I am right, you are wrong, and this is why
“My values didn’t align with his and we had too many different opinions.” I nodded my head in interest as the candidate I was interviewing told me this was the reason why she’d left her most recent role. She was the Executive Assistant, supporting the person with whom she did not have ‘shared opinions’…
Can someone please turn up the Air Con?
“She told me that my problem is I’m too nice.” It’s Saturday morning cricket in Brisbane and at 7am it’s already nearing 30 degrees. I’m drinking hot coffee whilst simultaneously sweltering. It’s an early start and still two and a half hours to go so when it comes to caffeine, necessity prevails, despite the…
That time I was a gymnastics coach
Coaching styles in the sporting world offer valuable insights that can be effectively applied to the workplace.
The Paradox of Professional Ghosting
It is the digital equivalent of sticking our heads in the sand, hoping the problem will magically dissolve.
The voice in our head that tells us we don’t belong
If your employees experience the feeling of Imposter Syndrome then it’s helpful to know this.
The case for NOT working from home.
I’m here to offer a different perspective and challenge the assumption that if you don’t like working from home you must have a prehistoric view about the modern workplace.
The 11 green flags of a great employee, what are yours?
The Importance of Reference Checking and Green Flags in Recruitment
The sisterhood is not okay
It is not at all uncommon for a candidate to tell me that they don’t want a female Manager and when asked why, the reasons are not always clear. It is often as a result of a past experience of being undermined. Perhaps it is because of the sisterhood we expect more from our female peers, so when those expectations aren’t met we feel let down”
Working from home has changed our social lives, but can we make work friends remotely?
Remote work can impact our social lives in ways we don’t realise. Here are five ways to make real connections while working from home.