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Leadership and Professional Development
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Articles
Feedback and Difficult Conversations
- The Real Reason Your Team Will Not Give You Honest Feedback
- How to Provide Clear, Specific Feedback to Your Team Using the Situation Behaviour Impact (SBI) Tool
- Find the Coaching in Criticism
- How to Give Constructive Criticism Without Making it Awkward
- How to Manage Difficult Conversations at Work
- How to Respond When an Employee Quits
- How to Control Your Emotions During a Difficult Conversation
- Examples of Compassionately Direct Advice
- What Good Feedback Really Looks Like
- Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback
- 5 Benefits of Feedback – And Why it Matters
Confidence
- A Thoughtful Guide on How to Be More Confident
- You're Not an Imposter, You Are Actually Pretty Amazing
- 10 Ways to Instantly Build Self Confidence
- 9 Ways to Boost Your Confidence at Work
- How to Lead with Confidence: 6 Tips for Developing Your Leadership Assurance
- 12 Ways to Develop Leadership Confidence
- 5 Steps to Build Confidence in Your Team Members
- 15 Effective Ways to Develop Leadership Confidence in 2024
Managing Up
- How to Manage Your 1:1 With Your Boss
- What is Managing Up and Why is it Important
- What Everyone Should Know About Managing Up
- Managing Up Without Sucking Up
- The One Thing You Can Do to Become a Better Leader
- Succeed at Work by Learning How to Manage Up: 8 Tips on How to Do it Well
- A tactical Guide to Managing Up: 30 Tips From the Smartest People we Know
- The Perfect Update ( 4-Bullet Status) for Managing Up, Down and laterally
Leadership
- Do You Have to be a Manager to be a Game Changer?
- Six Reasons Successful Leaders Love Questions
- What Amazing Bosses Do Differently
- Leadership and the Attraction of Busyness
- Feeling Ambivalent About Your Boss Hurts Your Performance Even More Than Disliking Them
- Good Leadership is About Asking Good Questions
- 18 Virtual Team Building Activities and Games
- Master These 7 Essential Skills to Level-Up Your Teamwork Game
- Building a Globally Diverse Team is Actually Getting Easier
- Managers, Your Employees Are Struggling - here's how to keep them happy
- 10 Habits to Ensure Equality in Your Hybrid Team
- Resolving Workplace Conflict Through Mediation
- The Best Leaders Are Versatile Ones
- 5 Questions Every Direct Manager Needs to Ask Their Direct Reports
- What is Adaptive Leadership?
- 5 Habits to Become an Effective Leader with Strengths
- Middle Management: A precious but wasted resource
- Reimagining People Development to Overcome Talent Strategies
- Why Leaders Should Build Self-Improving Teams
- What's the Best Way to Build Trust at Work?
- Leading an Exhausted Workforce
- The Best Leaders Have a Contagious Positive Energy
- Want to Build a High Performing Team? Start With Better Sleep
- Better Mental Health Starts at the Top
- How Brands Are Exhbiting Kindness in Leadership and Organisational Action
- Beyond "How are you" - Fostering Inclusive Wellbeing Practices to Start Conversations
- How generational differences in the Workplace Shape Better, More Productive Teams
- Introverts are Great Leaders (4 Reasons Why)
- How to Embrace Diversity and Inclusivity
- How to Excel at Asynchronous Communication with Your Distributed Team
- How to Excel at Asynchronous Communication with your Distributed Team – cut down on team meetings and remake team practices, without sacrificing effectiveness.
- ‘Flexitirement’ is the Future of Work
- How to Embrace the Human Side of Leadership
- 20 Essential leadership Habits
- Charismatic vs Transformational Leadership: Which is Better?
- How Can Leaders Support Employees With Work-Life Balance?
- What is Regenerative Leadership? (And why it’s the Way Forward)
- 6 Ways Leaders Can Build a Culture of Voice
- 12 Leadership Truths I Learned the Hard Way So You Don't Have To
- Why Being Too Nice Can Hurt Your Leadership: Embracing True Kindness
Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional Intelligence has 12 Elements. Which Do You Need to Work On?
