Briana Everett

There isn’t just one way to be a leader according to former aid worker, business leader and author of A Life Half Lived, Andrew MacLeod.

As a leader you probably know you should be delegating but do you actually do it? Or does a lack of trust among staff, poor communication skills or a tendency to micromanage get in the way? If so you’re not alone.

For many of us, lunchtime is often spent at our desks, taken up by last minute meetings and phone calls or simply skipped altogether.

Small business owners are increasingly mixing their work life with their home life, spending 13 hours each week working from home – equivalent to 17 weeks a year.

We’ve all felt beyond exhausted at some point, and it’s particularly common when things at work are more stressful than usual.

We know it’s important to incorporate exercise into our day, but how can business owners or managers encourage their employees to do the same? Inspiring health and fitness in the workplace involves more than a one-off corporate yoga session or an annual all-day fitness challenge.

Our increasing desire for greater flexibility, freedom and control in our work lives is driving us towards a freelance economy, with predictions that one in three people will be working online, independently, by 2020.

We all know we should be budgeting and keeping track of our everyday expenses, but who really does it? And who has the time? With the new financial year upon us, it’s as good a time as any to start tracking your spending and uncover exactly where your monthly pay cheque disappears to.

The founder and CEO of The Fetch – an online community for professionals to share and discover what’s happening in their city – has already learnt plenty of lessons since starting her business in 2011.

Your friend is smart, talented, trustworthy and successful (no bias, of course) and they’ve come up with a brilliant idea for a new business.

Our three part superannuation ‘recovery series’ covers some of the most common pitfalls affecting a woman’s retirement savings.

See part one of our Super Recovery Series: Don’t let divorce ruin your retirement Taking a career break to care for your children means (in most cases) your employer won’t be making any contributions to your super account, leaving a significant dent in your retirement nest egg.