Advice Platitudes undermining your leadership cred? Ten ways to avoid meaningless statements The leadership space is peculiarly susceptible to platitudes.
Advice How to find and use your self-confidence: Jane Huxley Some people swear by Weetbix, but in the Huxley-Carr household it’s all about optimism for breakfast.
Advice How to choose a team bonding activity that works Providing a workplace that encourages wellbeing, creativity and enjoyment increases the likely success of any organization and its employees.
Advice Forget ‘inspirational’, employees want competent leaders: Study When it comes to leadership, workers want someone who’s not afraid of exercising authority and uses that power to make good decisions, according to a study released yesterday by McCrindle Research.
Advice Five negotiation tactics for getting what you want (with pay and in life) You negotiate many times a day.
Advice Building a culture of trust: The key to flexible work? Businesses of all sizes benefit from flexible working- and increasingly for start-ups – are being ‘born agile’, with teams working across cities, countries and even continents.
Advice Five lessons on decision-making from the Labor leadership spill Last week’s Labor leadership change has thrown light on some of the key behavioural biases at play in decision-making.
Advice How to maintain focus and deal with scrutiny: Launa Inman Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Launa Inman has retail in her blood.
Advice Are you an ‘overwhelmed employee’? Your employer can help Feeling like the ‘work’ part of your life never stops and there’s no end to the list of tasks you’re expected to get through? You’re far from alone.
Advice The five biases that drive our decision-making As leaders we like to believe we ‘make’ decisions and that they’re rational.
Advice Calling in a favour: How to leverage your networks How well do you leverage your networks? Do you tap into the people you know for the insights, contacts or ideas you need to achieve your goals? Do you ask to be introduced to people you want to meet, do you ask people to share their lessons learned or to act as a referee? It’s common for people to feel hesitant to ask for favour.
Advice Five reasons why part-time work is growing For the first time since I started working over 20 years ago I have a part-time job.
