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Who’s at your dream dinner party? What about your meeting table?

Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? It’s a classic icebreaker, deployed to make you think, get to the root of who you admire, and what makes you tick.  Sometimes the answer points to whether someone is a sports fan (Lionel Messi, Michael Jordan, Serena Williams), a music [...]

2024-04-17T15:33:33+12:00April 17th, 2024|

The four horsemen of failing work relationships

When it comes to predicting the breakdown of a romantic relationship, leading relationships researcher John Gottman proposed that there are “four horsemen of communication” that signal things are turning sour. While the name taps into apocalyptic imagery, the “end of times” they represent isn’t inevitable. Gottman suggests that these [...]

2024-03-26T19:33:25+13:00March 26th, 2024|

Menopause at work: raising awareness, providing support

In 2019 at age 46, Sarah Connor, like many Gen X women, landed in perimenopause without knowing what that meant. The series of hormonal changes typical of midlife impacted every aspect of her health in significant ways for too many months. After seeing her GP and a long [...]

2024-03-01T15:56:39+13:00March 1st, 2024|

Reclaiming life from work – A reflection

As the first quarter of 2024 is already hurtling by, let’s make some time to reflect on the year that’s been and where we would like to go. Before we dive in, try answering this question: Who are you and what do you do for a living? What springs to [...]

2024-02-09T11:12:07+13:00February 9th, 2024|