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Put your health on your list of priorities
Whether we like it or not, women tend to be good at multi-tasking. Balancing kids, relationships and work deadlines can be a full-time load. Which means that more often than not, our health doesn’t make the cut.
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Time management: how to make the most of your time
Sometimes, 24 hours in a day doesn’t feel like enough time to get everything done. Between work, travel time, preparing meals, and extra-curricular activities with the kids, it can be hard to find a spare minute in the day, let alone time for yourself.
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What to consider when looking for a mentor
When it comes to achieving your goals, resolving challenges, or simply deciding what to do next, having a mentor can be invaluable.
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How language can affect your workplace performance
Our choice of words and phrases communicate just as much as the actual meaning of the message. Phrases and words along the lines of “maybe we could…”, “I was just wondering if…”, “I guess”, and “luck” all set your tone.
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The competency trap: how to tell if you’re in one and how to get out of it
Have you ever been told that there’s an easier way to do something yet you don’t really listen because you have a way you prefer? You might even know there’s a better, faster, more effective way but it’s just so hard to let go of the way you’ve always done it.
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A picture tells a thousand words, or does it?
There’s been a lot of talk for a long time, and particularly recently, about the impact of social media and the polishing we do of our lives for social sharing.
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Understanding and overcoming unconscious bias
We all know about bias. Often, it’s something we work actively to overcome. For example, when we’re coaching our kids’ netball or soccer teams, we want to make sure we aren’t biased towards our own child so each child gets equal playing time.
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Adding study to the work family balance
When you’re a mother, working full-time or part-time is a challenge in itself, so the thought of adding further study or learning can be daunting.
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Why saying you are busy is limiting you
It doesn’t matter who you ask, if you ask someone how they are, they will more often than not respond that they are busy. It’s so common now that it’s almost considered a default answer.
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Flexible working arrangements generally improve productivity
In her book Thrive, Arianna Huffington recalls a story from Facebook’s COO, Sheryl Sandberg, about how much more productive she became because, after she had kids, she started to consider where she was investing her time: “I found that once I had kids, I was not just working less, I was more productive.
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Creating a balance in the division of labour
A lot of mothers feel like they do the lion’s share of housework, even when they’re working full time. And according to a report by Diversity Council Australia, that’s because they do.
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Do schools consider working parents?
While most school administrators are undoubtedly aware that many parents work, the plight of working parents seems to be rarely, if ever, considered when planning school events.