Leadership

What is going on with our politicians? People keep telling me Kevin Rudd is making funny movements with his hands that stop you listening to his message, Julia Gillard was constantly receiving ‘feedback’ about her voice, Tony Abbott is being criticised for his empty speeches and lack of meaningful content.

In 2012, an experiment on gender bias shook the scientific community by showing that science faculty favor male college graduates over equally qualified women applying for lab manager positions.

Making the decision to leave a job, or a career, is rarely easy.

We’ve all experienced — and inflicted — the condition known as Death by PowerPoint.

Our career progression largely depends on how influential we can be.

A tired, unmotivated workforce is an expensive liability for companies of any size.

Lately, I’ve caught myself saying things like “if only I had more time”, “if only there were more hours in each day”.

So what happens when you are offered a promotion and you feel like you are only just keeping your head above water at work? Oddly enough this is exactly the dilemma that we find affecting an increasing number of executive level mums within the first 12-24 months of returning to work from their maternity leave.

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.

It was a Thursday night at 5pm.

When most people think of bullying, they imagine a nasty, vindictive boss standing over a subordinate, belittling and insulting them in front of the entire office staff.

With personal and professional pressures culminating in the approach to Christmas, November and December are often considered to be overwhelming months.