At some point in a career people often wonder about joining a not-for-profit Board. Their motive can vary from wanting to contribute to a worthwhile cause, through to a desire to remain alert & active as their time as an employee starts to wind down and they look for new areas to focus. The question, […]
Leadership Insights: a conversation with Anne Garvan
The following captures the thoughts of Anne Garvan on a range of career and professional development topics, as recorded during a question and answer session with Trak Search. It is targeted for leaders and aspiring leaders with the information best used in conjunction with discussions with a person’s manager/supervisor. Anne’s biography is shown at the […]
Insights to Managing Gen Y
Some people wonder what all the fuss is about when discussions start on the workplace difficulties of managing Gen Y team members. Yet some baby boomer leaders speak as if they had aliens in their team, so little do they understand about what makes our 20’s and early 30 year olds ‘tick’. While there are […]
A ‘thank you’ to teachers and parents
Today has been very emotional for me and I want to say ‘thank you’ to express the pleasure, pride and pain that I feel by writing this open letter to….well, I don’t know who? For 22 years as a parent with children in Catholic schools, I’ve been involved in countless meetings, school visits, teacher interviews, […]
Leadership Insights: a conversation with Dr Leoni Degenhardt
The following captures the thoughts of Dr Leoni Degenhardt on a range of career progression and development matters, as recorded during a question and answer session with Trak Search. It is targeted for leaders and aspiring leaders with the information best used in conjunction with discussions with a person’s manager/supervisor. Leoni’s biography is shown at […]