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Workplace culture
Meetings – a waste of time or valuable part of office life?
There are two types of face-to-face meetings – those that are productive, efficient and produce actual decisions and outcomes. Then there is the other type in which a piece of your soul dies.
- by Annie Lawson
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MyCareer
If you want change, you have to be prepared to change
Big changes often start very small, but result from tenacity and the courage to ignore that self-doubting, self-limiting voice in your head.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Workplace culture
Buzzword bingo: Corporate jargon strikes back
As the hustle starts again in the post-pandemic world, so does the professional gobbledygook.
- by Lucy Burton
Opinion
The lowdown
Australia is on the brink of a wellbeing recession
Lockdowns and border closures may be a thing of the past, but the legacy of COVID looms large over our ways of working. Many Australians are working more hours and feeling more burnt out than before the pandemic.
- by Natalie James and Sean Gallagher
Opinion
Work therapy
When your colleague’s controlling behaviour gets out of control
Stay calm, professional and stick to the facts: There’s ways to address your co-worker’s loud and rude manners.
- by Jonathan Rivett
‘Lean in to the unknown’ to find your way to a creative career
Traditional career pathways aren’t always the way to go, especially when it comes to finding your niche in the cultural and arts sector.
- by Sue White
‘The minute I got a taste of the real business, I became a better student’
University of Wollongong graduate Paul Fenech co-founded his IT start-up when he was still a student, and now employs several other university graduates.
- by Alex Reszelska
Elon Musk’s return-to-office mandate flies in the face of the new reality
His demand that Tesla staff stop “phoning it in” and get back to the office has thrust the world’s richest person into the noisy debate over the future of work.
- by Matthew Boyle
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The key to digital transformation for Australian businesses
Digital transformation is sweeping across corporate Australia as businesses adjust to a permanent shift to hybrid working.
- by Nina Hendy
Make way for Gen Z: Young Australians are rewriting the rules of work
A force to be reckoned with: Generation Z are entering the workplace with an inherent belief in corporate responsibility – and the means to make it happen.
- by Jessica Yun and Anthony Segaert
Opinion
Workplace culture
Speak your mind, but not too freely if you want to stay employed
Telling the world that the product or service your employer offers is total rubbish may feel liberating, but it could well involve you being liberated from your job.
- by Jim Bright