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NAB’s candid candidates

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A radical soul-searching program has defused succession tensions at NAB. Andrew Cornell reports.

BOSS REPORT

 

Generation over it

Did you know that:


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70% of Generation X workers in Australia are dissatisfied with their work conditions
70% believe they receive insufficient organisational support
69% report feeling detached from the organisational culture
67% express discontentment with their career prospects
62 % experience unfulfilling relationships with co-workers


>> Read more in the Boss report featured in the May issue of AFR BOSS.


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Leaders of the Future

BOSS brings together some of Australia's top corporate leaders to discuss whether we're building the right DNA for leaders of the future. What makes a great leader in changing times? What characteristics will our future leaders need and will our younger generation of leaders have what it takes?

ABC Radio's ADAM SPENCER (Sydney) and GERALDINE DOOGUE (Melbourne) lead a panel of CEOs from Australian companies.

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NAB's candid candidates

A radical soul-searching program has defused succession tensions at NAB. Andrew Cornell reports.

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Narellehooper MAY issue out now!

Organisations have all sorts of ways of grappling with succession, ultimately none of them pretty. That’s because there really is only one first prize. This month’s cover story goes inside the efforts by NAB CEO John Stewart to meld his top team as well as manage expectations for when he stands down.


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The organisations that do best over time are those that prepare a ready supply of future leaders, wiring leadership capability into the corporate body's DNA. At an AFR BOSS roundtable in October last year, executives from firms on the local list discussed what works. Read the transcript here.

BOSS - KEY DATES 2008

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