Happiness = Higher income.…3 easy, cheap steps for happier employees and a couple of things to watch for
Posted on 10 August 2010.
The Harvard Business Review has published the daily stat that greater happiness is linked to a higher future income. On a five-point happiness scale, a one-point increase was linked to a 3% higher income. So if happier women earn more, then happier women are more productive. Therefore you want your women workers to be happy […]
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Is Labor’s paid parental leave scheme “pathetic”? Why companies just offering the new government scheme will not be able to compete with those companies that step up and show they value their parent employees
Posted on 10 August 2010.
It’s a historic achievement. It is effective as of January 1st 2011. And Dr Shaman Stone MP, shadow minister for the status of women, early childhood, education and childcare has slammed Australia’s first paid parental leave scheme “pathetic” – Dr. Stone: “I don’t why Australian women should have to wait for something that in the […]
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Notice to TigerAirways: babies = business
Posted on 08 August 2010.
I’ve learnt a lot about babies since my son was born, and about business, and how profitable babies can be. Really profitable. So how much money can a baby spend, you ask? Loads. Any mum will tell you this – if you bother to ask them – and I’ve really come to learn how little […]
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Guest blog by Morningstar Managing Editor, Julia Newbould – We’re not changing attitudes just behaviour
Posted on 05 August 2010.
“Don’t set out to change attitudes, set out to change behaviour,” Catherine Fox told a group of Finsia lunch attendees in Sydney last week. Changing attitudes is a hard slog and could take generations but changing behaviour is something manageable and is still possible to achieve in my working life. There were a lot of […]
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How do you assess power? Is Lady Gaga super powerful? HBR article
Posted on 04 August 2010.
Power is a very charged word. From nuclear weapons and military might to the parental influence to workplace reputations, the word “power” pops up all over the place. Forbes has recently released a list of the most powerful celebrities. Lady Gaga and Oprah are two of the women in the top ranks. If you’ve ever […]
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The message for employers from the $37 Million David Jones Lawsuit – and why it’s critical you hear this
Posted on 03 August 2010.
Kristy Fraser-Kirk has made headlines recently by launching a $37 million lawsuit against David Jones for the behaviour of former CEO Mark McInnes and the corporate world has been stirred into a conversation rife with diagnoses of the moral to this story. There has been a lot of discussion about what Fraser-Kirk is hoping to […]
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