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Most management theories still in practice were developed more than a century ago. (Shutterstock)

Why good people manage badly

Very few companies have embraced alternative management systems that satisfy the interests of customers, employees and shareholders concurrently,
Automation has replaced workers in mining and industry, including the steelworks at Port Kembla, but most Australians are more worried about jobs going overseas. Dean Lewins/AAP

Australians worry more about losing jobs overseas than to robots

Most Australian workers are fairly relaxed about their own job security, but they do worry about the risks of poor management and outsourcing to cheaper labour.
Giving workers a ‘voice’ is easy, and has already been proven effective as a management technique. shutterstock

The key to a vibrant democracy may well lie in your workplace

Employees whose bosses give them some discretion over their work tasks are significantly more likely to engage in political behaviours outside work.
Finding meaning in what you do is key. Gustavo Fraza/shutterstock.com

How work can be made meaningful

People find meaning in their work for different reasons, but bad management can easily destroy it.
Toxic leaders make for exploitative, destructive, devaluing and demeaning work experiences. Shutterstock

How toxic leaders destroy people as well as organisations

Three in ten leaders across the world are toxic. Toxic leaders destroy individuals as well as organisations, and affect the performance of a society and country.
Higher levels of EI have been linked with ethical behaviour - but it also takes some degree of interpersonal skill to manipulate others. Image sourced from www.shutterstock.com

EQ versus IQ: what’s the perfect management mix?

It’s assumed good managers are intelligent, but do they also need emotional intelligence? And if that’s missing, can they learn?
Before the biff: James May, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond during the filming of a ‘Top Gear’ episode. AAP/EPA/Andy Rain

What Jeremy Clarkson taught us about incivility in the workplace

Bullying is widely talked about, but what about incivility in the workplace? It’s a wider scourge and linked to bullying, but the solutions can be simple.

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