Debra and Kate explain how to banish the ‘What If’s’ from your vocabulary to be confident and grow from the challenges.
Work-Life Balance
Are you seeking to have it all or happy to have what you want?
Kate is a full time working mum who believes the secret to having what you want is a supportive spouse, great childcare and help around the house.
Is your work – life balance grinding you down? A personal story from FlexCoach Shannon Young
Throughout the month of June, FlexCareers is celebrating the amazing work of our FlexCoahes who help our community and who embrace #workplaceflexibility. Over the next few weeks, you will be able to read about their flexible journey’s and why ‘Flex’ matters now and in the future.
Jonathan embraces Medibank’s flexibility to be the best dad he can be
‘Being a part of Medibank and benefitting from the company’s flexible working arrangements means Jonathan is able to balance his responsibilities as a father with those of his career’. This is just one of Medibank’s stories, a FlexCareers’s partner employer.
Is work-life balance elusive? Or does it just mean something different to each of us?
The reality is that we all have parts of work and life that we want to change – it cant be “perfect” all the time. And that’s true! Trying to have someone else’s idea of balance just isn’t going to work.
Getting to know FlexCoach Debra Close
Take a minute to get to know Debra Close, a founding FlexCoach.
Simplifying the Nutrition Minefield
We continually push ourselves to achieve in more in our career, family life and sports. Yet, when it comes to giving our bodies the energy they need to help us smash those goals, we often fall woefully short. Alicia Edge, founder of Compeat Nutrition, shares her top tips on fuelling our bodies to maximise performance.
Is Your Career Future Proof?
Recent research suggests that we will have six careers in our lifetime and around 17 jobs. It sounds crazy, but with a national average tenure of around 3 years, the numbers certainly do add up. Given what we know about the evolving future of work, are you prepared?
Origin creates family-friendly workplace for fathers
Although Father’s Day has passed, Origin continues to encourage new fathers to play a more active role in the first 12 months of their child’s life. “As part of creating a family-friendly workplace, we want to enable all parents at Origin to be primary caregivers and take the time as needed to be part of…
Do we really practice flexibility and work-life balance in the workplace?
FlexCommunity member and talented copywriter Katie Tilden shares her thoughts on Flexible working, and her journey to fulfilling her career ambitions and inspiring her family.
The art of creating your work-life blend
When we bring our whole self to work and it is very difficult to separate all the elements of our lives and our persona, and can’t help but bring our work home at night, it’s time we started thinking in terms of a work-life blend
Insights that come while watching my kids play
Good things come when professional women are given the opportunity and structured support to balance their family and work commitments.