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    The hook factor - why do professionals go to work?
    Everyone needs a reason to get out of bed in the morning. Making money, creating shareholder return, or general commercial success - is a given in any business, but people really want more. So what is beyond quarterly targets that can become a deeper reason for arriving at work with a spring in your step?

    From Deputy to Leader: the perils of that final promotion
    The rapid ascendancy of Julia Gillard, only two years ago an opposition back-bencher to the post of Prime Minister, would give even the most ambitious, career 'goal-hanger' a few moments of self-doubt. So how do leaders become equipped for the next role as they ascend in their journey and take on greater responsibility?

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    Women on Boards - has Australia's corporate
    conscience been pricked?

    Australia's corporate conscience seems to have been pricked recently if the article "AFR, 11 August: "Rush to enlist 'safe' women to boards" is anything to go by. However, this may have little to do with gender and everything to do with our outdated view of leadership itself.

Published Articles

2 Feb 2012, LIW announces partnership with World Bank’s Global Development Learning Network Australia.

30 Aug 2011, Mining growth to slow without strong
leadership, warns LIW global consulting.

19 May 2011, World Bank appoints Sydney-based LIW
to improve service delivery at its centres worldwide

22 Dec 2010, Sky Business Summer Money,
"New Year’s Resolutions vs aspirations" (Nadine Blayney)

4 Dec 2010, Weekend Australian – Weekend professional,
"Need to talk is not just an annual event", p3. (Pia Lee)

14 Oct 2010, HC Magazine Forum,
"Avoiding Management Blindspots...", p18. (Pia Lee)

14 Oct 2010, HC Magazine Forum - eMag,
"Manage the organisation, lead the people", p18. (Pia Lee)

24 September 2010, Australian Financial Review,
"Hook factors keep staff motivated", p59. (Pia Lee)

22 September 2010, Human Capital E Magazine,
"Floored by the glass ceiling" (Pia Lee)

14 September 2010, Australian Financial Review,
"Big benders get short shrift", p6. (Michaela Whitbourn)

8 September 2010, The Australian,
"Genuine Leadership - the PM's challenge", p14. (Pia Lee)

20 August 2010, Australian Financial Review,
"Leadership changes with times", p50. (Mark Fenton Jones)

19 August 2010, Australian Financial Review,
"Boards can unlock gender shackles", p59. (Pia Lee)


Opinion Pieces

From Deputy to Leader: The perils of that final promotion
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The hook factor - why do professionals go to work?
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Women on Boards - Australia's corporate conscience...
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