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How to End Awkward Employee Encounters

Ever felt like your workplace is full of Toms, Dicks and Harries who don’t know each other from bars of soap? Is the summer party a disaster waiting to happen? A company full of mutual strangers can be damaging to its working culture, often inhibiting overall productivity as well as personal performances. While you can’t force friendships in the office,…

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7 Ways to Be Happier at Work

Being at work can take up a huge amount of your life (think around 92,120 hours over a lifetime!), so it’s important to be happy while you’re there. Cultivating an environment that makes you cheerful and positive can dramatically increase your your motivation and productivity. Here are 7 daily ‘happy habits’ to try for yourself: 1) Start the day right There’s nothing worse…

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The Guide to Social Employer Branding

How do employers know what social media updates they should be doing? How can they know what their audience thinks of these updates? What are the best-in-class employer brands doing on social? To get some answers, I’ve spoken to everyone’s favourite Canadian in Sydney; David Brudenell, Chief Digital Officer of Universum. Listen to the interview below, keep…

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6 Commuter Crimes We’re ALL Guilty of

Be careful – it’s a jungle out there. When it comes to using public transport, it’s every man and woman for themselves. Travelling to and from work is a repetitive experience that can really bring out the worst in people. It’s like the gift that keeps on taking.  Unless you’re of the rare breed of human that can fall…

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7 Steps for Mentoring an Aspiring Female Leader

We are hearing first-hand from the organisations and guest speakers involved in our Women in Leadership programme about the powerful support which mentoring can provide when developing aspiring female leaders. If you are in the process of examining your organisation’s progression pipeline and looking for ways to help address any gender balances, we recommend introducing…