- High Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety: Here's how to create it
- 4 Emotionally Intelligent Phrases Leaders Should Use
- How to Embrace Change Using Emotional Intelligence
- Take a walk on the client side – Empathy and emotional intelligence when selling professional services
Meetings
- How to Run a Great Virtual Meeting
- How to Get People to Speak Up in Virtual Meetings
- Ritual Reset
- 12 Best Practices For Productive Meetings
- Running Effective Meetings
- The Anti-Meeting Manifesto
- Stop The meeting Madness
Recruitment/Attraction/Retention
- How to Win Over Your Star Candidtae During Their Intervew
- The New Financial Year is the Best Time to Focus on Employee Retention
- How to Reduce Personal Bias When Hiring
- Neurodiversity Hub
- How to Write a Welcome Message to a New Employee
- How to Conduct a 'Stay' Interview With Your Employees and Why You Should
- Engaging and Retaining Employees in 2022 by Building a Sense of Community and Purpose
Personal and Professional Development
- The Power of Listening in Helping People Change
- What's Your Listening Style?
- How to Become a Positive Thinker
- How to Write a Report: A Guide
- How to Hack Your Motivation, According to a Decision Scientist
- Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset: How what you think affects what you achieve
- What the Best Presenters Do Differently
- Are You Scared of Public Speaking?
- 20 Ways to Advance Your Career Development
- How to Debate Ideas Productively at Work
- 28 Questions To Ask Your Boss in Your One-on-One's
- Your Resume Gap Does Not Have to be a Setback
- Atlassian Quizes to put Your Collaboration Know How to the Test and Pick up a Few Handy Hints
- 14 Powerful Habits of People Dedicated to Life Long Learning
- Rediscover Joy at Work
- 3 Reasons to Build Coaching into Your Career and Why it Matters
- Gravitas is a Quality You Can Develop
- Triangulation in the Workplace: Why we do it and How to Avoid it
- 20 Personal Values Examples to Help You Find Your Own
- The SHR Method: Unlocking Your Charismatic Potential and Becoming a Better Person
- 20 Steps to Improve Your Body Language in the Workplace
- 10 Ways to Prove You are a Strategic Thinker
- How to Make a Compelling Pitch
- Tactics for Unwanted Advice
- The Leap from Project Manager to CEO Is Hard — But Not Impossible
- What Every Leader Must Know About Personal Development
- The New Rules of Executive Prescence
- How to Get Unstuck: Tips for Moving Past Analysis Paralysis
- Winning pitch presentations – Tips on preparing content and presenting well at competitive tenders
- Workday Shut Down Rituals: 7 Great Ways to End the Day
- The Five Future Workplace Skills Everyone Needs
- 10 Ways to Communicate Data Findings Effectively
- 6 LinkedIn Inmail Templates That Can Help You Break Through
- The Blueprint for Gravitas: Looking Beyond Pitch, Volume and Pace for Voice
- 5 Ways to Prepare for Situational Interview Questions
- Alpha Brain Waves are Associated with a Flow State of Mind. 7 Ways to Surf into Deep Work Mode More Often
- Personal Branding Unlocked
- 8 Ways to Get Someone’s Attention on Linked In
- 6 Ways Nice People Can Master Conflict
- Think, Feel, Do: How to use rational and emotional content to get an audience response
- 1:3:1 Method to Empower and Streamline the Decision-Making Process
- Adopt and Innovators Mindset
- How to Craft Compelling Arguments Like a Pro
- 6 Ways to Set and Maintain Boundaries at Work
Time Management
- How to Focus on What's Important Not Just What's Urgent
- Managing Yourself - Manage Your Energy Not Your Time
- 20 Templates to Say No to Just About Everything (Nicely) So You Can Get Your Focus Back
- Try This Low Effort Way to Approach Tasks and Watch Your Productivity Skyrocket
- In a Distracted World, Solitude is a Competitive Advantage
- 10 Tips for Managing Competing Priorities\
- 3 To-Do-List Apps That Actually Work With ADHD
Tools
- Mind Tools: The Five Whys. Getting to the Root of a Problem Quickly
- Laws of Attraction Tool
- Cause and Effect Analysis/Cause and Effect Diagrams
- 20 Steps to a Better LinkedIn Profile
- What is ChatGPT? How to Use the AI Chatbot Everyone is Talking About
- Mental Time Travel is a Great Decision Making Tool - this is how to use it
- The Eisenhower Matrix is a productivity, prioritization, and time-management framework
- How to Practice and Improve Your Lateral Thinking Skills
- HR Tools
- Free Online Values Test
- Tactical Guide: 75 Smart Productivity Hacks to be 500% more
- Importance/Difficulty Matrix Template
- Qualtrics short guide to help you navigate employee attitudes towards AI, and develop strategies that put humans — not technology — first.
- Team Playbook: How You Can Bond as a Team
Goals
- Beyond Resolutions: What’s Your Word for 2024?
