What is this thing called leadership? Prominent Australians tell their stories
Journal of Management and Organization, Nov 2007 by Parry, Ken W
What is this thing called leadership? Prominent Australians tell their stories Neil C Cranston and Lisa Catherine Ehrlich (2007)
This book tells the leadership stories of ten prominent Australians –
Tim Costello – CEO of World Vision Australia, Baptist Minister and practising lawyer
Christine Nixon – the first female Commissioner of Police in Australia
Michael Kirby – Justice of the High Court of Australia and Companion of the Order of Australia
Linda Burney – a distinguished Aboriginal leader in education, reconciliation and indigenous issues, and the first Aboriginal in NSW Parliament
Peter Doherty – joint winner of the Nobel Prize in the Physiology of Medicine in 1996
Jim Soorley – former Lord Mayor of Brisbane
Fiona Wood – Director of the Western Australian Burns Unit and Australian of the Year in 2005
Ian Kiernan – established the first ‘Clean Up Australia’ in 1990 and Australian of the Year in 1994
Sarina Russo – CEO of he Russo group of companies
Maggi Sietsma – founder of Expressions dance company in Brisbane
Being able to interview all ten is a remarkable achievement in itself. From someone who has done this, I can tell you that it is hard work yet at the same time a rewarding and enjoyable experience for any author.
These authors are prominent education academicians at Brisbane Universities: Neil Cranston is Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Queensland; Lisa Catherine Ehrich is with the School of Learning and Professional Studies at Queensland University of Technology. Both have impressive careers in the disciplines of leadership, in particular educational leadership. Understandably perhaps, they present an educational tone as much as a business tone with the writing of this book.
The foreword is by Peter Thompson, presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Commission’s ‘Talking Heads’ television program, and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand School of Governance. Thompson provides a useful introduction to the concept of an ‘Australian’ leadership model. He too has interviewed many prominent Australians, and provides a useful insight, from his perspective, of what these people contribute to leadership in Australia
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