Leading on the Edge: Extraordinary Stories and Leadership Insights from The World's Most Extreme Workplace

Index

2UE 65

3AW 65, 67

3RRR 65, 67

AAP 65

ABC 65

accountability 136

Adélie penguins 143, 263, 270

— behaviour of, 116, 123

AFL 237

alcohol

— culture and 120, 121

— incidents relating to 168–169, 179

ambiguity

— comfort with 224, 264

— dealing with 51, 102, 146–150, 152

— different reactions to 100

Antarctica

— humidity in 95

— studying climate from 75–76

— temperatures in 180–181

— traditions in 88, 208, 220–221, 224

attacks see also conflict

— dealing with personal 35–36

Aurora Australis 112, 116, 182, 185, 263, 264 see also icebreaker ships

Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) 41–42, 73–74

— culture of 79–81

authenticity 37, 47–53, 57

Balranald Primary School 250

Basalt Plains district 26

Beaver Lake 195

Bedford, Kathy 65

behaviour, unacceptable 146–149, 168–169

Big Eye 219

boat training 105–106

boot camp 47–59

boredom management 208

boundaries 159, 160, 161

Bull, Ted 66

cabin fever 219, 246

career paths, changing 17

Carlton, Mike 65

CASA C-212 Aviocars 164–165, 172

Casey Station 257

celebrations 207–209, 217, 239, 278

change

— culture 71, 82, 83, 93

— managing 32, 93, 126

change agents 32

Channel Nine 65

Cheatley, Brett 36, 40, 68

Chinese Antarctic team 133–134, 135, 196–197

Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) 173

Cobden Times 65, 67

command and control leadership 88, 99, 167

communication 31, 85–86, 93

— difficult conversation checklist 283–285

— importance of in a crisis 175–176

— no triangles and 283

complaints, dealing with 160

conflict 51–52, 53, 92, 234, 253–255