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Download eBook #1 comprising six articles including:
- Creating Opportunities For Positive Outcomes In Tough Times
- The Importance Of Resiliency In Your Career
- Using Technology To Support Flexibility
- When The Going Gets Tough. Diversity Really Matters!
- Living The Life You Want - Not The One You Fall Into
- Your Guide To Work Life Balance
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| When The Going Gets Tough - Diversity Really Matters |
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Take a minute to consider each of these statements:
- Diverse teams are more innovative
- Diverse teams see challenges from more angles
- Diverse teams come up with a broader range of ideas
- Diverse teams develop better implementation plans
- Diverse teams see barriers earlier
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Creating Opportunities For Positive Outcomes In Tough Times |
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You may have observed some interesting responses and reactions in your colleagues, friends, the media and our commercial and political leaders over the last six months to the current economic downturn. Has it been all Doom and Gloom? Overt Optimism? Head in the Sand?
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The Importance Of Resiliency To Your Career |
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Why do some people suffer extreme adversity in their professional career and not stu mble? And others never come out of the negative state of mind after some setbacks? Why is resiliency important to our career? And why it is especially more relevant than ever?
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Your Guide To Work Life Balance |
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The only constant today is change. With global competition, economic uncertainty, constant restructuring, changing culture and demographics just to name a few. Our world continues to accelerate in scientific and technological breakthroughs. Even the perception of world safety has changed due to terrorist events.
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Using Technology to Support Flexibility |
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Often when people think about flexible work practices their focus automatically moves to working part-time or in a job share arrangement. Sometimes we think about working remotely (usually meaning "from home"). Mostly when people think about the responsibility for the success of such an arrangement the onus is placed squarely on the shoulders of the "flexible" worker (with basic IT support to enable remote access and (hopefully) moral support from their direct Manager). Usually the "flexible" worker is doing the same work in the same team in the same way as it was done before that worker was given permission to work "flexibly" ... except reduced workload on a pro-rata basis and/or they will now be doing it at home instead of with their team mates in the office.
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| Living The Life You Want - Not The One You Fall Into |
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It's become very fashionable to call these 'changing times'. Having been in the workforce for over twenty years now (ouch!), I can't remember times that haven't been called 'changing ones'! Can you imagine proudly exclaiming: 'We live in stagnant times,"???
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Making Work 'Work' For You |
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The myth that flexibility around work only does or should apply to women having children is out of date and out of step with the wants and needs of people in 'the real world'. Continue reading » |
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Making The Most Of Your Organisation's Talent |
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There is an increasing shortage of talent in the workplace and the greatest pool of under-utilised talent is female. Smart companies know that a diverse culture will help them to grow and thrive and that it is not good business to be a team or an organisation that is 'male, pale and stale'. Continue reading » |
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Building Your Strengths At Work |
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Here's a familiar scenario: it's performance review time; you sit down with your manager to discuss the year just passed and the new one about to start. You may reflect upon the achievements of the year gone by, you may or may not discuss rewards or remuneration, and then there will be time to discuss your development needs. Continue reading » |
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Making Mentoring Work |
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Mentors are important in helping us realise our career (and life) aspirations. A mentor can be many
things: a role model, a sounding board, a coach, someone who can teach us specific skills, a
confidante. A good mentor helps us tap into our potential. Continue reading » |
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Communication |
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When people talk about communication they often think of speaking in front of audience but yet
communication is occurring almost every instant of the day. Continue reading » |
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Diversity Awareness |
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There is currently a lot of discussion about diversity in the organisational context. This issue of the Xplorer focuses on what diversity awareness is, why it is important, and what we can do to become more diversity aware ourselves and to promote diversity awareness amongst our colleagues and within our organisations. Continue reading » |
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Mentoring With A Twist At ANZ |
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The roles are being reversed at ANZ's Institutional Division, where senior managers are being mentored by less senior people from across the same division. Continue reading » |
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You Can Do It |
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At last the interviews are over, the offer has been accepted and the remuneration in the new role has been negotiated. Today is the first day of your new role. Continue reading » |
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Money Matters |
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Although money isn't everything it is surprising how many women are hesitant to talk about money with their manager. The data is still showing that women in full time positions equivalent to men are paid on average 83% of the pay that men receive. How can this be? Continue reading » |
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What's Slowing You Down? |
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We've all spent a lot of time thinking and planning what it is that we want in life, what direction we want to go in, how to get there and what steps we need to take - well if you are an Xplorer, we know you have! Continue reading » |
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Crossing Silos |
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In any large organisation one of the most important components for your success is to be able to build bridges across to other functional areas. Continue reading » |
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Dare To Delegate |
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How often have you heard someone say I would delegate to but, "It's easier to do it myself". Continue reading » |
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Xplorer: Have You Met Sarah Langley? |
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Sarah Langley’s career in hospitality has taken her on a journey to most of Australia’s must see destinations – from Far North Queensland, to Ayres Rock, Adelaide, and presently sunny Sydney. Continue reading » |
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Xplorer: Have You Met Marie O'Brien? |
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Marie has developed her career by continually expanding her experience over 19 years in a wide range of roles. Her passion is doing, learning, creating and implementing new and practical ways of completing the job in the best way possible. Continue reading » |
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Inspirational Quote |
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"When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."
- Phyllis Bottome, Author
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Inpirational Quote |
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Go to the people,
Live among them,
Learn from them,
Love them.
Start with what they know,
Build on what they have;
But of the best leaders,
When their task is accomplished,
Their work done,
The people all remark:
WE HAVE DONE IT OURSELVES
- Yen Yang Chu
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