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What it means to be proud at work in 2021
While you may have seen more colours than usual in your social feed over the last month during Pride*, it’s not always all rainbows and unicorns for LGBTQI+ people at work. Our level of acceptance and comfort varies from occupation to industry, geographic location and...
How to maintain a positive professional reputation to achieve career success
In managing the trajectory of your career, one of the most important assets you have is your reputation. What other people think of… you as a colleague, leader, or team member,your workplace performance, andyour behaviour around others, including clients and...
Our push for better mental health. Are you up for the challenge?
Did you know that one in five Australians will experience mental ill health this year, yet only 46% of people seek help? It’s a complex challenge – for our loved ones and ourselves, but most of all, for the nine Australians who die by suicide every day. That is why I...
Building trust to achieve maximum potential: A 6-point framework for high performance at work
I see trust as a currency. Each one of us starts with a certain amount when we initiate a professional relationship. Whether it be with colleagues or customers, you either build on it or lose it. And building trust requires consistent effort. Any gains in efficiency...
Introversion v. Extroversion in leadership. Seems the jury’s still out.
Is it a hidden advantage to be an introverted boss, or as an extrovert do you have additional horsepower in the table stakes of leadership? Prompted by The Hustle’s weekend newsletter, Why Introverts Make Great Leaders, it’s interesting to discover the parrying...
Unravelling the Spaghetti Matriciana (aka the crazy labour market)
Three steps to hiring the best talent and at the right price. Confused? It’s not just you. Right now the whole labour market is like a bowl of starchy spaghetti and you need to be super dextrous to unravel the threads to sate your appetite. You want the talent, but...
How to start a successful role even before you get the job
Here’s a fact you have probably already heard of: the first 90 days in a new job are crucial to your success in the role. And it’s not about passing your probation! It’s about building the credibility, reputation, and personal brand that will carry you over the next...
Preparing for a Post-Covid Turnover Boom
For most of last year, many employees were in survival mode, afraid to leave their current employer in fear of not finding work due to the pandemic. But now that vaccinations are underway and things are looking up, employers must be mindful of turnover as employees...
Navigating disappointment during internal recruitment
Recruiting from within can be a strategic and often efficient process for any organisation. Not only are you able to engage a candidate with existing knowledge of your workplace, products and/or services, but they are also often a relatively known commodity. In...
Tough. Love. Tough Love or Tough, Love.
Why leading with empathy is so important. In Slade Group’s Core Strength research about most sought-after employee attributes through COVID-19, empathy took a back seat to ‘here and now survival’ skills. Make no mistake, empathy has jumped back into the...
The secret to a successful career transition: Five key strategies to guide you towards your new job.
Whether you’ve been job searching for months or you have just started, I encourage you to press reset, sharpen your focus and go through the list of key success factors below. Make sure you are reviewing and addressing them every day during your transition. I hope...
When things went viral: One year on from the 2020 Australian Grand Prix
Exactly one year ago to the day, Covid got real for me. I was attending a Formula 1 Grand Prix breakfast at Albert Park when the shock announcement was made: the race had been cancelled. We filed dumbstruck out of the function, directed into busses that were waiting...