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 inert...
In helping young people prepare for a life of work, asking them what they want to do for a job, or what they’re good at may limit their options. Learn a different way of thinking about careers that focuses on challenges, rather than job titles. Learn a different way of thinking about careers that focuses on challenges, rather than job titles. Guests:JP Michel, organisational psychologist and author, The World Needs You: A New Mindset for Career ExplorationKate McBeath, who works with career advisors in schools in Australia and New Zealand
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Learn to adapt
Most of us are faced with managing multiple changes in our work lives, sometimes all at once. Learn how to anticipate, accept and grow with change, and be the "pilot" of your own career. Guest: Andrea Clarke, futurist and author of Adapt
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Succession planning: build it into your DNA
The CEO is retiring, your team leader is moving interstate, your key IT architect has been poached by a competitor. How do you keep an organisation running smoothly without people who can step up into key roles? The answer lies in careful succession planning. Here's how it works.The answer lies in careful succession planning. Here's how it works.Guests:Donald (DJ) Schepker, Associate Professor, Research Director at Centre for Executive Succession, Darla Moore School of Business, University of Southern Carolina Melissa MacGowan, Strategic People and Culture leader, executive coach
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How to nail a job interview
Dealing with sweaty palms, talking for too long, and fumbling your answers are all possible scenarios that can kill off your chances of getting the job. So how can you prepare yourself and perform in a way that gives you a solid chance of landing the role? Guests:Dave Wolovsky, Career coach, Effortwise consulting Annique Teycheney, Careers Counsellor
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Does DEI need a reset?
An anti-diversity, equity & inclusion rhetoric is gaining steam in politics. So why is there resistance to “DEI” in the workplace? Are there ways to improve implementation of programs so that everyone is on the same page? Guests:Colin D. Ellis, global workplace culture expert and author, Detox Your Culture Michelle Lim, organisational culture, intersectional DEI and ethics specialist, and Director, Asian Australian Professionals Collective Lily Zheng, workplace strategist and consultant, author, Reconstructing DEI
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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