Category: Insights

  • Forget the past. Tomorrow is a new day. New day, new hopes and new life. Lailah Gifty Akita Life is always in consistent motion.  Sometimes we don’t see that or don’t want to see that but it is true nonetheless.  My life is at a major turning point, I believe for the better but I…

  • One of the interesting changes of my professional life is the rather large role presenting to the superannuation industry now plays. I recall a time when I wasn’t trusted to present, not that I didn’t have the knowledge, but because I just answered questions without filters, in particular admitting mistakes and my organisations thought process…

  • My job occasionally requires me to visit diverse parts of Australia.  Working for the Commonwealth of Australia and having a national role means I need to meet people and provide services and advise. Since I returned to work in mid-May from my 2015 World Trip (India & Japan) in a period of 35 days and…

  • A recent New York Times about incivility at the workplace got me thinking about the way I operate in the workplace.  Am I too busy to acknowledge my team, or am I setting a bad example? The article had the following insight: Bosses produce demoralized employees through a string of actions: walking away from a…

  • Reflections

    One of the great things about international travel is it gives you time to reflect. At least international travel from Australia as since we are so far away from the rest of the world you are usually going away for a while.  For me this time it is 5 weeks. When leaving for a length…