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5 Reasons We Should Embrace Teamwork
In my university days the dreaded ‘teamwork’ used to send shivers down my spine as I knew full well it would usually involve 50 percent of the group actually doing the work, and the rest sitting idly waiting for the assessment to roll in.
The ART Of Conversation: Through Our Eyes
The world through someone else’s eyes can look very different from our own perspective.
Made a Monumental Mistake? It’s not all Doom and Gloom
Something you did just lost the company its biggest paying client.
The phone rings; giant beads of sweat start to gather on your forehead, your heart races and you know instantly what’s coming.
Soft Skills Make for Tough Leaders
Here’s a secret most Executives won’t tell you: on their route to the top, they most probably received communications training.
What the Adam Goodes incident should be teaching us about empathy
One thing that working in community engagement has taught me is that it really doesn’t cost you a thing to better understand somebody else’s point of view or somebody else’s values.
Why Do We Get So Confused When We Talk About Online?
This whole internet thing in the scheme of everything is pretty new, but when business moves so quickly and we have had the best part of twenty years to adapt to the web as a business tool, why does the internet inhibit our rational thinking?
Why Do We Use Jargon And How Can We Stop?
Here is a shocking revelation, are you ready? We all use jargon at work because it puts us in a position of power.
The 7 Steps To Improving Work Performance I Learnt From Masterchef
I realised one night while watching the contestants fumble over ingredients and battle it out in a pressure test that just like in Masterchef, successful work performance requires effective organisation, planning, process, delivery and evaluation.
If You’re Not At The Dinner Table You Might Be On The Menu
In IAP2 and community engagement land there is a great saying that goes along the lines of; if you’re not at the dinner table you might be on the menu.
