce

I saw Alan Joyce chat with John Bertrand as part of the Monash University Leadership series. Before the chat I was looking forward to learning how he had the cojones to take on three unions, shut down a global airline, and earn the scorn of politicians and media in the aftermath. I was expecting a hard arse.  What I got was an engaging, likable, and empathetic manager with a relatively sophisticated view of modern workplaces, the importance of culture, and a refreshing view of who the stakeholders are in a modern business (tip: it’s never just the shareholders).

So what is leadership really?

I was reading about Christine Nixon criticising the 2009 Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission and it struck me that we all have different ideas about leadership. Nixon had claimed that the Royal Commission was the “worst kind of kangaroo court”. The media, in particular the News Ltd papers had taken a dim view of Nixon having a meal in a pub on Black Saturday, likening her to Emperor Nero, eating while Victoria burned. Nixon had previously said about leadership on the ABC: “But I think there’s a line about leadership for me that I think’s really important and it’s not about privilege, …