Personnel management ensures military readiness by enhancing team cohesion and morale. It optimises resource allocation, ensuring compliance with regulations and facilitating effective communication. Promoting leadership development and addressing individual needs are crucial aspects that support mission success.

Managing career progression and enhancing operational efficiency are key components. Personnel management reduces turnover and retention issues, ensuring welfare and support for all members. This leads to a more effective and cohesive military unit, ultimately contributing to the overall success and efficiency of military operations.

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The secret to influencing others? Validation

This article contends that influencing others involves validation. Validation is broadly about acknowledging and accepting others’ experiences to strengthen relationships, defuse conflicts, and increase self-compassion. As with most management strategies, this is an applied skill.
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Military Management

How to deal with the office favourite

At promotion time it’s common to feel others get rewarded for their merit, while you’re passed over. Read about employing more proactive strategies to be noticed by improving communication, appearance, deportment, engagement and creativity.
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Military Management

'Down and desperate': Inside the dark addiction that cost Bob $800k and put him in rehab

Crypto currency is unregulated and can be freely accessed through online exchanges. Making money in a volatile market can be addictive and incur significant losses. Managers need to be astute to this growing problem.
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Military Management

Extreme heat silently accelerates aging on a molecular level − new research

Emerging research highlights how extreme heat is more than a serious immediate health hazard, as it may be accelerating the aging process. This reinforces management WHS responsibilities to reduce unnecessary exposure to extreme heat.
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Military Management

Navigating the external environment for military-to-civilian transition

Research highlights transition complexities for military personnel. Personnel need to better understand the cost-of-living crisis and housing pressures, accessing education, and the labour market and navigating health and social-care sectors along with the information environment.
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Military Management

Soldiers are turning to social media when the chain of command falls short. The Army sees it as a nuisance.

Junior members in the US Army are posting issues on-line, instead of reporting through the chain of command. This can delay resolution of the issue, erode open door policies and skewer public perceptions.
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Military Management

How to manage team members who think they know more than they do

Managing overconfident team members requires fostering a culture of respect for expertise while addressing gaps in knowledge—effective strategies include encouraging humility, facilitating mentorship, and emphasizing the value of collective wisdom.
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Military Management

TED TALK: How to set the right goals and stay motivated

Ayelet Fishbach shares insights on goal-setting, offering strategies to maintain motivation and achieve objectives. This approach provides a better understanding of personal and professional goal-setting, which is essential for effective leadership and long-term success.
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Communication & Cognition

From 'hushed hybrid' to 'quiet vacationing,' here are the biggest workplace trends right now

This article examines how employees are handling the gruelling demands of modern work through a host of workplace trends; particularly highlighting those that have gone viral recently, including ‘hushed hybrid’, ‘quiet vacationing’, and the ‘corporate accent’.
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Military Management

How Much Should I Tell a Team Whose Boss Is on Thin Ice?

A conundrum for military managers is how much can they reveal, if anything, about personal management matters to maintain both morale and privacy.
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Communication & Cognition

Everyday Philosophy: How much empathy is too much empathy?

This article examines how our capacity for empathy can be used for good or evil; illustrating how an empathetic person can turn to support or charity work, or manipulate people for personal gain.
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Military Management

Should I be brutally honest in my exit interview?

Military managers often conduct exit interviews when personnel leave or are posted, but many people are unsure how to approach this type of interview.
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Leadership

Top Ways To Keep Employees Engaged And Purposeful

This article offers critical insights into Gallup's findings on employee engagement, underlining the significant impact of disengaged employees on workplace outcomes, including performance, retention, customer service, and work quality. Understanding these trends is vital for improving organisational health and productivity.
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Military Management

5 ways to avoid the ‘isolation trap’ at work

Managers and leaders can build strategic teams, but interpersonal relationships ultimately determine success.
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Military Management

The house always wins: how to boost ADF recruitment

Defence should offer attractive housing deals to recruit and retain personnel.
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Military Management

