There are many excellent free leadership development and organisational learning resources on the internet and this page is our effort to put you in touch with some of them.

Strategic Planning & Thinking Links

Pegasus Communications - At one time a site with excellent free resources, now most of their material comes at a price. Their annual conference is worth attending if you're ever in the US when it's running.

Rocky Mountain Institute - Established in 1982 by Hunter and Amory Lovins, the RMI site is an excellent resource on sustainable management and is the home of Natural Capitalism.

Sustainable Enterprise Consulting - A Canadian consulting firm that specialises in sustainability consulting, their resource page has a good reference on Paul Tebo, the man who pioneered sustainable development at Dupont Chemicals.

Integrated Sustainability Analysis @ University of Sydney - has excellent resources on the topic of sustainability.

Ecos Corporation - An Australian company based in Sydney, they specialise in the business application of sustainability principles. Their resource page is worth investigating.

The Long Now Foundation -  Created in the year 01996, the Foundation recalibrated our concept of sustainability and is the home of the 10,000 year clock.

Future Directions International - An excellent resource on medium to long-term issues facing Australia, their Weekly Global Report ($200 yearly subscription) covers the big issues.

WA Collaboration - a West Australian based network of NGO's working on collaborative strateties for sustainable community development. Their resource page is worth investigating.

Sustainable Living - The official WA government sustainable living website.

Eco Footprint Calculators - Ever wonder about the personal impact you're having on the planet's resources? From the ABC TV Catalyst programme, a set of calculators to help you measure the size of your ecological footprint.

Ackoff Center Weblog - There are some excellent essays by Russell Ackoff on the nature of systems thinking and strategic planning that are accessible from this site.  Just scroll through the weblog and click on the essays.


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Performance Development Links

ADI - Aubrey Daniels International - Unfortunately, nothing here in the way of free resources, but Aubery Daniels is one of the best writers on behavioural based performance development. His text Bringing Out the Best in People, is a management classic worth investigating.

Big Dog's HRD Site - It's a strange name, but Don Clark's site is a great web source for information on performance development and leadership.

When I find other online Performance Development resources that I'm happy with, I'll put it on this page...


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Organisational Change & Learning Links

Society for Organisational Learning - good resources on the topic of organisational learning

Brint.com - an excellent site for all things business technology and knowledge management

Common Knowledge - A US based consultancy and web home of Dr. Nancy M. Dixon, an innovator in corporate communication theory and practice. Their resource page is worth investigating.

Expert Survey Systems - If you ever have to design an organisational survey, this site is a mine of information on how to do it well.

ROI Calculator - a free Excel based Return On Investment calculator for your training activities.

American Society for Training & Development - still the best value professional body for the training & development profession. Their very reasonable membership fees give you access to a variety of excellent online resources.

Association of Knowledgework (AOK) - a virtual meeting place and resource centre for knowledge management. They have a good reading list and their white papers web page is worth investigating.

Action Learning - I've yet to find a more comprehensive resource for all things on the topic of Action Research. Their resource page alone has over 50 excellent articles.

Open Source Software - Open Source software is a fantastic example of what collaborative work can produce. It's collaboratively designed from the bottom up, is free to download and use, and often excels it's commercial propriatary equivalent.  Freemind is an excellent mind mapping software program. Open Office is the open source alternative to expensive office productivity suite software and is compatible with all other major commercial alternatives, including Microsoft Office. There are many others worth investigating and supporting ....

Deming Electronic Network - This is the official W. Edwards Deming web site, a collection of web based resources on the Deming's quality methodology and related literature. There are many free resources and articles here ... it should keep you busy for a while.


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Leadership & Management Links

Australian Institute for Managers (AIM) - Australia's largest professional body for managers, with a branch in every capital city. No free resources, but they do offer a range of reasonably priced training courses and seminars.

Society for Human Resource Management - the US based professional body for Human Resource professionals. Their very reasonable membership fees give you  access to a variety of excellent online resoureces.

Australian Human Resourse Institute - the Australian based professional body for Human Resource professionals. 

HRM Guide - an online resource guide for Human Resource management. 

About: Business & Finance - The "About" web site is a "clearing house" of information, that covers just about everything you can think of, and their Human Resource and Management web pages are packed with excellent free business management tips.

Fast Company - The free online version of the famous business magazine and their online guides are worth investigating.

Business Week On Line - The free online version of Business Week magazine. Their podcasts and special reports are worth investigating.

Big Dog's HRD Site - Don Clark's site is one of the best on the internet for information on performance development and leadership.

Curious Cat - Cats and Dogs! It's another strange name for a management & leadership web site, but it's another good source of online information



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Work Team Development Links

Keep you eye on this section, more to come soon.

Safety Management Links

WorkSafe - the West Australian government website for information about workplace safety, laws and regulations.  Their SafetyLine Institute has excellent online learning resources.

WorkCover - the West Australian government's Injury Management website. Their employer's page has useful templates and guidelines for employers.

National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) - the Australian federal government safety regulator for the offshore Oil & Gas industry.

Step Change In Safety -  A UK based site dedicated to improve safety awareness and performance in the offhsore Oil & Gas industry. Their free resource page is worth investigating.

Behavioural Safety Now - an annual Behavioural Based Safety conference (held in the USA) whose mission is to advance the understanding of Behavioural Based Safety management. Their on line library is worth investigating.

ChemSafety  -  The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's web site. Their reports, publications and video resources are well worth investigating.

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