- Top Tips for Achieving Your Goals
- Ten Tips to Reach Your Goals with Energy
- Top Tips for Setting Goals as a Leader
- Goal Setting for Leaders: How to Achieve Organisational Objectives
- The 5 Best Goal Setting Frameworks for Managers
- How to Harness the Power of Professional Development Goals
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Paid/Free Courses, Webinars and Programs
Free Courses
- Skill Finder - Access over 3000 free online courses provided by the world's leading tech companies
- Harvard University: Positive Psychology
- Free T.A.F.E. Short Courses
- TAFE NSW provides a range of government subsidised programs, available for eligible residents to access fee-free* or low-cost training.
- Skills NSW provides fully subsidised training to gain skills in Australia’s growing industries. Explore hundreds of qualifications.
- UTS Open Free Online Courses Available for Everyone to Get a Taste of Career Focused Education at University Level
- Black Dog Institute – Free Workplace Mental Health Training
- The 7 Best Free Online Courses and Classes of 2023
- Coursera
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Video and TEDtalks
- All About HR
- The Power of Choice
- Six Ways to be a Better Listener
- How to Brand Yourself With Your Strengths
- The Surprising Key to Google's Best Teams
- Brené Brown on Empathy
- Managing Self Critical Thoughts
- Love Stories for Business On-Demand Webinar
- Building More Caring, Psychologically Safe and Resilient Teams
- Onboarding Effectiveness
- Paying Attention To Retention by Placing People First
- The Inclusive Leader
- Introverts are Great Leaders (4 reasons why)
- TEDtalk: Great Leadership is a Network not a Hierarchy
- Ted Talk: How to Stay Calm When You Are Stressed
- Ted Talk: Why You Think You're Right Even If You're Wrong
- On Demand Webinar - Putting Your Strengths To Work
- The Joy of Getting Feedback (8 mins)
- What’s Your leadership Language
- Off Balance on Purpose: The Future of Engagement and Work-Life Balance
- The Little Risks You Can Take to Change Your Luck
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Books
- 25 Best Leadership Books of All Time
- Limitless
- The Leading Edge
- Building a Mentally Healthy Culture Checklist
- The Five Roles of a Master Herder: A revolutionary Model for Socially Intelligent Leadership
- The Mentor's Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships
- Thanks for the Feedback – Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen
- Difficult Conversations – Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen
- Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
- Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. by Daniel Pink
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler.
- The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman
- No More Pointless Meetings: Breakthrough Sessions That Will Revolutionise The Way You Work by Martin Murphy
- The Art of Gathering. How we meet and Why it Matters by Priya Parker
- The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything Fast
- Quiet Phoenix: An Introverts Guide to rising in Career and Life
- Authentic Gravitas
- The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. R. Covey
- The Five Graces of Life and Leadership
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard
- The Five Disfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni
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Podcasts
- The Caring CEO: The 4-Day Work Week Champion, Nikki Beaumont, CEO and Founder of Beaumont People
- We Are Human Leaders
- Redefining Sales with Abbie White
- Dare to Lead: Brene and Barrett on the Great Awkward
- The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett
- For Love and Money with Carolyn Butler-Madden
- 10 Best Australian HR Podcasts
- WorkLife with Adam Grant
- How Great Leaders Innovate
- The Business Trends Podcast - a 5-10 min weekly update of business purpose and insights for executives and leaders
- The Brand in You Podclass
- Mindset Reset Radio- Personal Development Podcast for Female Entrepreneurs
- Brene Brown Shame and Accountability
- The Learning and Development Podcast
- Leading with Empathy – Daniel Murray
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Mentoring/Coaching
Articles/Tools
- What is the GROW Coach Model (incl examples)
- How Great Coaches Ask, Listen and Empathise
- Are We Biased? Exploring Biases in Coaching Practice | Institute of Coaching
- Questions and Curiosity Drive Deeper Learning in Mentoring
- How to Break up With Your Mentor
- 30 Questions to Ask Your mentor in Your Next Meeting
- 35 Questions Mentors Should Ask Their Mentee
- Why Mentoring Matters in a Hypercompetitive World
- 6 Habits of Highly Effective Mentees
- TED talks Playlist: How to Be a Good Mentor
- How to Prepare for a Mentoring Conversation
Podcasts
- Coaching for Leaders
- Brene Brown Trust: Building, Maintaining and Restoring it
- 20 Mentorship Podcasts
- The Science of Mentorship
- How to Be a Great Mentor
Books
Health and Wellbeing
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Help Lines and Support
- Lifeline
- Beyond Blue
- Kids Helpline
- Mental Health Line
- Transcultural Mental Health Line
- Suicide Callback Service
- WellMob
- Never Alone
- Acon - Help LGBTQ+ People and People with HIV Take Control of Their Mental Health
- Head to Health - For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
- Open Arms Veteran and Families Counselling
- Mensline
- Butterfly - Eating Disorders
- Carers Australia
- MindSpot - Mental Health Care
- Black Dog Institute Self Care Planning Tool
- Black Dog Institute myCompass
- Black Dog Institute Resources for Anxiety and Stress
- Black Dog Institute Online Clinic
- Black Dog Institute: 10 Tips for Managing Anxiety
- This Way Up: Free Tools and Practical Ways to Protect Your Mental Health
- Children's Hospital Westmead Free Online CPR Training
- Health Direct
- Autism Connect
- Amazing Skills: Social Skills for Children, Teens, and Young Adults Living with Autism
- Australian Institute of Family Studies: Supporting Children with Neurodiversity
- RU OK – Tips to Help Support Neurodivergent People
- ADHD Support Australia
- Love From Dad. Resources to assist and help you find your feet in the days, weeks, months, and years after the devastating loss of a child.
