Four in ten Australians are not getting enough sleep, and work could be a part of the problem. Whether you work 9 – 5 or irregular hours, lack of sleep impacts performance, safety and can compound work stress. So how can you balance work responsibilities and sleep? Guests:Dr Moira Junge, CEO Sleep Health Foundation, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Monash UniversityDr Charlotte Gupta, Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Appleton Institute, CQ University
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Is your manager spying on you?
AI tools are making it easier for employers to gather data on where, when and how you're working. But when it comes to workplace surveillance, how do you find the balance between an employer’s need to know and protect staff, and their privacy? Guests: Associate Professor Penny Williams, Director of the Centre for Decent Work and Industry and Senior Research Fellow in School of Management, QUT Dr Dale Tweedie, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accounting & Corporate Governance, Macquarie University Aaron McEwan, vice-president of research and advisory in HR at Gartner
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Leaders, what are your blind spots?
Being in charge means making decisions, and whether they’re right or wrong, managers often feel they need to make them in order to display leadership. But in an uncertain world, the most successful leaders are recognising their blind spots before they act. We'll teach you how. Guest: Dr Kirstin Ferguson AM, author, columnist and expert in leadership and culture
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Stuck at a career crossroad? Here's how to move forward
Career regret is a common phenomenon, so what practical advice is there for people who are at a career crossroads? Guests: Leah Lambart, Career and Interview Coach, resident career expert for SEEK Annie Louey, celebrant, comedian and writer who has experienced and interviewed others about career breaks
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Networking and the strength of weak ties
More than 50 years ago, an American sociologist published a game-changing paper that illustrated just how important casual acquaintances are in our work lives.Mark Granovetter's The Strength of Weak Ties was a groundbreaking paper that changed the way we looked at networking forever.So, how vital are 'weak ties' in today's workforce?
You spend so much time on work, why accept the status quo, when there are ways to do it better? Get expert advice, research and hacks that will crush your inertia.
Join Lisa Leong and other This Working Lifers as we experiment and explore the latest in the world of work.
We cover policy issues, like hybrid workplaces and remote work, employee wellbeing and organisational culture, the use of AI, employee surveillance, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion. We talk about progress on wider issues that relate to work, like work life balance, organisational change, restructures, and casualisation. On This Working Life our focus is on everything related to the people in a workplace too, including culture, individual experiences, performance management and career advice.
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