How to survive a toxic boss, step-by-step

Toxicity in the workplace from a boss can include belittling, intimidation, micromanagement, and disregard for employee well-being, creating a hostile environment.
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Military Management

Internet Surveillance in the Workplace: 43% report having their online activity monitored in 2024

As technology makes it easier and cheaper, electronic monitoring of employees in the workplace becomes widespread.
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Military Management

3 Simple Rules to Boost Meeting Engagement

To ensure meetings are productive, apply simple but effective strategies to engaged the audience.
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Military Management

The complex future of work means everyone will need a diverse skill set

As employers seek cross-disciplinary skills, education may shift from specialised disciplines to integrated learning approaches.
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Military Management

AI Can Take Over Key Management Roles In Scientific Research

AI could replicate and potentially surpass the capability of human managers in some fields.
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Military Management

2 simple ways to get people to listen when you speak, according to a Stanford communication expert

Most professionals overestimate their listening skills, with 70% showing poor habits.
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Military Management

Why The Digital Age Integrates Leadership And Management

Debate blurs upper-level roles and tasks, causing role imbalances and affecting organisational morale and efficacy.
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Military Management

Why ‘Management’ Desperately Needs A Fresh Definition

Military management's lack of definition leads to varied interpretations and applications.
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Military Management

5 ways to motivate a team that’s not driven by money

Managers need to balance team members' personal needs against organisational requirements.
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7 Signs a Business Is Riddled With Burnout Culture

If you consistently feel overwhelmed at work despite adjustments, it might be burnout. Studies suggest employer-related issues. Strategies exist to assess workplace toxicity before joining.
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Communication & Cognition

Three Ways to Deal With Your Micromanaging Boss

The relationship between you and your boss affects job satisfaction. Micromanagement is a leadership style, not a personal flaw. It is a result of experience, values, and environment. Building trust with your boss can help alleviate micromanagement tendencies.
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Military Management

How Can You Tell Someone Has Bad Management Skills? Research Says It Comes Down to 1 Simple Phrase

In a study, 63% of participants disliked managers claiming staff's work, a trait so negative they'd contemplate quitting. The preferred approach is a servant leader who recognises their team's efforts, ensuring everyone knows it was the team's work.
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Military Management

Do the Same People Always Talk at Your Meetings? Ask Yourself These 10 Questions to Make Meetings More Productive

Inclusive meetings are ones that prioritize equitable participation, respect diverse perspectives, encourage active listening, and ensure that everyone feels valued and included.
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Communication & Cognition

This is the secret to healing a toxic culture

The categorical imperative is the moral obligation to act as you would be willing to have everyone else so act. The author argues that every decision we make contributes to a new cultural norm and can impact the success of an organisation.
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Military Management

“Help, I’m an accidental manager.” These are the management secrets you are never taught

'Accidental managers' are appointed to management positions based on their ability in their current job; however, many are not trained/educated to deal with the complexities of managing people.
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Five Ways To Create A Learning Culture Within Your Team

Investing in a learning culture involves encouraging everybody to understand their role in the organisation, to learn new things and acquire new skills, and to develop an awareness of how the wider environment might impact the organisation.
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5 Ways to Be a Friendly Workplace for All Generations

This article argues that we should ignore generational stereotypes and start seeing people as unique individuals.
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Wellbeing

Australian air force to allow personnel to have facial hair from November 1

In a break from tradition, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) members are now allowed to grow and wear beards.
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You need this perspective to manage teams better

Being away from something in time or space helps us see things more clearly— David Rock calls this ‘the clarity of distance’.
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4 things emotionally intelligent people do when they have a tough new job

Starting a new job can be stressful—but tackling your new role with an emotionally intelligent approach can make a big difference.
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5 ways leaders can make sure they stay tuned in to teams

One of the critical challenges for leaders in today's internet-connected world is to remain tuned in to their team members' thoughts, problems, needs and motivation levels.
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Military Management

Characteristics of a Good Leader: Tips for New Managers

This article explores how new managers need to refocus from their own work quality to applying leadership skills to the development of their subordinates’ work quality and output while growing and developing themselves.
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Military Management

