by Anita Ziemer | May 4, 2018 | The world @work
Why would The Wall Street Journal report that MBA applications across the world are down three years running? Isn’t an MBA a sure ticket to a high paying and interesting career? At Slade Group we’re very interested in labour market trends and skills...
by Anita Ziemer | Apr 18, 2018 | Interchange Bench, The world @work
We’re again experiencing a real shortage of capable talent at every professional level and if I could tag this post with ‘High Importance’ I would. For those who weren’t around, or who have already forgotten what it was like nearly a decade ago, here’s a story and...
by Anita Ziemer | Jan 19, 2018 | The world @work
Have you ever thought “I wonder who parented you!” when you think about some of the more ‘difficult’ colleagues at work? Given that EQ is often pretty well cooked by the age of seven, (just like the Jesuits said) how much easier might our...
by Geoff Slade | Sep 6, 2017 | The world @work
As a detox for work addiction, in late 2016 my wife suggested it was time we took a sabbatical. And now in September 2017 that rhetoric is well and truly a reality. Like many business owners and leaders, it’s taken me many years to move from taking two weeks off...
by Anita Ziemer | Jun 9, 2017 | The world @work
There’s EQ, there’s IQ, and now there’s Eco Intelligence. Except the ‘now’ is 10 years old and I’m late to the party. How did I even hear about this? A few weeks ago, a bunch of us were rabbiting on about the relative EQ and IQ of a...
