Workplace communication

5 Ways to Improve Workplace Communication Skills

21st October 2022

In whatever industry you work, or intend to launch a career in, having good communication skills are essential for your success. When preparing to embark on our careers, we often don’t pay much attention to soft skills, however the ability to effectively communicate is one of the most important soft skills that employers look for in their candidates. Workplaces are …

8 Do’s & Don’ts of a Job Interview

14th September 2022

They say that these days, it’s an employee’s market – for the right candidate. As the pandemic has changed our perspective of work-life balance and encouraged job hunters to tip the scales towards the latter, companies are reporting difficulty in finding – and keeping – staff in what has been dubbed The Great Resignation by some. Still, your performance in …

Waking up

10 Reasons Sleep is Your Secret Superpower

18th July 2019

Spend enough time on corporate social media platforms and you’d be forgiven for thinking that the formula for success is snatching a couple of hours’ sleep a night spent curled up on your office floor. But whether you’re a student, entrepreneur or employee, the evidence is stacked against these traditional tales of sleep deprivation being a badge of honour. In …

Man working at a laptop with cereal and coffee

Flex for success — why business thrives without 9-5

25th February 2019

Advances in tech have made global business more connected, convenient and agile. Yet many companies stubbornly stick to traditional 9-5 Monday to Friday working patterns for no apparent reason. If you want to flex for success, here’s why business thrives without 9-5. Dolly Parton was crooning her complaint about the inequities of 9-5 work in 1980, but the origins of …