Olympics – two sides of the same coin …
Kate Carruthers Picture two different women competing in the Australian team at the recent Athens Olympics. The first had the misfortune to injure herself a few weeks prior to competition. She had…
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Union Safe: News: Killer Clutter – 25 June 2004
Killer Clutter – 25 June 2004: “Cluttered desks, poor posture and hours spent in front of a computer are damaging the health of office staff, with increasing numbers suffering Irritable…
Business Evolutionist: The Origins of Unengaged Employees
The Origins of Unengaged Employees has quite an interesting take on employee engagement, but I’m not sure that I agree completely. Engagement is all about feeling like you are a…
More on Women, housework & the 21st century
My post the other day on this topic revealed my complete ignorance of house & home magazines (this deficiency in my reading was kindly pointed out in a recent comment).…
Women, housework & the 21st century
It is astonishing that many women in the west still seem to be obsessed with housework and cleaning in spite of the advances women have made in the past 100…
The great maternity leave debate
I do not have children, nor do I plan to reproduce – so I suppose you could say I have no skin in this particular game. But I’ve been thinking…
Men, Women and Lifestyle Choices
Women in the western world are actually very lucky in many ways. Now there are so many choices for women – education, full time career, part time work, family, no…
Family Friendly or Punishing the Childless?
One thing that the big focus nowadays on so-called ‘family friendly’ workplaces (including maternity/paternity/parental leave) has overlooked is that this excludes the many people who for various reasons do not…
5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers: some interesting ideas for the ambitious person
Found this site in my wanderings the other day when I was supposed to be studying for an exam. It is based on a book called The 5 Patterns of…