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Steiner Conference 2024
Recently, Michelle delivered a workshop about Recruitment & Retention at the Steiner Education Australia’s Government Leadership and Management Conference. After managing several recruitment searches in the Steiner community, it was a wonderful opportunity to connect with delegates and help navigate recruitment challenges.
Being A Leader, No Matter Your Job Title
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.
What Are Some Qualities of Great Leaders?
A core component of leadership is harnessing positive influence to achieve desired goals for a business. We understand that leadership is not easy, so here we explore some key qualities we believe set a truly great leader apart.
Demonstrating Your Leadership Capability (or Potential) in a Job Interview
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.
A Journey Through Diversity, Passion, Collaboration and Strength
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.
Ground-Breaking Sessions, Captivating Exhibits and Countless Connections
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.
Embrace Growth, Boost Your Career: The Power of a Growth Mindset
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’.
Holiday Advice (From Leroy Groodle)
Leroy (the dog) heard that the holidays and summer are coming. He thought you might like his advice for how to do summer right!
Top 3 Questions I've Been Asked Recently
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.
Is Your New Years’ Resolution to Find a New Job?
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.
3 Big Mistakes Businesses Make In Wellbeing
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.
Is Lack of Employee Engagement Causing Stress?
Lack of engagement, high employee stress levels and quiet quitting. Is your organisation following these same trends?
Dissecting a Workday… Every 15 Minutes
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.
Tools of the trade: Eisenhower Matrix and Avoiding the ‘Busy-ness’ Trap
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.
How do you know it's time to find a new job?
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.
Planning Ahead for Your Next Job Before You're Ready to Look for It
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.
Timing & Planning: Getting Your Recruitment Right!
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.
Managing Energy
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?
Reference checks: A crucial part of your job search
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.
Creating an Awesome Onboarding Experience
The onboarding process has the potential to make or break an employment relationship. Check out these tips for creating an awesome onboarding experience.