Start your day by thinking about it.
A new
study from the University of Florida finds that spending a few minutes focusing on what kind of leadership role you want to play can make you more effective at your job - even if you’re not the boss.
“It’s as simple as taking a few moments in the morning while you’re drinking your coffee to reflect on who you want to be as a leader,” explains study author
Remy Jennings. Study participants who took this step were more likely to report helping coworkers and “providing strategic vision” than on days they didn’t do the reflection. They also reported feeling more “leaderlike” on those days, like they had more power and influence in the office.
Damien O Connor & Jacinda Ardern defend live animal export ban
14 Apr, 2021 02:30 AM
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Agriculture Minister Damien O Connor. Photo / Supplied
The Country
Agriculture Minister Damien O Connor admits a live export ban will be a blow for some farmers, but dealing with change is part of the job. This morning, the Government confirmed plans to ban live animal exports from 2023.
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The two-year transitional period would give people time to find another area of opportunity, O Connor told The Country s Jamie Mackay. There will be emerging opportunities in the primary sector. There has always been change and I think that we re some of the most adaptive farmers and people in the world and that will continue.
April 14, 2021
In November 2020, His Royal Highness (HRH) The Prince of Wales called for all large businesses around the world to appoint a chief sustainability officer (CSO). He argued that the CSO “is fast becoming one of the most important and influential roles in the corporate world and is increasingly central to market competitiveness.” This is because the CSO has the power to make sure that sustainability underpins business strategy, decision-making, procurement, supply chains, and customer engagement.
The call couldn’t be more timely. Failure to arrest global warming would be an environmental, social, and economic catastrophe as well as an existential threat to human wellbeing. We’re at the tipping point, and now is the time for us all to collectively seize the moment and take action.
Start your day by thinking about it.
A new
study from the University of Florida finds that spending a few minutes focusing on what kind of leadership role you want to play can make you more effective at your job - even if you’re not the boss.
“It’s as simple as taking a few moments in the morning while you’re drinking your coffee to reflect on who you want to be as a leader,” explains study author
Remy Jennings. Study participants who took this step were more likely to report helping coworkers and “providing strategic vision” than on days they didn’t do the reflection. They also reported feeling more “leaderlike” on those days, like they had more power and influence in the office.
14 Apr 2021
Around 675,000 migrants living in Sweden are either on welfare benefits or are not able to support themselves through the work they do have, according to statistics from the Swedish Parliamentary Investigative Service (RUT).
The figures were highlighted in a recent detailed report on migration and integration presented by the centre-right Moderate Party that states the figure, which was recorded in 2019, means that a large section of the migrant population makes less than 186,000 Swedish Kronor (£15,890/$21,852) per year.
The report also cites another study by the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum that revealed that between 1990 and 2016, it took migrants an average of four to five years to find a job and more than ten years for just half of new arrivals to find self-sufficient work.