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Bob Selden
Member since 30th January 2006
Occupation: Consultant Bob Selden is the Managing Director of the National Learning Institute. He has been an HRD consultant for over 30 years, prior to which he was a line manager in a financial organisation. He is an Australian currently living in Switzerland and is a part time member of faculty at the International Management Development Institute in Lausanne and the Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney. You can contact Bob at http://www.nationallearning.com.au/
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19th June 2008
When I first started consulting, one of my business partners said to me "Bob, you know so many people in the industry and you are known to so many people, your people resources are so valuable to our business." I hadn't thought of it that way before. I'...
05th June 2008
So, you've just been told that you've missed out on leading that new, exciting project. Or you find that two of your colleagues are getting a promotion over you. Or the presentation you made to the board last week didn't seem to go over as well as you h...
25th May 2008
How do most of your customers enter your business? Through the front door? By phone? Via the web? By email? Chances are some of your business comes to you by email. Or If it doesn't initially, you will probably have email contact with many of your c...
28th April 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Bob Selden - Author, What To Do When You Become The Boss
An open letter to young managers
Dear (please put your name here .......................),
If you are a young manager, perhaps recently graduated, then there's a good cha...
07th April 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Bob Selden - Author, What To Do When You Become The Boss
As a trainer, turning managers into coaches is a real challenge. We'd probably all like to think that all managers can become coaches - but can they?
There are perhaps thre...
07th April 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Bob Selden - Author, What To Do When You Become The Boss
John is confused. He prides himself as being a fair and reasonably good manager. This is not his first assignment as a manager, but it is certainly turning out to be his most...
03rd April 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Bob Selden - Author, What To Do When You Become The Boss
The difference to the bottom line in monetary terms between a new manager with extremely poor performance and his or her counterpart who performs at an outstanding level, can b...
02nd April 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Bob Selden - Author, "What To Do When You Become The Boss"
I once worked for an organisation that seemed to embody the epitome of the ideal. In fact, everything the management gurus suggest should be evident in the "excellent" org...
28th March 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 Bob Selden - Author, "What To Do When You Become The Boss"
Many supervisors, managers and team leaders bemoan the fact that their team is not totally engaged with what he or she is trying to achieve. Is it poor communication on th...
27th March 2008
Becoming a good manager takes time and patience. It's great when we get some initial training, but that doesn't always happen. To start, check your current status as a manager - how effective are you now? There are many self checklists available on the we...
18th January 2008
People who know me, say that I am a very positive person. I've worked hard over the years at trying to find the positive in most situations and pass it on to others. I was recently sent an email by a friend who passed on one of the nicest stories I have...
06th May 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 The National Learning Institute
I recently read a disturbing report in the daily newspaper about an air crash in Indonesia. The article (in the Sydney Morning Herald, 12/4/07) read in part; "Pilot may have been saving fuel in crash....
10th February 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 The National Learning Institute
Jane had been out of the country for over a year and returned home to start a new job as a physiotherapist in a family run business. She was excited about the new role as the husband and wife team who...
19th January 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 The National Learning Institute
This is one of the hardest articles I have had to write. I have written many articles on how to manage � others, but managing oneself is a bit different. To start with, each one of us is a differen...
18th January 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 The National Learning Institute
John was a former boss of mine. Before I started working for him, I had heard from others that he had a very good reputation and so I was really looking forward to working with him. The office was a ...
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