The national leadership debate in Canberra is spotlighting the vacuum in the nation’s leadership skills, according to Leadership Management Australasia (LMA), which has 40 years’ experience in training and developing leaders in Australia. Andrew Henderson, CEO of LMA, said today that current events in Canberra and the handling of major job losses in organisations have highlighted a distinct absence of true leadership at all levels in Australia – whether it be in politics, in organisations or in our communities. (Open PDF read entire release)  

Make the best of your resources and know your people better are listed among Leadership Management Australasia’s New Year resolutions for workplace leaders and managers to increase performance and productivity.

While technical areas and trade skills are widely acknowledged as critical areas of skills shortage in Australia and New Zealand, new data from the Leadership, Employment and Direction (L.E.A.D.) Survey surprisingly reveals that there is also a significant skills shortage in leadership and management.

Generation Y, often portrayed as difficult to deal with, overly-demanding and the bane of every manager’s life, is actually looked upon favourably by most workplace leaders, managers and employees across all generational groups, according to new Leadership Management Australasia (LMA) workplace research.