This Working Life

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This Working Life

Helping you navigate your way through the tough times, looking for the sunshine and the humanity in the world of work.

  1. 4 DAYS AGO

    Adapt or perish

    Most of us are faced with managing multiple changes in our work lives, sometimes all at once.  Learn how to anticipate, accept and grow with change, and be the "pilot" of your own career.  Guest: Andrea Clarke, futurist and author of Adapt

    25 min

  2. 21 FEB

    Succession planning: build it into your DNA

    The CEO is retiring, your team leader is moving interstate, your key IT architect has been poached by a competitor. How do you keep an organisation running smoothly without people who can step up into key roles?  The answer lies in careful succession planning. Here's how it works. The answer lies in careful succession planning. Here's how it works. Guests: Donald (DJ) Schepker,  Associate Professor, Research Director at Centre for Executive Succession, Darla Moore School of Business, University of Southern Carolina  Melissa MacGowan, Strategic People and Culture leader, executive coach

    25 min

  3. 14 FEB

    How to nail a job interview

    Dealing with sweaty palms, talking for too long, and fumbling your answers are all possible scenarios that can kill off your chances of getting the job.   So how can you prepare yourself and perform in a way that gives you a solid chance of landing the role?  Guests:  Dave Wolovsky, Career coach, Effortwise consulting  Annique Teycheney, Careers Counsellor

    26 min

  4. 7 FEB

    Does DEI need a reset?

    An anti-diversity, equity & inclusion rhetoric is gaining steam in politics.  So why is there resistance to “DEI” in the workplace?  Are there ways to improve implementation of programs so that everyone is on the same page?  Guests: Colin D. Ellis, global workplace culture expert and author, Detox Your Culture  Michelle Lim, organisational culture, intersectional DEI and ethics specialist, and Director, Asian Australian Professionals Collective  Lily Zheng, workplace strategist and consultant, author, Reconstructing DEI

    25 min

  5. 31 JAN

    Tuning into signals at work

    From AI to DEI, we’re looking at the year ahead, and what’s on the agenda for organisations and employees.  What are you picking up at work that might be signalling a future change at work? And how can you prepare for it?  Guest:  Dr Ben Hamer, futurist

    25 min

  6. 24 JAN

    Want to do things differently this year?

    It’s time to plan for the changes you want to make at work this year. What are you trying to do differently, and how are you going to make that happen?  Learn how to understand your behaviours and form new habits to improve your work life.  Guests:  Dr Kelvin Wong, clinical psychologist and senior lecturer, Swinburne University  Dr BJ Fogg, behaviour scientist and creator of the Tiny Habits method, Adjunct Professor, Stanford University   You can find recipe cards for Tiny Habits here.

    25 min

  7. 19 JAN

    Feeling meh? How to get your work mojo back

    Are you feeling ready to tackle another year at work? Or are you a little detached and uninspired?   Many of us are kicking off the new year by asking, ‘why are we here’ ?! So what is it about the culture of work that’s leading to that feeling ? And what can we do about it?  Guest: Jennifer Moss, workplace culture strategist, author, Why Are We Here: Creating a Work Culture Everyone Wants

    25 min

  8. 19 JAN

    How to be a friction fixer

    Friction is everywhere - from our systems to our relationships at work. But there’s good news - not all friction is bad and if you know how, you can be a friction fixer. Robert (Bob) Sutton is Professor of Organizational Behaviour at Stanford Business School and co-author of The Friction Project. He takes us through the different types of friction and how we can fix it. Meanwhile, we hear personal stories from a few This Working Lifers about how they tackled friction in their jobs - thanks to Hamish Thompson, Kate McCallum, and Yashika Nayyar. This story was first broadcast on 4 February 2024.

    25 min
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Helping you navigate your way through the tough times, looking for the sunshine and the humanity in the world of work.

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  • Creator
    ABC listen
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2025
  • Episodes
    402
  • Rating
    Clean
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