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Collective leadership with power symmetry: Lessons from Aboriginal prehistory
by: Karl-Erik Sveiby, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland
Learning To Live With Complexity
by: Gökce Sargut and Rita Gunther McGrath
Technique Critical Evaluation
Sources: Ivan Nurick, 1998; Dale Carnegie, 2003; Lawry Scandar, 1999; Leo D’Angelo Fisher, 2007; Fiona Smith, 2000
Buck Up
by Amy Gallo, (Australian Financial Review: June1, 2011)
Baby I've got your number
by Fiona Smith, (Work Space, AFR May 17, 2011).
Cognitive Fitness
by Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts - (Harvard Business Review, October, 2007).
Managing Away Bad Habits
by James Waldroop & Timothy Butler - (Harvard Business Review, Sept./Oct., 2000).
Building Competencies for Integrating Change Management and Project Management
by Joe Rafter & Bill Synnot, May 2011.
What’s Your Personal Social Media Strategy?
Soumitra Dutta, HBR November 2010
Stress-Test Your Strategy - The 7 Questions to Ask
Robert Simons (Harvard Business Review, November 2010)
Change for Change's Sake
By Freek Vermeulen, Phanish Puranam and Ranjay Gulati - HBR: June 2010
Power Play
Jeffrey Pfeffer (
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) is the Thomas D.Dee II Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business in California. His latest book, Power: Who Some People Have it – And Others Don’t, is forthcoming from HarperCollins.
Y - there’s more to it than profit
Article from the Australian Financial Review (21st July 2010)
Corporate Change Management
Article for the Institute of Accountants Fiji Journal by Abraham Simpson & Bill Synnot (2010)
Health and Stress Management in Business
by Dr John Tickell (2001), Health Consultant
Rebuilding Employee Engagement
by Mick Hay (2010), Managing Director of Rimfire Resources
Creating strategy by design
by James Carlopio (2009, Design principles and practices: An international journal, 3(5), 155-166) Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal
SCARF
by David rock, CEO, Results Coaching Systems international, First published in the NeuroLeadership Journal Issue One 2008
Future Forecast
by Catherine McCormack (Virgin Blue Magazine, November 2009)
Happiness paves the road to prosperity
by Martyn Newman (AFR, September 8, 2009, p58)
Why Sustainability Is Now the Key Driver of Innovation
by Ram Nidumolu, C.K. Prahalad, and M.R. Rangaswami (Harvard Business Review, September 2009, pp 57-64)
Change Management BES September 2009
Presentation to Business Executive Suites luncheon - September 2009
Change Management in volative times The Bureaux July 2009
Presentation to Bureaux (Melbourne & Sydney) - July 2009
Definitely Drucker
By Roberts Spillane (AFRBoss Magazine, March 2008 p32 - 36)
The 10 Trends You Have to Watch
from Harvard Business Review (July - August, 2009, p 55 to 60)
and authored by Eric Beinhocker, Ian Davis, and Lenny Mendonca.
Basic Instincts
Article by Andrew O'Keeffe (AFRBoss Magazine - June 2009).
Executive coaching - Is it worthwhile
June/July 2008, (Co-authored with Peter Akers), Council Leader, LGA (QLD)
Most people are not against change, but the way it is handled (co-authored with Rosie Fitzgerard)
Director Books, Feb 08, ACID Publications
Leading Change & Organisation Transitions
University of South Australia, August 30 2007 (Power Point)
How to handle change in your organisation
Society of Business Communicators (QLD), May 2007 (Power Point)
Change Management
RCB Regional Conference, ACMA, May 30 2007 (Power Point)
Peak performance, innovative, agile resilient and robust organisations
Bill Synnot, 2007, Successful Organisational Transition, BSA
Re-vitalisation your S-curve before it is too late!!!!!!!!!!
Invest Inland Newsletter, August 2004
Mind mapping-Now, I'd like to see that!!!!!!
Invest Inland Newsletter, July 2004
Good storytelling captures the audience more than facts and figures!!!
Invest Inland Newsletter, June 2004
I've been everywhere.......with my eyes closed!!!!!!!!
Invest Inland Newsletter, May 2004
Oh What a Challenge - Get Sigrid!!!
Invest Inland Newsletter, April 2004
Consultant's Perspective on Joint Ventures
Bill Synnot, 2004, Successful Organisational Transition
The Talent Conundrum - to Grow or Buy
As part of Local Government Association of Queensland HR Conference entitled "...workforce planning - vital for ensuring relevant, contemporary and capable workforce..." (Power Point)
Major Global Influences
Major Global Influences at the Start of the New Millennium, (1998), Not for Profit Seminar, Aust. Soc. of Cert. Practising Accountants (Qld)
Handle Cultural Diversity
Handle Cultural/Gender Diversity, (1998), Management Accounting Seminar, Aust. Soc. of Cert. Practising Accountants (Qld)
Strategic Planning - Is it worthwhile?
Bill Synnot, 1996, Australian & International Management Specialists
Developing A Vision - Reality or Hyper Reality?
Bill Synnot, 1996, Australian & International Management Specialists (Agriculture)
Compare your work with Conway's categories
Quality Australia October/November 1994