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Being ourselves: is it better for business?
Can work and business include natural joy and enthusiasm? Or is formality and seriousness the expected norm?
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Well-being at work – is it someone else’s job?
Can I leave my responsibility for my well-being to someone else? This article looks at well-being at work, and where our own responsibility plays a key part in this.
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Warzone kitchens: Michelin stars, gender equality and fire in our bellies
We like to dine out and have food professionally cooked for us – as a treat after a busy week, or to celebrate an occasion. But what really makes a top quality meal?
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Working together – Group work: Part 1
We work as teams and groups for much of our working lives - why is it important to consider the way our teams and groups function? Is it possible that the way we work in teams or groups has a wider impact than we realise?
Teamwork, Relationships, Productivity, Humanity, Heart disease, Communication
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Working together – Group work: Part 2
How we work in groups and the importance of group work has a wider impact than we may realise. This article looks at the ripple effect of working in groups and how all groups need each other for the wider whole.
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A tender man – before and after competitive sport
I started to play competitive sport when I was very young. I played rugby union from when I was a thin, tender and delicate 9-year-old boy and in my second year my team lost every game.
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Is there such a thing as a job with no stress?
Stress at work has become a normal way of life for almost everyone. In this exposé on work stress we look at why stress is so common at work, and ask is there another way?
Work stress, Work life balance, Time management, Tension, Teamwork, Stress, Shift work, Career, Burnout
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From choosing to be invisible to letting myself be seen
‘When I first started working in the fashion industry I worked as an invisible person. I would produce work that was highly recognised but no one knew who I was.’
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Sounds of Soul
Melbourne based musicians Catherine Wood and Tina Kopa freelanced internationally for many years when they found themselves on the same gig. A lasting friendship was sparked – fast forward a decade or so and ‘Sounds of Soul’ was born.
Music, Musicians, Teamwork, Soul, Sexiness, Role models, Women in leadership
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Work – the binding factor in our society
Do you know that feeling of not wanting to go to work? Have you ever questioned why this is the case and what impact it has on your life?
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Let's challenge the time tyrant
The best stress management tool is creating an honest working environment where good relationships create motivation and quality productivity.
Communication, Performance management, Productivity, Stress, Teamwork, Time management
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Competition or connection: What are students really learning?
We often use the phrase ‘healthy competition’ but how ‘healthy’ is it? What if children are receiving another message from the pressure of ‘winning and striving to be the best’, that has a significant impact on their wellbeing?
Anxiety, Connection, Relationships, Self-esteem, Teamwork, Teachers
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We did it Together
The stress of competition at work – does it separate or unite us?
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There is honour in every job
Exploring the true meaningfulness in work, regardless of the job, and how we choose what to give our attention to at work.
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The science of group work
Have you ever noticed that when you get together with a group of people, interesting ideas can come through that no one would have thought of when alone?
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Targets at work – crushing, cruising or not relevant?
At work, targets have become the standard that business and its people work to. Have targets reduced us to nothing more than numbers in the workplace?
