Alexandra Tselios
Chris Gray
Laura Close
CONTRIBUTORS
EDITOR ’ S COMMENT
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked ; leadership is defined by results not attributes .
-Peter Drucker
Alexandra Tselios
Alexandra is a Business Consultant and Publisher of The Big Smoke . Alexandra has a diverse background in corporate , public and creative fields and is an expert business consultant .
Everything online seems to have a ‘ like ’ button . Pictures , status updates , blog posts , news , videos , bands : everything and everyone has the opportunity to be ‘ liked ,’ both by friends and families and people who they don ’ t even know .
But is likeability a leader ’ s best trait ? There are arguments for both sides of the fence , but in this issue , Alexandra Tselios explores the reasons why a leader ’ s goals should not focus on being liked .
Chris Gray
At Red Hat , Chris has global responsibility for strategic partner initiatives and worldwide sales within the embedded and Internet of Things market . His extensive experience with hundreds of embedded partners and customers across numerous and diverse industries has given him a unique perspective on this explosive growth area . He has led the global expansion of Red Hat ’ s Embedded and Internet of Things business in over twenty countries and continues to lead Red Hat ’ s mission as the open source leader in embedded and intelligent systems solutions .
In our technology section , we explore the Internet of Things and its arrival to the enterprise . CES 2015 just wrapped up as I am penning this , and the big topic there was the IoT ’ s presence in the home . Chris Gray from Red Hat explores how the IoT can change businesses , and how smaller businesses can jump on this bandwagon . And as it ’ s the summer holiday in Australia , what better way to end our issue than with our Top 10 list of Oz ’ s favourite surf brands ?
Enjoy the issue !
Laura Close
Editor laura . close @ wdmgroup . com
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