Starting with an idea, a vision and coffee in my office of one… to 5 years of Gembridge! Here are 5 key highlights.

What if you don’t hold a management position or leadership team role? Can you still be a leader? If you’re anything like me, you have asked yourself this many times over the course of your work life.

Liza became CEO of Melbourne Women’s Foundation in mid-2023 after being recruited by Gembridge. She is thriving in this role, and here she shares the importance of finding a role that aligns with your values.

Whether you have extensive leadership experience, or want to step into your first management role, an interview panel will be looking for evidence of your leadership capability or potential. Let’s look at some insights and strategies to effectively demonstrate your leadership aptitude during interviews.

Stepping into the FIA Conference Hall was like entering a safe space where diversity, passion, and collaboration intersected in the most delightful manner. It was an experience that left an indelible mark on my professional and personal journey.

As I entered the annual Fundraising Institute Australia Conference, I was a little nervous! Little did I know at the time, I was surrounded by some of the most passionate, resilient, and driven individuals I have ever had the honour of meeting.

What better way to start the year than with sprinklings of good luck and fortune for a great Year of the Dragon!

Tessa O’Neill became a part of Team Gembridge in early February 2024. She joins us with a diverse background in both recruitment and hospitality management. Read on to learn about her love of nature, food and connecting with others as a recruiter.

Malu Fabello joined Team Gembridge in January 2024. Here, we learn more about Malu and a bit about the experiences that shape who she is today.

What exactly is this growth mindset everyone's talking about? It can be a game-changer for your career journey, so here we dive into the elusive yet essential ‘growth mindset’.

Leroy (the dog) heard that the holidays and summer are coming. He thought you might like his advice for how to do summer right!

There are three questions that have regularly come up from others in the sector recently. Here are Michelle’s responses to the current list of most commonly asked questions.

As we approach the end of 2023, we think now is the perfect opportunity to take stock of what has been; set intentions and create a list of resolutions and goals.

As we reflect on the year that is drawing to a close, it’s a good time to think about the direction we’d like to take in our careers to set ourselves up for the New Year.

Friend of Gembridge, Carli, shares her tips: Is your business running ad hoc wellbeing events, such as yellow cupcakes for RU OK Day and that’s about it? Do you have the best intentions to improve employee wellbeing in 2024? Here are the biggest mistakes business make and how to fix them.

Nalan joined UNSW in February of this year as their Development Manager, Medicine & Health. Here, she passionately describes her love of education, Advancement and how her new role has provided the most fulfilling years of her career.

Rob began his new role at Holmesglen Foundation at the start of 2023. From interests in sport to building things to travel and developing others, read below to find out how Rob came to work in fundraising… and why he loves it.

Lack of engagement, high employee stress levels and quiet quitting. Is your organisation following these same trends?

You’ve probably been there. You get caught up in the whirlwind of the daily grind, only to get to the end of the day, look at your to-do list that’s still a mile long, and wonder… “what did I DO all day? Here we explore what happened when a workday was dissected into 15-minute increments.

We are all juggling a myriad of tasks, activities and distractions in our jobs, and it’s easy to feel like we’re not making real progress where it matters. We love a good framework at Gembridge and today we’d like to share with you a deceptively simple, yet highly effective productivity tool called the Eisenhower Matrix.

There is no foolproof way of knowing when it’s time to make a move, however there may be a few tell-tale signs indicating you might be due for a change.

If you are doing well in your role, happy with the team and organisation, culture fit is great, and you are learning and growing… It’s probably not the obvious time to be thinking about your next role. But it’s also not the worst idea.

Recruitment needs planning, and the time of year can be crucial. Since it’s the home stretch of 2023, it’s an important time for planning your recruitment so you get the timing right.

As Director of Wellbeing at Gembridge, he puts a smile on our face. Always at our feet in the home office, but usually sleeping on the job! Leroy also receives the most hits on social media than anything else that we post.

8 August is known as International Cat Day. To celebrate, we interviewed Lincoln, the cat of Gembridge team member Jenny. Keep reading to see what he had to say about cat life, family life and his connection to Gembridge.

Relationship and people-focused roles like fundraising, recruitment and consulting, are highly rewarding, but can demand you to be “on” constantly. How do you balance this, especially as an introvert who needs to step back to re-coup energy?

When you are searching for a new job, you spend time researching roles and organisations, preparing and updating your CV, and crafting tailored cover letters. Something you should also be thinking about early in the process, is your referees.