- Neurodiversity Hub
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Articles
Workplace
- Integrating Psychosocial Risks Into Return to Work Plans
- 4 Strategies to Overcome Perfection Paralysis
- 3 Types of Overthinking and How to Overcome Them
- 30 Grounding Techniques to Quiet Distressing Thoughts
- Simple Actions to Prevent Stress from Taking Over
- Headspace 2024 Workplace Mental Health Report
Rest and Rituals
- The 7 Types of Rest That Every Person Needs
- 10 Quotes that Motivate Us, Bring Us Joy, and Give Us a Boost of Inspiration
- These Morning Rituals Will Help Set You Up for a Great Day Ahead
- Rituals for Rest, Relaxation and Sleep (for Kids)
- Rest Ritual – Optimising Your Evening Routine
- Taking a Break: Why Making Rest a Ritual is Important
- 6 Easy Daily Practices to Reduce Stress Levels
- 10 Free Resources to Help You Better Manager Stress
Nutrition
- Try These Creative Food Swaps to Help You Make Healthier Choices
- How to Jump the 6 Biggest Hurdles of New Fitness Goals
- A Simple 5-Ingredient Green Probiotic Smoothie to Support Your Gut Health
- Eating Well
- Minimalist Baker
- Epicurious
- Ten Key Nutrition and Health Trends 2024
- The 100 Nutrition Trends of the Decade
- Sustainable Nutrition
- Nutrition Resources for Life Stage
Positive Psychology/Gratitude Practices
- The Benefits of Gratitude and How to Get Started
- How to Train Your Mind to Focus on the Positive
- Turn Self-Critical Thoughts into Self-Compassion
- 4 Ways to Live Better and Find Happienss Within Yourself
- 10 Small Ways to Boost Your Happiness This Year According to a Psychotherapist
- 19 Ways to Calm Racing Thoughts in a Minute or Less
- Do Positive Affirmations Work? What Experts Say
- Zoom Apps to Support Your Wellness Goals
Kindness
Managing Fatigue
- 10 Small But Effective Ways to Combat Digital Fatigue
- Small Ways to Re-Energise When You Didn't Sleep the Night Before
- Creative Ways to Fit Quick Bursts of Movement Into a Busy Day
- Work Life Balance for Leaders: Why it Matters and How to Get There
Yoga and Movement
- 7 Desk Yoga Poses to Relieve Stress
- 5 Excellent Day Hikes Around Australia
- Three Yoga Postures to Build Confidence While Pursuing Your Unique Purpose
Meditation and Relaxation
- Which Type of Meditation is Right For Me?
- We Tried 6 Meditation Apps. This is What We Thought
- Box BreathingTechniques and Benefits
General
- How to Deal With a Snake Bite
- Overcoming Stress and Burnout in Tech - a Guide from Ease Wellness
- Do You Have a Phone Addiction?
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Video
- Managing Self Critical Thoughts
- Ted Talk: How to Stay Calm When You Are Stressed
- Office Desk Yoga
- Morning Qi Gong 10 Minute Exercise
- Free Online Yoga
- Yoga Poses You Can Do At Your Desk
- Being for Peace: A Guided Meditation for Inner Peace
- 10 Minute Guided Meditation for Focus
- 5-Minute Meditation You Can Do Anywhere
- Free guided meditations
- Chopra App Free 7-part meditation series, “Set Your Vision for 2024”
- Yoga with Adrienne free online yoga flows for all levels
- 2 min video: Reduce Anxiety & Stress with the Physiological Sigh
- 2 min video: Relaxing Breathing Exercise, 4-7-8 breathing technique.
