[...]... postgraduate management education since 19 91 in the UK, Australia and Singapore At the GSM, he has taught on the Organizational Behaviour, Management of Organizations, and Social, Ethical and Environmental Issues in Organizations units on the MBA programme, and the Managing Strategic Change unit on the Executive MBA He has also received ten MBA-nominated commendations and awards for teaching, and was... beliefs about leadership come from and how these influence the way we lead and manage other people To look at the roles that coaching and mentoring now play in leadership and people management To examine the roles that transformational abilities, charisma and vision play in leadership and people management To explore the dark side of leadership To identify the qualities and attributes of leaders you admire... coverage of all the elements of leadership and people management that professionals now need to be aware of This includes traditional topics, such as employee motivation and performance, communication skills and leading and managing change, as well as more modern issues, such as business ethics in a global economy and leadership in high-tech and virtual organizations It also looks at how leaders and managers... the time, it was no secret that some Australian Cricket Board officials and ex-players did not want him to have the top job, and a few sports journalists were critical of the decision Soon after Waugh was appointed in January 19 98, John Inverarity, a former captain of the West Australian cricket team and an international player, gave a talk on leadership to a group of my MBAs in Perth At the time, he... During an academic career spanning 16 years, I’ve been privileged to be involved with hundreds of able, motivated and creative MBA and Executive MBA students in the UK, Australia and Singapore The contents of this book have been influenced by their anecdotes and stories about the leaders and managers they have worked under, as well as their personal experiences of leading and managing others All the materials,... peers as a nominee for the 2000 Australian Universities’ National Teaching Awards ceremony in Canberra, attended by the Australian Prime Minister John Howard He has published four books, written more than 70 articles in a variety of international academic and professional journals, and has produced several research and consulting reports for organizations in Australia and the UK He has been a regular... notions and common-sense assumptions about leading and managing people in organizations are questioned and challenged in this book Make a conscious effort to ‘bridge’ the materials that we will cover together with your work situation, and think about how you can apply what you learn in the future Be open and receptive to new ideas and concepts, try them out and then wait to see what happens If you are... successful leadership and people management is really all about I’d like to thank both groups for their influence and inputs to the book I’d also like to thank Fenman Limited, the Financial Times and PrenticeHall, MCB University Press, McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, Alan and Barbara Pease and Ray Kurzweil, for their permission to make use of the following materials xi xii MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE Chapter 3:... personal identity; a willingness to accept the consequences of decision and actions, a readiness to absorb interpersonal stress, a willingness to tolerate frustration and delay, an ability to influence other people s behaviour, and a capacity to structure social interaction systems to the purpose at hand (Stogdill, 19 48: 71) Note that women leaders did not figure in the thinking of male academics at this... be explained, with equal validity, by social causation If we are born into wealthy families and/ or a privileged caste or class and told, from our earliest years and throughout our school years, that we are part of an elite and that we will become leaders, we will probably do this or at least achieve THE FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT 11 a high level of success in our chosen careers . 224 7 Managing power, politics and conflict 276 8 Leading organizational and cultural change 298 9 Innovation and organizational learning 347 10 Managing employee knowledge and intellectual capital. inhabit in the future. MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE A practical guide to leading and managing people at work Nick Forster Professor at The Graduate School of Management, University of Western Australia Edward. capital 396 11 Leadership and people management in high-tech, networked and virtual organizations 429 12 Leadership and business ethics 487 Conclusion: leading and managing people at work 536 Appendix