We talk with Matt Berriman, an advisor specialising in founder-led companies with Strategic Planning, Corporate Development / M&A, and transformation commercial deals and capital raising, whilst also advising CEOs and Boards about the changing world of media, digital and general transformation needs , and the Chair of Mental Health Australia – the peak body representing the mental health sector and wider community (phew!).

We spend a third of our waking hours at work. In fact, some of us spend more time with our workmates than we do with our own families and friends. If you do the maths, it amounts to a staggering 90,000 hours at work over our lifetime.

In this engaging, ever-enlightening interview, we speak with Futurist Simon Waller about his personal career journey, and how human-led strategies, philosophies and cultures are proving a force for good in his working world.

After two very long years, March 2022 saw the return to the office for many and a glimpse of the hybrid working model. While some employees were counting down the days until they could reconnect with colleagues IRL, others have been reluctant to give up the flexibility they’ve become accustomed to whilst working from home.

In this engaging, ever-enlightening interview, we speak with Laura Staples, Head of People and Performance at Laminex Australia to learn a little about her personal career journey, and how human-led strategies, philosophies and cultures are relevant in her own experience and for the future of work.

We hear a lot about the importance of ‘work-life balance’ these days, but when you’re a working parent, is this utopian ideal even possible? It’s a question many working parents wrestle with regularly, daily even.

In this interview with Rich Diviney, Founder of a consultancy The Attributes, we talk all things from his newly published book The Attributes – 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance, through to the advice he’d give his 21-year old self.

In this super enlightening interview, we speak with Laura Hill, Managing Director of Sendle – Australia’s first 100% carbon neutral shipping service, designed for small businesses. Laura talks all things from her personal career journey to what advice she’s share with her 21 year old self.

What comes to mind when you hear the word “negotiation”? Do you picture stuffy boardrooms with suits doing big deals? Salespeople wheeling and dealing in a showroom? Or do you think back to those times you’ve had to negotiate salary or rent? The reality is negotiating is something we all do, every day. Life is a series of negotiations – especially your working life. And if you’re going to get ahead in your career (and in life), negotiation is a skill you need to flex and sharpen.

In this engaging, ever-enlightening interview, we speak with The Resilience Project’s Martin Heppell to learn a little about his personal career journey, and how human-led strategies, philosophies and cultures are proving a force for good in his working world.

We talk with Melissa Hamilton Founder of the Brave Feminine Leadership podcast series & broader Brave Group – both of which exist to support and build brave, courageous leaders across the community. Melissa explains why she has the best job in the world, how she got there and what drives her to effect positive change.

Do you find yourself watching videos over reading instruction manuals? Can you focus better when studying alone or when discussing things in a group? Or do you struggle to sit still when trying to take in new information? Everyone has a learning style that works best for them. Learn about yours and how you can use it to your advantage in the workplace. 

In this engaging, ever-enlightening interview, we talk human skills with Jenny Richards, Founder and CEO of The Paw Grocer – a producer and retailer focussed on improving the health & wellness of pets by using 100% Australian sustainable protein made with the help of embedded blockchain tech!

In this interview, we talk personal and professional growth with Charles, Founder of ample – an indoor cultivating system that makes it easy for everyone to grow plants everywhere and everyday.

You’d have to be crazy to turn up to your first job interview without having prepared your outfit, your CV and examples to showcase your experience. Yet so many students turn up to university careers fairs without putting in the time and energy to make the most of them, or leave their best first impression with graduate / internship program recruiters. In this article Graduate Recruiter Lou Zoanetti shares her top 5 tips to help you make the most out of the careers fairs you choose to attend this year. 

In this engaging interview, we talk positive real-world skills with Grace Palos, Chief Customer Officer (CCO) at Future Super – an Australian retail superannuation fund that offers products and services focusing on zero fossil fuel investment, and investments into companies that create positive, real-world change.

How often have you made judgments based on someone’s gender, track record, age, body size or cultural background? Frequently? Sometimes? Never? The truth is, we all make judgments, and we can often make them so quickly, we barely realise we’ve done so. It’s known as unconscious bias. What makes biases “bad” is a) a lack of awareness around how they influence your decisions, and b) how they impact others.

We talk work and life with Sally Caruana, Founder of SHEforce – an agency established in 2021 to enhance labour hire solutions in the building and construction industry, and increase the presence of women on worksites while supporting men who want a career in the industry.

In this double-whammy interview, we talk withAFLP4CA’s Tom Campbell & Jasper Pittard about their personal career journeys, and how human-led strategies, philosophies and cultures are proving a force for good in their working worlds.

Great leaders matter - now more than ever. Leadership is never an easy task, but it has been even more challenging in recent years thanks to the huge changes and uncertainties brought by pandemics, economic instability and general decline in engagement.