Leading a team you cannot see
In 2020 I wrote about leading a team through lockdown. Most of it was about working from home. The bit that lasted was about leading people you cannot see.
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Jorden Lam
Dress for your day: self-empowerment in the work dress code
The standard is a message to employees to dress comfortably, and up the ante as appropriate to meet any formalities required for work activity. But let’s not forget or underestimate the concept of power dressing, and the impact donning an on-point work outfit can have on self-confidence and your pro
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Anxiety and excitement: key to making business decisions
I changed jobs during Covid. It was October 2020 and here in Melbourne, while the case numbers soared with no plateau in sight
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I find myself unemployed, now what?
As a migrant worker who didn’t speak fluent English, and had no experience running a business, she was so excited the day she and my father found this shop and decided to buy it.
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Sometimes, it's okay to quit
We’re socially conditioned, maybe also through our family upbringing, to never quit. When you start something, you should finish it. But what about when you pursue something so doggedly that you develop tunnel vision
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Do lawyers need to be team players?
Lawyers are trained to work as lone wolves. This hasn’t changed a great deal over the years; it is still the experience of many law students and graduates today.
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Keynote on empathy at the IACCM conference, 2019
Empathy is fundamental to building effective, healthy relationships. In every context, period.
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Conference keynote in Johannesburg, 2019
Empathy is fundamental to building effective, healthy relationships. In every context, period.
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Legal Innovation and Tech Fest: the ultimate contracts management system
This post is an excerpt reproduced from the original article written by one of the team members from the Eventful Group, and was published on the Legal Innovation & Tech Fest Blog.
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Public speaking hacks
My friends and colleagues wouldn’t be surprised to know that I was on the school debating team.
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How style and intelligence are synonymous with success
Style (noun): a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed; a particular procedure by which something is done; a manner or way.
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