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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.
Setting Yourself Up for the New Year
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.
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.
Gem Spotlight - Nalan Ozacardi
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.
Gem Spotlight - Rob Paterson
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.
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.
Gem Spotlight - Leroy
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.
Gem Spotlight - Lincoln
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.
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.