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Leanne Hart
09 May 2021

You know it’s nearly time and you’ve been dreading it.  You need to have a performance discussion with one of your team members and you know it’s going to be difficult for you.  And them. 

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Julie Weldon
27 October 2020

While the long-term impacts of COVID continue to unfold, we are already seeing organisations having to review their strategies and the reality of their goals and aspirations, and respond to significant changes in both supply and demand - all of which affects jobs. Sadly, restructuring and downsizing is happening more frequently.

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Linda Garnett
16 September 2020

First dates are tough. Should it be casual or dressy? How do I make a good impression? The first meeting with a prospective corporate partner can be just as daunting. Plus, there’s the added pressure from your boss to hurry up and bring in more partnership income.

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Sarah Birken
15 September 2020

People make strategy happen. Not the words in PowerPoint templates or the posters on company walls. And today, more than ever, it’s time to rethink your perspective on strategy from a business process to a fundamentally human one.

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Mel Roome
07 September 2020

‘However’ is similar in meaning to ‘but’, with a longer pause built in. What’s tricky is that ‘however’ isn’t interchangeable with ‘but’, and it’s punctuated differently. In fact, punctuating the word ‘however’ is about the most common problem we see as editors.

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Jo Smyth
07 July 2020

This year’s global pandemic has changed the world in ways that none of us could have imagined. For those of us that have been fortunate to continue to work, it has accelerated our understanding of remote working options like nothing has before.

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Jo Smyth
01 May 2020

“But what do they actually do?!”

It’s a question we’ve all asked in frustration at some point but it’s a real consideration in the context of a team going through change. And it’s even more important in the virtual world we now find ourselves working in.

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Jo Smyth
01 March 2020

As they say, teamwork makes the dream work. 
When did you last work in a team where you were all beating to the same drum? What was it that made it special?

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Jo Smyth
01 April 2020

I’m certainly not the first person to talk about the evolution of change management and how we are seeing the profession adapt to new ways of working. 

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Linda Garnett
31 July 2020

Millennials. Latte sipping, avocado munchers or resilient social justice warriors? People born between 1977 and 1994 have been the classic tabloid villains, portrayed as selfish and a general drain on society. "

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Mel Roome
06 July 2020

Variety is a significant pleasure for a business-document editor. Not only is variety stimulating, but the work that comes across our desks at Hit Send (or rather, across our screens) also provides a fascinating insight into local and overseas businesses, government policy, and social impact work. 

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Julia Keady
02 July 2020

Watch the highlights from a two-part live show with five philanthropy sector leaders.

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