Many offices nowadays try and cultivate a specific environment. Sometimes this may lead to people dressing in a similar style or communicating in a particular way. Effective discussions are also about the actual mode of communication. Let’s face it; everyone has their own preference on their form of communication – email, telephone or face to […]
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The beards are back in town!
From as far back as the Abraham Lincoln days, over 150 years ago, beards have been worn by some of the most successful & influential men in history. In a recent article in Men’s Health Magazine, it was discovered that the beard revolution was upon us again after taking a slight decline in public acceptance […]
From Germany to Australia
After having 12 years of school and another 3 years of university I got really desperate of theoretical knowledge and wanted to do something practically. Since I always wanted to go to another country for a couple of months, I thought I could combine both of this. I registered with an organization, which helped me […]
Stop acting like a man…
As a woman working in civil engineering I realised early on it was really important for me to be authentic, for me to be who I really was. I had to stop acting like a man. I know, it sounds obvious. One might ask why, as a woman, would you even try to act as […]
Is this the future of work?
There has been a lot of talk in the news recently about the change in the way employees see their future career. Facebook and Google now paying up to $20,000 for female staff to freeze their eggs to make sure that they keep their best staff on board Virgin is now not tracking employees holidays […]
The festival of lights in our office
We are similar to many offices throughout the world…We have employees from all backgrounds, countries and religions. So on the 17th October we celebrated Diwali as an office. This gave us a chance to learn about the meaning behind Diwali and give everyone in the office the chance to get involved. How did we get […]