The future of digital work relies on people, not just technology

Employers are increasingly facing difficulties due to the international digital skills shortage; therefore, they need to train their own people to develop and apply emerging technologies.
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Army Captain Laura McCarthy serving under Service Category 3 (SERCAT 3) with her children at home
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Managers and employees report differing experiences working from home

A new study discovered that people who worked from home believed their productivity increased, whereas many leaders said they could not detect any difference from working in the office.
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US Army soldier Private First Class Andreas Noya from the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, conducts a radio check at the drop zone, after conducting an airdrop activity near Charters Towers, Queensland, during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021.
Communication & Cognition

Top 8 benefits of effective communication in the workplace

Although marketing and sales lead to revenue, organizations should never downplay the benefits of effective communication and its impact on success.
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(l-r) Aircraftwoman Maria De Leon, a Network Technician from No.462 Squadron, with High Performance Program Manager Warrant Officer Janet Brennan during a coaching session at RAAF Base Edinburgh.
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Why Emotionally Intelligent People Still Follow Colin Powell's 13 Rules for Leaders

For many people, one Colin Powell's legacy will be his simple and oft-repeated 13 rules of effective leadership.
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Officers and sailors from HMA Ships Adelaide and Canberra on HMAS Adelaide's flight deck as part of a mental health event at Garden Island.
Military Management

Mental health days are on the rise in the corporate world, but they're not a silver bullet for workplace stress

Workplace mental health issues are increasing, and so is the trend for organisations to grant employees wellness days off, which is part of an overall business strategy to reduce stress.
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The South Sea Fleet Honour Guard, Zhanjiang, China.
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Leadership

Management lessons from Chinese business and philosophy

A steady shift in Chinese business thinking provides food for thought for organisations and leaders outside of China.
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Leading Seaman Physical Training Instructor Toby Miell conducts a fitness session on the flight deck of HMAS Parramatta during the warship's East Asia Deployment.
Leadership

Management Lessons From James Bond, For The Post-COVID World

Despite being a sole operator with legendary catch-phrases, James Bond can offer a lesson or two for modern leaders.
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Recruits from Kapooka’s Recruit Development Wing (RDW) have participated in a week of Adventurous Training at Wee Jasper in Southern NSW.
Military Management

3 ways ‘algorithmic management’ makes work more stressful and less satisfying

This article addresses the problem of how human personnel management can co-exist with algorithmic management.
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A Royal Australian Air Force member guides aspiring pilot, Aric through a virtual reality flight simulator to commemorate the Air Force Centenary at Brisbane Festival’s Sunsuper Riverfire at Southbank, Brisbane
Military Management

Neurodiversity can be a workplace strength, if we make room for it

People with neurodiverse disorders are statistically unlikely to get employment, but a greater understanding of the disorders reveals that they can bring specialist and unique skills to the workplace.
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Petty Officer Wagner delivers the Senior Maritime Personnel Operators course via distance learning from HMAS Cerberus in Victoria.
Leadership

How To Lead Remote Workers: The 4 Ways Top Leaders Create Engagement For Hybrid Teams

Adopting new leadership methods is essential to lead and manage remote workers effectively.
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725SQN personnel Able Seaman Aviation Support, Brooke Patman and Leading Seaman Aircrewman, Clinton Taylor discuss the training schedule in the squadron's operations centre.
Leadership

In The Workplace Of The Future, How Important Will Ethics Be?

