Company perks: Employees have always put a value on the benefits that prospective employers can offer, though smaller firms may feel they just cannot compete with the big corporations when it comes to company perks. Facebook is now paying up to $20,000 to its female staff to undergo egg freezing while Google is handing out […]
Careers & Management
How learning to let go is a step to better leadership
Soul-centred leadership: It is probable that everyone who’s been in a position of leadership has, at some time, done a little soul-searching. What is driving me? Why am I doing this? Is there a better way? Am I a good leader? Setting aside the question of whether there is such a thing as a ‘soul’ […]
Sounding board for the challenge of change
Managing executives: The money, the perks and the status of being in a senior job is a potent cocktail. Executive life at the top can be addictive, seductive, and certainly lucrative. But what happens when the music stops and there are not enough chairs to around? Mergers, closures and cutbacks also happen. Two jobs are […]