Books, Manuals and Self-Assessment Instruments


"Organisation Design, Levels of Work and
Capability - an executive guide
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Published by GO - Global Organisation Design Society. 2007.  Series Editor Ken Shepard.  Includes a chapter contributed by Andrew Olivier on Working Journeys and Talent Pools. The Journey of well known Australian business leader James Strong is featured in the chapter.

If you wish to pre-order a copy of the book please let us know. The price is expected to be $80 plus postage. The book is hard cover, 7x9 inch format, foil-stamped spine, and about 500 pages. High quality off-set paper w/ two colours - teal for the headings. Heavy quality dust jacket, embossed and spot varnished for texture and high end image.

We can take cheques and EFT. If you require an invoice, please let me know.

We expect the book will be available in  August/Sept  2007.

(RRP A$104.00 - OUR PRICE A$80 GST included.   Add $8.50 for postage - total $88.50 within Australia only)

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The Working Journey journey by Andrew Olivier

In this extraordinary book Andrew Olivier, has taken leading models of work and potential, and practically illustrated them with selected stories about the Working Journey of Australian and South African executives.This is an important book in that it offers us ways of planning and proactively managing our Working Journey through an unusual perspective. The book is aimed at people with potential to reach senior and executive levels of leadership, executive leaders and CEOs, and those responsible for executive talent pool management. (367 pages, 21 figures & 6 tables)

Understanding the Growth of Your Own Potential
Theoretical power drawn from leading contributors in the fields of Complexity, Systems Thinking and Social Evolution.

Highlighting what Your Future Might HoldA predictive view is possible, no matter if you are 30, 40 , 50 or 60!!!

Planning how to deal with Predictable Potential Crises in your Working Journey - Transition Periods are so often times of crises and for making changes - don’t get ambushed - anticipate when a crises may arise and deal with it proactively…

Developing and retaining High Potential Individuals and effective Talent Pool Management - Our return on these assets is dependent on how we use their time in our organisation and this depends on how we proactively manage our Talent pools.

Useful Tips and advice for Future Leaders on how to manage their Working Journey effectively and what skills sets are important.
Practical tips, models and best practices.

Cost is A$44.00 (GST included) per book with a 10% discount on orders of three books or more. Please add mailing costs of A$8.50 within Australia, and A$15.50 for orders from New Zealand. International orders, please add A$22.50 for postage. Please note that for International orders, no GST applies and the book cost is A$44.00 plus postage (total A$66.50).

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Executive Leadership   by Elliott Jaques and Stephen ClementExecutive Leadership

(RRP A$104.00 - OUR PRICE A$80 GST included.   Add $8.50 for postage - total $88.50 within Australia only)

A Practical Guide to Managing Complexity.   Blackwell Publishers 1994)

This is a practical and accessible handbook for those interested in Requisite Leadership.   It is a comprenhensvie guide and is highly recommended and provides an overview across roles, task complexity, authorities, organisational structures, TARRS / TIRRS, Managerial Leadership, Supervisory Leadership, Project Teams, MoR Leadership Accountabilities, Organisational Leadership and Talent pools. A Must Have!!!  

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Tracking Your Working Journey   A$45

A Self Assessment E-Instrument frontpageTrackingYourWorkingJourneylite

This is a thinking person's tool aimed at giving you a perspective  on your capability and on how you plan to shape your Journey so as to actualise your potential.   It is not after specifics, but seeks to determine general direction and if you feel the need to achieve, to use your capabilyt fully, then this is a useful tool that does produce results.   You can customise it for detailed year on year objectives or to reflect on as and wehn required..

It is fifteen pages and is divided into two parts. The first has two exercises which build upon one another.  The first is The Time Line Exercise which asks you to determine your periods of "flow" and "out of flow" and then offers a view on how your needs for your Working Journey may predictively change. This exercise flows into the next, namely your Capability Cycle and  where are you in that cycle and what you have and are still learning...

The second part is about our Future and how our Journey may unfold.   It has one major exercise aimed at you identifying the components of your Life Pool, the opportunities and vulnerabities that make up your current "pool" of existance.  This exercise allows one to prepare a visual graphic that serves as a snapshot in time, but also as an annual record.

ORDER NOW         Special discount on orders of ten or more. $35 each...  Delivered to you in a PDF format. 

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