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In the face of ongoing social and technological change, two increasingly critical leadership traits are a growth mindset and an adaptive style, according to a strategy specialist.

Leaders and employees alike tend to be good at being busy, "but that doesn't necessarily deliver value", a leadership specialist says. Meanwhile, feedback is open on the next phase of the FWC's project to draft a modern award WFH term.

Too many organisations exercise the practice of "throwing people at a problem", rather than considering whether that amounts to "optimised people resource allocation", a corporate strategist says.

A new era in corporate leadership is no longer a nice-to-have, but critical for the survival of business, according to a specialist in transformational leadership theory.

Most new CHROs have come from outside the organisation, and those appointed internally are less likely to be promoted to the C-suite, according to a new report that lays blames on a lack of senior HR succession planning.

The concept of "conscious unbossing" isn't new, but the term's traction might just give a globally disengaged workforce a new lease of life, a leadership specialist says.

It's a common mistake to call leaders a "team" when they function as a group, and the opportunity cost is significant, a behavioural scientist and leadership coach warns.

Employers should be preparing now for an exodus of tenured executives in the near future, an advisor to CHROs says.

Even when an employee has a good manager, they report low commitment to stay with an organisation if they regard its leadership as poor, research indicates.

Business leaders have an even greater impact on attrition than line managers, and leadership transitions can jeopardise retention to a significant degree, new data shows.