Purpose: Not the same as mission & how it drives your business model. Did you miss Part 1 of Making Work Meaningful? In a nutshell, I estimated that for a company of 1000 people, the minimum cost associated with employee attrition due to lack of meaning, is $1.195 million per annum! Read how I calculated it here. So maybe your company already has a mission, vision and values, and you … [Read more...]
Making Work Meaningful: Part 1
The financial cost of not acting on purpose. The 2019 Randstad Employer Brand research, identified that 'Making Work Meaningful' was a top priority for employers in providing a great employee experience. A sense of meaning [purpose] is a proven brand differentiator in the war for talent. And it’s not just about attracting the best and brightest new people, it’s about ensuring your best … [Read more...]
101 Ways to Be an Everyday Activist
#2: Downsize your home and live small. There are two ways to be rich, one is by acquiring much, the other is by desiring little. Jackie French Koller In 2010, I lived with my 12-year-old son Billy in Aix-en-Provence on the fourth floor of a 17th century apartment block for six months. I’d just sold everything I owned in Sydney and life had been rather complicated, so it was the greatest sense … [Read more...]
101 Ways to Become an Everyday Activist: #1 Radically Reduce your Car-bon Emissions.
There’s a lot of pressure on our government in Australia to do something urgently about climate change. And of course, they must do something, but I have a more important question right now. What are YOU doing? How are YOU changing the way you live every day to directly address this global catastrophe? To put it bluntly, this is the world WE built and so, it is also the world WE must rebuild. We … [Read more...]
Digging into Death with Everyday Activist Annie Bolitho
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain Death. It’s a subject I’ve been contemplating a lot lately. Not because I plan to exit this heavenly earth any time soon, but because by contemplating death, I might just be more compelled to live my best life. And it’s more than the old cliché of writing my own eulogy for my … [Read more...]