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The simple things you take for granted at work
1 month, 1 week ago

The simple things you take for granted at work

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Tom Bevan: The key thing I think as well is this notion of progress over perfection. Lisa Leong: We're not going to use Teresa's last name, but she does want to share her experience of moving through school and work with a disability. Lisa Leong: And now that you're in an environment, which is, it sounds like it's way more …

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Changing your career doesn't need to be a big leap. A calculated approach will get you further
2 years, 8 months ago

Changing your career doesn't need to be a big leap. A calculated approach will get you further

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Lisa Leong went from high flying lawyer to ABC radio presenter. I've often felt like my approach to reinventing my career has been a bit haphazard, so I asked author Dorie Clark for her advice: "How do you make a big career leap?" The goal is to develop a clear picture of what your new career might look like – …

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Being monitored by your boss while working from home — necessary trade-off or 'stupid' surveillance?
4 years, 2 months ago

Being monitored by your boss while working from home — necessary trade-off or 'stupid' surveillance?

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How's your boss keeping tabs on your work? "But what we see right now is the technologies and the abilities are now available to really supercharge this kind of surveillance and discipline and monitoring to increasingly higher levels," Dr Sadowski says. "If one of my team members pulls away from the laptop and just starts jotting ideas down or whatever, …

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The dark side of the side hustle in the gig economy
5 years, 2 months ago

The dark side of the side hustle in the gig economy

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If you've ever been in need of some extra cash, or felt creatively challenged, you may have found yourself considering a side hustle outside your usual nine-to-five. "The side hustle is sort of trying to sell unhappiness and instability as something a little more glamorous," US journalist and author Alissa Quart tells RN's This Working Life. "It's when things like …

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Seeking approval and being competitive at work is a waste of time
5 years, 7 months ago

Seeking approval and being competitive at work is a waste of time

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Do you get upset when a boss doesn't acknowledge your brilliant work? The purpose of "Lisa's Book Club" is to discuss books that can be applied to work. A competitive world view, which the book calls a "life lie", gets in the way of your real work. The Courage to be Disliked questions whether the rise up the corporate greasy …

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Yotam Ottolenghi's simple tips for a stand-out career
5 years, 8 months ago

Yotam Ottolenghi's simple tips for a stand-out career

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You may know Yotam Ottolenghi as a chef, restaurateur and bestselling cookbook author. Take an adult gap year Twenty years ago, Yotam was studying a master's degree in literature and philosophy, working on the side as a news editor in a newspaper in Tel Aviv, Israel. Escape the grind with a grown-up gap year Photo shows Renea Jaeger sits on …

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