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Books
- Limitless
- 10 Great Books to Help You Reset and Recharge
- Building a Mentally Healthy Culture Checklist
- 8 Ways to Read (a Lot) More Books This Year
- Zen Mind. Beginners Mind
- Kids Across the Spectrums: Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age
- Open Minded: Searching for Truth About the Unconcsious Mind
- Positive Computing: Technology for Wellbeing and Human Potential
- Happiness
- Health Design Thinking: Creating Products and Services for Better Health
- What we Know About Emotional Intelligence: How it Affects Learning, Work, Relationships and our Mental Health
- Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony
- 106 Books I Couldn't Put Down Over the Past Two Years
- The Earned Life -Loose Regret, Choose Fulfillment by Marshall Goldsmith
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Podcasts
- Queensland Health: My Amazing Body
- Happiness Break
- 9 Ways to Imrpove Your mindset
- Guided Meditations
- Meditating in Language
- 10 Health and wellbeing podcasts to Listen to
- 12 Wellness Podcasts to Nourish Your Mind, Body and Soul
- 30 Fascinating Health and Wellness Podcasts to Download
- TheMiMi You You Show - Creating Empathy
- Morning Coach
- My Millennial Career
- Get Happier with Gretchen Ruben
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Apps/ Music/ Events
- Mood Booster Playlist
- Music for Stress and Relaxation
- HeadGear
- 5 Minutes For Me
- 7 Free Health and Wellbeing Apps
- Mental Health Apps
- 12 Apps to Help You Prioritise Your Mental Wellbeing
- How to Choose a Meditation App That’s Right for You
- 10 Best Meditation Apps of 2024
- OzHarvest Cooking for a Cause – Is a unique team building activity where you join OzHarvest chefs to learn zero-waste cooking skills, whilst transforming rescued ingredients into gourmet meals to support vulnerable communities.
- Puppy Yoga – Their mission is to support mental health and wellbeing by connecting puppies with participants for stress-reducing and mood-boosting.
General Interest
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Articles
- How Your Brand Can Meaningfully Engage with Pride Month Without Raising Any Red Flags
- 7 Tips on Being Energy Efficient This Winter
- Charities Shine Bright as Leaders for Good
- How to be an Indigenous Ally
- Two Good to be True
- Data base search tips: Boolean Operators
- Articles on Sustainability
- Articles on Psychology
- Articles on Travel
- Left Brain Vs Right Brain: Fact or Fiction?
- 18 of the Best Business Conferences Around the World in 2024
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Web Pages
- Ecosia
- Open Parachute - Supporting the Mental Health of Students
- MyBusiness Resources and Guides
- Google Search Tips to Save You Time
- SavvySME - tools to help grow your business
- Supply Nation - provides Australia’s leading database of verified Indigenous businesses.
- Raise Foundation – Volunteer Youth Mentoring Programs
- Eventbrite – Free events
- Go Volunteer – Volunteering Opportunities in NSW
- Go Volunteer – Volunteering Opportunities in Victoria
- Go Volunteer - Volunteering Opportunities in Qld
- Go Volunteer - Volunteering Opportunities in NT
- Go Volunteer - Volunteering Opportunities in ACT
- Go Volunteer - Volunteering Opportunities in WA
- Go Volunteer - Volunteering Opportunities in SA
- Go Volunteer - Volunteering Opportunities in Tasmania
- The Centre for Volunteering
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Video/ Documentaries
Documentaries
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Reports and White Papers
- LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report
- Salary Survey 2023
- Meaningful Work Insights Report 2022/2023
- Mapping the State of Inclusion and Mental Health in the Australian Workforce
- World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report 2023
- What Matters Most? Eight CEO Priorities for 2024
- Indeed’s 2024 AU Jobs & Hiring Trend Report: Expect the Labour Market to Loosen Somewhat
- The Digital Store Australia Salary Survey 2024
- DCA Announces 2023 -2024 Inclusive Employers
White Papers
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Things to do
- 10 of the World's Best Virtual Museum and Art Gallery Tours
- What's On? - Melbourne
- What's On? - Sydney
- What's On? - Brisbane
- What's On? - Perth
- What's On? - ACT
- What's On? - Adelaide
- What's On? - Tasmania
- What's On? - NT
- 6 Free Cultural Things to Do in Sydney
- National Gallery of Victoria Virtual Tour
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York - Virtual Tour
- Crystal Cave and Shambala Gardens - NSW
- Group Together: For collecting for group gifts inside and outside the workplace
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