Studies show more of us are looking for purpose and meaning at work. But what if the work we do doesn't fill that need?

From group giving activities to individual arrangements that allow you to volunteer in an area that means something to you, explore the different ways organisations are attempting to facilitate the need for purpose at work. 

Guest:

Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Professor of Management, Macquarie University 

Mick Liubinskas, CEO, Climate Salad

If you have a tendency to take on too much, you might want to look at the boundaries you have with your co-workers and your boss.  

It seems hard, but setting boundaries could improve your life, and your work as well. Boundaries expert Nedra Glover Tawwab teaches you how. 

Guest:

Nedra Glover Tawwab, therapist and author of New York Times best seller, Set Boundaries, Find Peace 

Job sharing could soon be back in vogue as some businesses and governments push for return to office policies.  

What are the pros and cons of job sharing and could it be the answer to work life balance? 

Guests:

Rosalind Dixon, Professor of Law at the School of Global & Public Law, UNSW 

Mariebelle Malo, job sharing consultant 

Angela Dally and Kath Slack, job sharing lawyers for a large corporate retailer 

In helping young people prepare for a life of work, asking them what they want to do for a job, or what they’re good at may limit their options. 

Learn a different way of thinking about careers that focuses on challenges, rather than job titles. 

Learn a different way of thinking about careers that focuses on challenges, rather than job titles. 

Guests:

JP Michel, organisational psychologist and author, The World Needs You: A New Mindset for Career Exploration

Kate McBeath, who works with career advisors in schools in Australia and New Zealand

Most of us are faced with managing multiple changes in our work lives, sometimes all at once. 

Learn how to anticipate, accept and grow with change, and be the "pilot" of your own career. 

Guest: Andrea Clarke, futurist and author of Adapt

The CEO is retiring, your team leader is moving interstate, your key IT architect has been poached by a competitor. How do you keep an organisation running smoothly without people who can step up into key roles? 

The answer lies in careful succession planning. Here's how it works.

The answer lies in careful succession planning. Here's how it works.

Guests:

Donald (DJ) Schepker,  Associate Professor, Research Director at Centre for Executive Succession, Darla Moore School of Business, University of Southern Carolina 

Melissa MacGowan, Strategic People and Culture leader, executive coach 

Dealing with sweaty palms, talking for too long, and fumbling your answers are all possible scenarios that can kill off your chances of getting the job.  

So how can you prepare yourself and perform in a way that gives you a solid chance of landing the role? 

Guests:

Dave Wolovsky, Career coach, Effortwise consulting 

Annique Teycheney, Careers Counsellor 

An anti-diversity, equity & inclusion rhetoric is gaining steam in politics.  So why is there resistance to “DEI” in the workplace? 

Are there ways to improve implementation of programs so that everyone is on the same page? 

Guests:

Colin D. Ellis, global workplace culture expert and author, Detox Your Culture 

Michelle Lim, organisational culture, intersectional DEI and ethics specialist, and Director, Asian Australian Professionals Collective 

Lily Zheng, workplace strategist and consultant, author, Reconstructing DEI 

From AI to DEI, we’re looking at the year ahead, and what’s on the agenda for organisations and employees. 

What are you picking up at work that might be signalling a future change at work? And how can you prepare for it? 

Guest:

Dr Ben Hamer, futurist 

It’s time to plan for the changes you want to make at work this year. What are you trying to do differently, and how are you going to make that happen? 

Learn how to understand your behaviours and form new habits to improve your work life. 

Guests:

Dr Kelvin Wong, clinical psychologist and senior lecturer, Swinburne University 

Dr BJ Fogg, behaviour scientist and creator of the Tiny Habits method, Adjunct Professor, Stanford University 

 You can find recipe cards for Tiny Habits here.