Archives:

• Definition of Success = The Human Factor
• 5 reasons why I stay, and enjoy recruitment.
• The U30s are different.
• Why candidates have become a rare commodity
• How Australia’s record-low jobless rate will impact cyber security hiring and retention
• Breaking the Bias: 5 things I’ve learned as a female leader
• Impostor Syndrome and Fear of Success: Renata Bernarde in conversation with Michelle Redfern
• What working on a super yacht taught me about navigating a new career
• A checklist for successful onboarding, road-tested by our new GM
• Working towards broader cultural awareness and conscious Indigenous employment in 2022
• 5 ways to increase your focus: 3 minute read
• You haven’t failed to surprise me 2021!
• Tech professional? Cybersecurity specialist? Multiple offers? Our top tips to make the right career decision in a bullish market.
• What’s next for the teachers who took the brunt of lockdowns?
• Step by step: returning to the office with confidence.
• The Great Resignation is Coming (and an invitation to you)
• I’m also Covid collateral.
• Fear of success: Why it happens and how to overcome it.
• 5 ways to navigate through the current Tech talent shortage
• R U Really OK?
• The Psychology Behind Why Every Day In Lockdown Feels Like ‘Groundhog Day’
• Have you updated your LinkedIn profile since you set it up?
• Thriving on Chaos – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
• NAIDOC 2021: On ancient cultures, and modern workplaces
• NAIDOC 2021: From standing alone to standing together
• What it means to be proud at work in 2021
• How to maintain a positive professional reputation to achieve career success
• Our push for better mental health. Are you up for the challenge?
• Building trust to achieve maximum potential: A 6-point framework for high performance at work
• Introversion v. Extroversion in leadership. Seems the jury’s still out.
• Unravelling the Spaghetti Matriciana (aka the crazy labour market)
• How to start a successful role even before you get the job
• Preparing for a Post-Covid Turnover Boom
• Navigating disappointment during internal recruitment
• Tough. Love. Tough Love or Tough, Love.
• The secret to a successful career transition: Five key strategies to guide you towards your new job.
• When things went viral: One year on from the 2020 Australian Grand Prix
• This International Women’s Day, Australian businesses can lead on domestic violence crisis
• 5 tips for storytelling like Jesus and some not-so-ancients
• Without top talent, the potential for recovery may be prolonged and painful
• Why recruitment takes so long
• Returning to the Workplace – Employee Reluctance
• The Goldilocks of HR Advice
• How to job search during the holidays: Three options, depending on your availability.
• Are your employees safe Working from Home?
• COVID-19 continues to change how we work. Could it be for the better?
• How to start your Board Director career
• Observing or marking. Rather than celebrating. NAIDOC week as a non-indigenous Australian.
• Project: Core Strength
• Has COVID-19 derailed your career?
• Video meetings and interviews – Tips and Tricks!
• “Let me call you back” – Recruitment trends shaping the job market in 2020
• Wear It Purple: We are the change
• 3 surefire ways to stand out in a crowded job market
• How Grey Innovation is helping all of us to breathe easier during COVID-19
• Did you fall into recruitment?
• Will COVID-19 send vulnerable leadership viral?
• Daily performance reviews and clearing the clutter: 15 tips for those working from home
• Peering into the Murky Crystal Ball – Part 3
• Peering into the Murky Crystal Ball – Part 2
• Peering into the Murky Crystal Ball – Part 1
• 7 down to earth Wellness Building Blocks during isolation
• How facing off against the unknown led me to certainty
• Diggers. Shining a light on our current hardship.
• This will be a thing. Face masks in the workplace.
• Prescience!
• From little things… Easter, a time for renewal
• Perspective on pandemic panic requires hope and resilience
• A playlist just for us, right now!
• WFH!? How to beat the bogeys on working from home…
• IWD 2020: Do we still really need workplace gender equality?
• Driving into the line of (ex) fires
• RCSA CEO is right on the money
• A lot to think about beyond 2020
• My story
• Why not a New Year Career Resolution!
• Who you hire today, determines what is possible tomorrow!
• 5 steps closer to a winning team in 2020
• Why is it even a contest? Roads and Rail vs Tech and Digital.
• An erudite lesson in global politics
• MMXIX (that’s 2019, or Mixed Media and I with two kisses)
• What are the myths (and facts) on ageing and work?
• More than a lucky break: How Maitham and others have achieved a better life through the power of a professional career.
• How to follow your passion and be successful: 7 wise words from a former Olympian
• 4 reasons to look beyond the obvious candidates
• Australian manufacturing – alive, and thriving!
• How HR won in the West
• Our time in the sun: Dynamic infrastructure development
• 7 steps to successfully implementing any new technology in the workplace
• Dipping my toes in the ocean: A celebration of my first 10 years in Australia
• Take a break… and focus on your own learning and future career
• The rewards of a good hire are amplified for SMEs
• Why good service is good business
• Just a couple of life lessons from Cadel
• Why critical thinking, is critical.
