by Jennifer Bicknell | Oct 30, 2019
Some workplace wisdom for surviving office Melbourne Cup Day functions…from your friendly Poet Lawyerate. The first Tuesday in November The day that stops the nation Every workplace takes a spell To join the celebration It’s not my place to be a nag But as...
by Jennifer Bicknell | Oct 21, 2019
During a recent Study Tour to New York, my colleagues and I had the privilege of spending a day at the Fire Department of New York Training Academy. We went there to learn about LEADERSHIP. The FDNY don’t teach leadership from a textbook. They prefer an...
by Jennifer Bicknell | Jul 24, 2019
Have you noticed how excited people get about workplace perks like Foosball and fruit? Don’t get me wrong – I love Foosball, and am partial to fruit – but I have always been a tad cynical about the connection between ‘perks’ and...
by Jennifer Bicknell | Jul 17, 2019
Once upon a workplace, there was an employee called Sally who had been working with her employer for 10 years. Sally was a competent, valued and popular member of her team. Then something bad happened… [Cue the da da da dummmmm music]. Sally’s Something Bad –...
by Jennifer Bicknell | Jun 18, 2019
An Article about Mental Health in the Workplace My phone rings. It’s a client. “Hi Jen, we need to let go of a “difficult” employee.” Me: “What’s the problem?” Client: “He was really great for the last 2 years, but in the past few months he’s been really difficult....
