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When publicly-listed company, Peoplebank, swallowed privately-owned, Ambit Recruitment, it faced a major people challenge to merge two very different cultures. By Sue Bushell

Catriona Noble, the new head of McDonald's in Australia, reveals the burger empire's growth and marketing strategies. By Georgina Jerums

Members of the generation Y demographic will comprise 40 per cent of the workforce in a decade. Employers must nurture these current-day employees who are, after all, future managers. By Mark Story

Despite decades of feminism and apparent attitudinal change, the evidence clearly shows that women are failing to achieve executive management positions in Australia. By Karalyn Brown

A key component to survive an economy on the slide is a strong and focused leadership team. By Georgina Jerums 

Skills, dedication and commitment. Federal Court Judge Annabelle Bennett is an achiever in a profession where the stakes are high. By Georgina Jerums

Over the past few years, a whole era of young managers has been asked to shoulder often huge responsibilities. 

Good leaders nowadays, says Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer, Dr David Bradford, don't need to have all the answers. But a willingness to embrace change is imperative. By Isaac Wilson

Defined as a decade of political, social and cultural revolution, the '60s were synonymous with change.

The movement away from the conservative '50s first took flight as idealistic and dissatisfied children from the postwar baby boom entered their young adult and teenage years.

If a booming economy presented myriad challenges for Australia's managers, then the subsequent global economic turmoil is hardly going to be the time to look for a reprieve. Looking ahead to the top challenges that managers can expect to face in 2009 - whether it be the state of the economy, the importance of strong leadership or the ongoing skills shortage - the issues are intertwined, making it virtually impossible to consider one without the other.

CEO of Heinz Australia Peter Widdows credits changes in organisational culture for making Heinz a better company. By Jason Day

'Quality is to a product what character is to a man'. So said the co-founder of the H.J. Heinz Company, the American Henry John Heinz.

In common, no doubt, with the inhabitants of other countries in which its brands reside, Heinz products have fed Australian toddlers, sustained hungry students through university, been a staple of kitchen cupboards for quick meals, and adorned the tops of millions of meat pies.