The DO IT! List

Better Strategy

Can you imagine setting out from home one day with no idea of where you’re going? A crazy proposition you might think, and we’d agree. So why is it that so many organisations aren’t able to give their people a clear sense of where they’re headed and how they intend getting there? A clear, well-communicated strategy helps ensure that efforts are aligned and expended to maximise value.

Leading and Managing

Management seems so pervasive that it’s reasonable to assume that it’s well defined. As so many of our clients discover, this is far from the truth. While there are plenty of frameworks out there, most managers we’ve worked with find that the actual job of managing is a lot more complex than any models suggest. And then there’s the complication of whether or not leadership is the same as management!

Change Perspectives

Change seems to present a major challenge for most organisations. If you think about it, we are all involved in some aspect of change many time every day. Since organisations are Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS), we expect continuous change, yet few organisations seem to be able to sustain high performance in this area. This underscores the impact of complexity, of organisations and of the people within them. Those...

Cultural Competence

With its unique geographic and resource advantages, Australia is poised to benefit from the current shift in power from the old economies of the West to the emerging giants of Asia, most notably China and India. As a result, there is a justifiable national focus on deepening our engagement with Asia. Yet it is widely recognised that this will be no simple task. The diverse societies and cultures of the region differ...

Diversity & Inclusio...

The demographic profile of Australian employees, customers and stakeholders is increasingly diverse. This is a fact that is now accepted. But understanding this diversity, and leveraging its potential, is another matter. Unfortunately, it’s a field where goodwill and good intentions are not in themselves sufficient to deliver results. In this section, we explore some of the evidence-based approaches we have helped...

Influencing Behaviours

Which would you prefer? Being compelled to do something after someone invokes their authority, or willingly choosing exactly the same course of action after being influenced to do so? We don’t know too many people who prefer the first option, yet we know that managers sometimes resort to this approach, even when it isn’t necessary. We hope that this section on influencing behaviours helps some managers choose...

About The DO IT! List

The DO IT! List discusses 50 critical performance issues that drive success in today’s healthy, high-performing organisations. Each of the 50 short, easy-to-read chapters explores one Big Idea and includes a list of down-to-earth tips to help you take action straight away.

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