• How the wrong job can affect your mental health – 7 signs to look out for
• How Technical & Operations professionals in the Property & Construction industry are influencing the Australian economy.
• Young people entering the workforce
• Bench and the City
• The “self-made” myth: Why hard work isn’t enough to reach the top
• Lessons from Mother Nature for human nature and Human Resources
• Welcome back to adult conversations
• Outdated office routines: How to manage the top 5 workplace traditions we love to hate!
• 6 quick facts to bring you up-to-date on the Australian labour market and contract talent.
• 6 savvy Employee Retention strategies
• Five simple steps to make 2019 your year!
• Australians all…
• Don’t call me maybe, call me now!!!
• Putting your trust in strangers
• Not In My Workplace!
• Experience – your gift to give.
• Money can’t buy you happiness, but flexible working can.
• Three words that you might just want to hear: The power of positive language.
• Work ethic and the M word
• How everyone can develop resilience: 3 things you can do right now.
• References – pathways to gold
• Call out for a call back!
• The agony and the ecstasy
• It’s on our lips and close to our hearts
• There’s an Engineering skills shortage. Here’s one way to solve it.
• Invitation to the Future: We’re ready.
• Why you should listen to podcasts and why we’re a sponsor.
• Compare the pair indeed!
• How 100 smart women discovered six unexpected benefits from an unlikely escape.
• Myriad differences, multiple benefits: Embracing multiculturalism in the workplace
• Become a Dementia Friend like us and make a positive difference
• Six ways to improve your workplace confidence
• An interview with Business Essentials
• It’s not just about bringing croissants to morning tea!
• A case of a Blinding Flash of the Obvious
• My three biggest career regrets
• When Temp is the Word: 5 points for a positive experience
• ‘Bitty Learning’ overtakes MBAs as the new Career Cache.
• How to attract ‘in demand’ talent in a candidate short market
• Spoiler Alert. You can’t always get what you want.
• Nowadays, flattery will get you nowhere
• Learning is so much more than just getting to school.
• A race that will change your life
• Leading with courage
• 3 non-business books that will improve your confidence at work
• I get knocked down, I get up again…
• Your next job interview: How to present the best version of you
• 7 business and life lessons we can draw from Roger Federer’s #20grandslamwin
• Can I make it? I should know.
• 3 ways poor parenting plays out for employers
• The art of leaving a good voice message
• Bankers aren’t all bad.
• I officially abdicate from the role of Queen of (Lazy) Small Talk
• Motherhood Statements are not on!
• It’s a 3 step process: Resign with dignity; Goodbyes with self-respect; Start anew with collegial engagement.
• Degrees for unicorns… where are all the category management experts?
• Overwhelmed? Gratitude as a business strategy.
• And just like that, I’m off to a new team!
• Challenging questions about change
• A homecoming with fresh eyes
• From Temporary to Team Leader
• Would you get up early on a Sunday to see a house you couldn’t buy?
• A view from Berlin
• Thinking of asking for part-time hours? Read this first!
• Mindfulness @work
• EVP now means a partnership, with flexibility and the opportunity to contribute to a bigger picture
• Slade Group clocks 50 years in recruitment
• The nuances of effective feedback
• EOFY – trivia, observations and reflections
• The changing face of the CEO
• Daniel Goleman explains why Eco-intelligence is a thing
• How to turn your work-ability into your biggest asset
• A milestone year for Indigenous education
• How sports coaches use world class leadership to create winning teams
• Does a work legacy matter?
• A salute to my early career
• Born in 1967, still growing up: Slade Group celebrates 50 years
• Bright young old things!
• Attitude’s the biggest threat to the world economy?
• How to learn Italian… without going to school
• Shift happens… Drift happens…
• It’s networking, but not what you think!
• Cure the Sunday afternoon blues
• Hashtag fear less
• When I was a Temp
• Our active lunch break
• I could have been French President…
• Resourcing the new Infrastructure State. A challenge for Victoria?
• It’s all about culture
• Ignore this at your peril!
• ‘Finish Before You’re Done’
• Shower thoughts for the New Year
• ‘Fame fades but influence leaves an indelible mark… that outlives those who influence.’
• 6 blogging brainstorming ideas
• Motivation: more insight, less ra-ra
• The year of the long shot
• ‘Trump’s wall’ can’t stop talent fleeing the US
• Hiring the whole person (not those gingerbread men or women)
• Humpty Dumpty and the empty swimming pool
• A brand new box on the org structure
• Why corporates should take leadership on social issues
• FRAGILE: Handle with care
• Managing funds with a social conscience
• Teaching our students, schools and the Universities how to adapt with change
• Why don’t we ask RU OK every day?
• Email tsunami: 7 steps to repel the tidal wave
• Lovers and Haters
• The money or the holiday?
• Morning routines
• Hitches, glitches and sheer brilliance
• A man’s world would be nothing without a woman or a girl
• C’mon folks
• Why your feedback is the most important news a candidate will receive
• 4 ways an Olympic triumph translates into success at work
• The two types of trust
• Tough nut or fair, but firm?
