The importance of balance in leadership development : lessons from a study of railways in Australia
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2012
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Short, T.W.
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Human Resource Management International Digest, 2012; 20(4):36-39
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Every day we hear reports about how globalization and the global economy are shaping modern workplaces. For many organizations, the unpredictable forces of globalization have brought a precarious mix of new opportunities and challenges – especially for managers. An endless array of reports indicates that the need for leadership development, capability building and talent management have reached dangerously low levels and the position will deteriorate further as baby-boomers retire and leave behind a leadership black hole. Globalization and strategic alignments in the Asia-Pacific region have fueled an increase in workplace mobility and cultural diversity in Australia. These developments have opened up new ways of understanding the nature of work, simultaneously prompting people to question historic European work traditions. For many, the standard working day has become a thing of the past, remote working has replaced the need to go to work and team-based working has become a virtual experience. Arguably, workplace leaders have become caught up in a paradox as team members become more physically isolated than at any time in history yet more closely bound by desktop technology and social networking. Project groups, once separated by distance and time zones, now meet freely and regularly in a virtual setting.
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Copyright 2012 Emerald Group Publishing