Being part of a toxic workplace or having a toxic leader can be complicated and confusing, and one person's experience can be vastly different from another's. So how do we know if we're in a toxic workplace or have a toxic leader, and what can...
Powerful speeches change minds, communities and the world, and teach us valuable lessons in the art of persuasion and creating positive change. Speech writing and presentation is a common minefield in leadership but a strong, engaging speech is imperative in giving direction, guidance and inspiration....
Parents who work in today's fast-paced, volatile, and at times disorientating world can easily lose track of who they are and what really matters most. Feelings of reactivity and running from one thing to the next abound and many parents feel guilt at work because...
We all want to perform our best at work, but this often comes at the expense of our well-being or physical health. In this week's episode of Fast Track I speak with Coaching Psychologist and author of 'Get Moving Keep Moving' Dr Gordon Spence to...
Have you got a sponsor? This is a question that is posed to workers in recent times and a discussion particularly held for women. So why is sponsorship important as part of an organisation's culture and what role can leaders play as sponsors in the...
In the age of the Great Resignation, the idea of quitting seems to be on everyone's mind. In this week's Fast Track episode I speak with former Google and Twitter executive, now Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group and author of 'Don't Quit Your Day...
Have you ever watched a colleague charm the pants off management while showing a competitive, Machiavellian side to the lower ranks? They happily throw peers under the bus, but their boss is oblivious to their bad behaviour. What about a constantly interrupting colleague, or an...
What do you do when you're a confident working human one day and then the next, a cancer diagnosis blows your life up? In this episode of Fast Track, Margie Hartley speaks with global digital leader and author of The Naked Truth About Breast Cancer,...
In several countries around the world, the four-day working week has been trialled where workers moved from a 40 hour week to 35 hours, without a reduction in pay. The trial found that productivity remained the same but wellbeing increased and there was a reduction...
Work will never be the same again.' The phrase has been a mantra over the last two years, but what does it really mean? Has work actually been redefined through disruption or are we overplaying the changes to the way we work and our environment?...