• Our prized skills in education are an export opportunity
• When multi-tasking feels like doggy paddling…
• A healthy me means a healthy you!
• Your recruiter is a tool
• Valuable business take-outs from (un)likely sources
• Every temporary tells a story
• What did Ita say? And what’s it got to do with anemones?
• When filling a CEO position seems like a call out to Mars
• Trojan horse or Pegasus? Choose your digital steed.
• A boomerang with many happy returns
• 3 seconds is all it takes
• Just because we have always done it this way does not mean…
• 5 ways to make a first rate decision
• How the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre is far more exciting than its name implies
• Would you want to work part-time if you could?
• Are you hiring to fit today or tomorrow?
• So you think you’re talking to a client about your business, then the meeting takes a U-turn…
• Breaking good with RJ Mitte, Alan Joyce and Andrew Parker
• A thought provoking start to 2016
• Still just a country boy
• Waving the Magic Wand
• Transitioning from Executive to the Boardroom – 6 key factors to consider
• 4 clues about teamwork by solving a murder mystery
• How to triage CV applications in the War for Talent
• Is your hiring process being managed by tortoises or hares?
• The 5 things keeping Senior Executives awake are not what you might think
• Have we lost the value of knowledge?
• Melbourne to New York at the Age of 65
• Nobody likes a pouting recruiter
• That person who knew no boundaries
• What do a Greek coffee in the morning and an executive search consultant have in common?
• Do you want to look, feel, sleep and love better? (and dare we say work smarter?)
• A President, a CEO and a journalist were in a room together…
• One question that can ‘read anyone’s mind’…
• Why everyone needs a Geek in the family
• Once small voices, now have a large impact
• When is your time to start horse breeding?
• The unknown executive
• Hope I live to 100 to see how all this pans out
• The noble heart of a hard-headed leader
• A call out to all the great Union Leaders! Who are you? Where are you?
• Procrastination: Productivity killer or silent achiever?
• A line in the sand: Three scientific reasons for taking a break
• We’re all just contractors, really.
• Peering over that hill: Tips for mature workers
• Applying the 85/15 principle
• Are you a badger or a fox?
• The fly on the wall
• 9 chilling facts about your workplace and this digital economy
• Playing from a 10.
• Digital skills fall short
• Snakes and Ladders or Game of Thrones?
• Shooting myself in the foot
• Selling your authentic self
• Who said the young are apathetic?
• Boards overboard and other broader debates
• Just because you are a character, doesn’t mean that you have character.
• Seven Axioms of Leadership
• A walk on the mild side: Melbourne’s marvellous mid-century multi-storeys
• Cultural Capital: The new HR
• Pyjamas today? No way!
• Four secrets to motivated, high performers: Target, Stick, Get, Protect.
• We rate hotels, restaurants and airlines. Why not our office towers?
• Off Balance. On Integration.
• Who dares an open conversation?
• Fireworks to really light up the joint
• What lies ahead?
• Mornington’s agile mumpreneur
• Seven ways to smile your way to the top
• Rich or Lean? Five ways to determine the best form of communicating a message.
• Back to the future in five headlines
• Technology is the answer, not the problem.
• Who’s a Career Casanova then?
• Beware the dangers of the overzealous non
• I feel like singing from the roof top!
• Work is a thing we do, not a place we go.
• A few minutes on mindfulness could be the gift of a lifetime
• Kicked in the guts
• The solitude of leadership
• We’re curious.
• Talent Analytics: New ways to optimise employee performance
• True value in effectively remunerating executives
• Do we have to use ‘part-time’ in the pejorative?
• Help, get me out of here!
• Bacon, eggs and tomato please
• Quizzed about digital
• Discover the HR gold in Google’s mountains of data
• Has digitisation killed customer service?
• Change, taxes and death – life’s certainties
• Just saying…
• Trust: Build it and they will thrive.
• Excellence on repeat
• Smart or simple?
• I’ve just seen the future. Wire up your jaw.
• The old, the new and the art of education
• Opening the door to the boardroom
• Headhunting Indiana Jones
• Playing for keeps
• Green shoots feed jobs confidence
• The truth is out there – Google it
• Stamping out rubber stamping
• Sharing a shot in the arm
• Could this be a universal truth?
• What did it cost you to get to work today?
• Go right ahead be xenophobic – at your peril
• Reference checks… your past is your future
• One from the trenches
• Bridging the digital talent gap
• How’s a senator to banter with a union leader?
• Are we at war in our workplaces?
• I’m no economist, but…
• Power pops and gung-ho grannies
• Unexpected revelations for organisational success
• Crystal balls, lies and damn statistics
• The art of new world leadership
• Keating’s straight men, fixers and maddies
• Quotas are not a women’s issue. They are a socio-cultural statement.
• The Slade POV
• Why I learned to love a Liberal Arts degree
• Podcast interview: The evolution of the Social Media Marketer
• Why the gift of adversity is to be treasured
• Conceptual thinking at the sandwich bar
• Underemployed and overqualified