My late Aunt Sylvia Cox was an inspiration to me. She was not only my Aunt, she was a teacher at my High School. Her enthusiasm for life and her naturally exclamatory style engendered a sense of fun and a sense of the possible in those around her. Whether it was taking us for "puddle ...
Mentoring is one of those ideas that seem intuitively sensible and worthy of widespread implementation. But how effective is mentoring? Does it lead to any positive outcomes?
The incompetent – this is the chronically under-prepared speaker. They don’t understand their topic, but this doesn’t seem to stop them. They will arrive with overhead slides (yes overheads), photocopied in black and white cheaply at the newsagents.
Long day of training folks on realities of chaos theory of careers. Then at the end of the day I saw a client in the classroom - I am on the road again in Melbourne. The client told his story - it was moving and engaging. I made some comments. He ...
You need to decide on a preferred “communications policy”. In other words, you need to decide who you want to share
your diagnosis with. Some people will prefer to limit knowledge of their condition to a manager and no one else, whereas others will want the information disseminated more broadly.
Bill Gates met his wife at work and Rupert Murdoch met his current wife at work. Even Elton John met his first wife through work (she was a sound recording engineer). A few years ago, Griffith University academic, Dr Geoff Carter, found that about 80% of a sample of Australian workers admitted to having ...
