Career

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How you arrive and leave an office says a lot about you.

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How you arrive and leave an office says a lot about you.

How can you pick out a good person? How someone enters and leaves the office can tell you a lot. Here’s what you need to look out for.

It’s a Tuesday morning, 9:30 am, and I’m about to sit down with a serviced office company. I’m a bit early for my 11 am meeting due to a timings mix up, very early in fact, so I sit in the reception area and wait until 10:50 to inform them that that I have arrived. 10 minutes early is politely prompt. 90 minutes is a tad too overly keen.

I love these moments. I spend this hour and half taking part in some undercover espionage...

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How to Give a Performance Review: In 3 Simple Steps

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How to Give a Performance Review: In 3 Simple Steps

It is the season, HR have messaged you about the impending performance review deadline and are enquiring as to why you haven’t submitted yet.

Now you know the theory that giving a performance review is really important. It is an opportunity to align people with company values, iron out bad habits, set priorities and clarify their job output accountability. Running good performance reviews not only helps your team with all of those, but it also enhances your leadership position and skills.

Here is our 3 step guide to make sure that happens.

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What Makes a Great Workplace Environment?

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What Makes a Great Workplace Environment?

What makes a company great to work for?

One that’s changing the world, in a place surrounded by great thinkers being led by a great mind, right? Well you already knew that. Heck it’s a topic that’s been written about so much that it’s now simply a given. We even wrote a guide to picking a perfect employer. But what about the companies who aren’t necessarily changing the world in a sexy way? How can they prove to their staff that they are a great place to work too?

Don’t worry, we aren’t going to say you need to stop installing solar panels and need to become Tesla, we’ll tell you some ways to create an engaged workforce and why it matters.

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Guide to Finding the Right Company to Work For

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Guide to Finding the Right Company to Work For

How to pick the perfect employer?

Finding the right company to work for isn’t easy. We have seen a lot of companies in our time and have seen our fair share of different working environments. And although we have been blessed with having some awesome companies to work with, we have also had a few that didn’t work out.