This article discusses the outcome of a survey by the author that shows most people surveyed believe workplace ethics will be even more critical in the future.
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Members from Aviation Support (AVN) test their marshalling skills in the safety of the Virtual Reality (VR) world on the new VR Landing Helicopter Decks at HMAS Albatross, NSW.
Leadership

What We Lose In A Virtual Workplace

This article discusses what we lose when we interact solely in a virtual workplace while acknowledging that ‘hybrid’ workplaces are here to stay.
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Australian Invictus Games 2020 coach Royal Australian Navy sailor Warrant Officer Andrew Bertoncin (centre) talks to Team Australia competitors after the wheelchair basketball match against the United Kingdom at Invictus Games Park in The Hague.
Military Management

Coach, Mentor, Advise or Instruct: How to Develop High-Performing Teams

Coaching, mentoring, advising and instructing are all separate tools that can help us develop our people.
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Director-General Engineering for Navy, Commodore Rachel Durbin, CSC, RAN, speaks to Lieutenant Loretta Binder (right) about 2022 International Woman’s Day and the roles and capabilities of woman in leading STEM roles in Navy engineering.
Leadership

How Coaching Can Help You Move from Crisis Management to Crisis Leadership

Most organisations will at some time experience a crisis—coaching can help an organisation learn from a crisis and emerge more robust and with even more loyalty from customers, employees, and the community.
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Director-General Engineering for Navy, Commodore Rachel Durbin, CSC, RAN, speaks to Lieutenant Loretta Binder (right) about 2022 International Woman’s Day and the roles and capabilities of woman in leading STEM roles in Navy engineering.
Leadership

How Coaching Can Help You Move from Crisis Management to Crisis Leadership

Most organisations will at some time experience a crisis—coaching can help an organisation learn from a crisis and emerge more robust and with even more loyalty from customers, employees, and the community.
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Australian Army soldiers from 11 Brigade are briefed before securing a house in Toowoomba during Exercise Arras Sprint 2022.
Wellbeing

4 Things Employees Need From Leadership to Support Their Well-Being

COVID19 has resulted in uncertainty for many employees, and those affected need stability, trust, compassion and, a clear plan of action from their leaders.
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L – R (foreground) – CUO Dan Carson of 15 AAC BN HQ and CUO Jade Carrick of 13 ACU Toowoomba. Cadets participating in the Dry Obstacle Course, Crawling under Rope on Soft Gravel / Sand, supported by other Cadets to work through the obstacle at Kokoda Barracks, Canungra.
Leadership

The 4 Steps to Building an All-Star Leadership Team

This article outlines four simple steps to help create better leadership that can help bring out the best in a team.
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Royal Australian Air Force loadmasters Corporal Antonia Guterres (left) and Corporal Jakeb Thorogood prepare to board a C-27J Spartan aircraft before conducting a maritime surveillance mission in Palau during Operation Solania.
Military Management

10 Ways to Improve Your Time Management Skills

The lack of time to complete tasks can cause stress, but stress can be alleviated and productivity improved through applying simple time management strategies.
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Royal Australian Air Force loadmasters Corporal Antonia Guterres (left) and Corporal Jakeb Thorogood prepare to board a C-27J Spartan aircraft before conducting a maritime surveillance mission in Palau during Operation Solania.
Military Management

10 Ways to Improve Your Time Management Skills

The lack of time to complete tasks can cause stress, but stress can be alleviated and productivity improved through applying simple time management strategies.
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(L-R) Project ManagerNicole Miles and Project Officer Tracey Johnston, of Estate and Infrastructure Group, discuss Defence's new website - ServiceConnect.
Leadership

The Future of Team Leadership Is Multimodal

Successful leaders need to utilise a range of different leadership styles to lead effectively in the Covid disrupted world.
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Australian Army soldier Craftsman Dennis Bernardo, from the 7th Combat Service Support Battalion, provides support to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Military Management

What is data management and why is it important?

