Advice

Employee performance appraisals are a well-established part of corporate life.

A female chippie joined The Block last night.

Eight-five percent of businesswomen describe themselves as just functioning at work over the past six months, with more than 15 % flat out languishing according to The Australian Pulse of Women In Leadership.

A few weeks ago I saw a poster, or possibly even a meme, that carried this message: God gives you the children you can handle.

Have you ever noticed when flicking through the newspaper, particularly the pages focused on business and politics, that the stories, pictures and quotations are dominated by men?  Quite often the only women you see are in the advertisements.

In 1989 I was 23 and in my first management role when I met the man who would become my first career sponsor.

Recently, a number of clients have asked me how they can build their business networks.

One of my managers recently shared with me a recurring dream.

In your career, I’m sure you have observed how some people seem to rise up the ranks quickly and seemingly with little effort, while others stay in the same role for years on end and lament about why they haven’t been promoted yet.

We closed the office for two weeks during the holiday period and the day after I virtually collapsed with exhaustion.

They say that procrastination is the thief of time, so does pre-crastination liberate time? While procrastinators put things off to the last minute, pre-crastinators complete tasks immediately and often much sooner than necessary.

Maybe I expect too much.