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Amanda Visser
Apr 25, 20184 min read
How to deal with colleagues when you’re the new boss
A team of peers may operate with relative ease when each member has the same rank, status and sources of power. When one person’s status or
Ann Werner
Nov 16, 20173 min read
Ubuntu and the Dog-eared Journey
I love words. I collect words; … and bundles of words, phrases and quotes and sometimes, in the moment, because they are hitting the...
Ann Werner
Nov 2, 20175 min read
Empty Nest Syndrome
Empty Nest Syndrome is not a clinical diagnosis, but it is a sorely felt and uncomfortable phenomenon, the symptoms of which often go...
Ann Werner
Oct 31, 20172 min read
"Is it your pain or another pain"?
Last week I took my daughter to our very thorough and competent physiotherapist. She had had a particularly sporty week above the norm...
Ann Werner
Sep 14, 20172 min read
That Little Orange Piece
I can be a good patient, although most often retiring to my sick bed is a bitter sweet acquiescence to the higher power of my body. She...
Ann Werner
Aug 3, 20171 min read
Hot butter-milk sponge
I don’t think that I was ever taught to bake, but I can remember sitting on the kitchen counter, legs swinging happily while licking...
Rachel McGregor
May 3, 20176 min read
Sitting Pretty
The jury’s out on whether open-plan offices increase innovation dramatically. What is known, is that there’s a right way and a wrong way to
Rachel McGregor
Apr 15, 20155 min read
One-Track Mind
There are no two ways about it. A particularly frenetic, chaotic day – responding to a deluge of emails, texts, phone calls, requests from c
Ann Werner
Nov 3, 20143 min read
Alternatiewe opsies vir matrikulante
Ann Werner, ’n industriële organisatoriese sielkundige en loopbaan konsultant, verduidelik dat elke individu se situasie anders is. “As jy n
Ann Werner
Apr 14, 20126 min read
Women on Top
Men and women are different. The clichés, theories and realities all tell us so; men are more analytical, women are better long-term planner
Ann Werner
Feb 15, 20113 min read
School Careers Seminars
A few lucky people discover their chosen careers at an early age and never look back. For most of us, though, it involves much soul searchin
Harsha Gordhan
Jun 8, 20103 min read
Let your body speak for you
Job hunting is a tough job all on its own. What is said, how it is said, body movements and feelings on the day all contribute to the manner
Sholeen Lagadien
May 13, 20104 min read
If you’ re taking time out after matric, make it count
School’s out – for good. No more early mornings, detention, homework, uncomfortable uniforms or boring assemblies. You’re free at last and y
Harsha Gordhan
Feb 22, 20103 min read
Hacking it in the big city
So after years of studying, you’re either going off to varsity far away from home or have landed a good job. The only catch is that it’s not
Jenny Handley
Jan 31, 20102 min read
Break the task of changing career into manageable sections
I am a Mathematics teacher - 38 years of age - with 10 years teaching experience across all grades, 8 - 12. I have no desire to continue tea
Harsha Gordhan
Jan 14, 20103 min read
Can a new mother work as part of a team?
“An increasing number of women are returning to work soon after childhood for economic reasons”, says Cape Town industrial psychologist, Ann