Every day massive amounts of data are generated—data management is a vital business skill to ensure that organisations use data effectively and efficiently.
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No. 22 Squadron firefighter Leading Aircraftwoman Haley Jamsek lets Logan, Lachlan and their mum Kylie try out firefighting nozzles during the Hawkesbury Show.
Leadership

Why Working Mums Make Exceptional Managers

Parenting skills acquired by working mothers are readily transferred to the workplace.
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No. 22 Squadron firefighter Leading Aircraftwoman Haley Jamsek lets Logan, Lachlan and their mum Kylie try out firefighting nozzles during the Hawkesbury Show.
Leadership

Why Working Mums Make Exceptional Managers

Parenting skills acquired by working mothers are readily transferred to the workplace.
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Weapons Electrical Engineering Officer Lieutenant Commander Blake Newman uses a sound-powered telephone during a damage control exercise in HMAS Ballarat.
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Communication & Cognition

What Productive Conflict Can Offer A Workplace

Understand conflict in the workplace is a natural occurrence and it can be used to inform better working environments.
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Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, AO, RAN, talks with Navy cadets during the Australian Navy Cadet Fleet Engagement Camp on Cockatoo Island in Sydney on Wednesday, 13 April 2022.
Wellbeing

Fostering Empathy in the Workplace

Mental health organisation R U O K speaks with empathy expert Mr Daniel Murray about exactly what empathy is and why it’s a vital tool for leaders in today’s workplace.
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Seaman Communications and Information Systems Kayla Gray helps students from Glendale Technology High School with an interactive exercise during Navy Immersion Day at the Centre for Innovation, Garden Island Defence Precinct, NSW.
Communication & Cognition

Millennial Stereotyping In The Workplace Isn't Funny

Stereotyping is a limiting thinking style that is the antithesis to innovation and erodes teams.
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Military Management

5 Ways Bosses Can Reduce Stigma of Mental Health at Work

With the incidence of mental health issues increasing across the workforce, it is beholden upon us to derive more flexible and effective workplace mental health management strategies.
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Royal Australian Navy members line the deck of HMAS Canberra as Philippine Navy Ship Antonio Luna sails past, at the conclusion of Exercise Lumbas.
Leadership

As your team gets bigger, your leadership style has to adapt

As you promote up the ranks your responsibility grows. Learn how to skills to help navigate from the tools to the conference room.
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Australian Army personnel along with participants from the Indigenous Tribal Warrior program take part in a boxing session at Victoria Barracks in Sydney.
Wellbeing

Time Management and Wellbeing

Good time management is good self-management. It is about living life to the fullest and choosing your activities and tasks that align with that purpose; which you define with your goals.This article encourages the reader to set clear goals and replace a traditional ‘to-do’ list with a more effective alternative, leading to better productivity, less stress and potential career advancement.
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Able Seaman Maritime Logistics - Chef Jack Ye prepares food for a lunch service at sea onboard HMAS Brisbane.
Leadership

The Three Key Ingredients Of Leadership You Need

Leaders do not only have to inspire change they have to manage the process by which change is achieved.
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Lieutenant Commander Matthew Corner (left) and Lieutenant Nicole Heard (right) discuss leadership techniques as part of the Navy Leadership Coaching Program.
Leadership

A Guide to Collaborative Leadership

The Defence Leadership Manual states that context should determine the appropriate leadership style to be used whereas some leadership commentators argue that a collaborative model of leadership is the most appropriate.
Australian Defence Force players from the Women's ADF All-Stars AFL team prior to the curtain raiser Greater Western Sydney versus Saint Kilda AFL game at Manuka Oval in Canberra, on Friday, 22 April 2022. Left to right: Royal Australian Navy sailor Petty Officer Maritime Logistics Chef Meg… read more
Leadership

How Workplaces —Not Women—Need to Change to Improve Equality

Leaders need to create an environment where issues that contribute to an inequitable workplace can be removed.
Royal Australian Air Force Indigenous liaison officer Flight Lieutenant Steven Warrior at RAAF Base Edinburgh, South Australia.
Leadership

Leveraging Indigenous Talent in the Defence Workforce

Many indigenous veterans have the skills and expertise to continue to serve their country and community after they leave the ADF.
Royal Australian Air Force aviator Warrant Officer Richard Balmforth from No. 11 Squadron working aboard a P-8A Poseidon aircraft during a coordinated patrol with an Indian Navy P-8I Neptune off the north coast of Australia.
Military Management

Tips for Managing Conflict at Work

Insights into resolving and avoiding workplace conflict in the context of two areas of interpersonal conflict.