High performance” has long been the gold standard of success in Australian workplaces. It’s what we hire for, train for, and reward. But lately, it’s become clear that there’s a quiet trade-off behind those numbers, metrics, and milestones. Because when performance is pursued without pause — when productivity becomes identity — it comes at a human cost.
Every team has that one person — the steady one. The calm voice in the storm. The leader, manager, or colleague who quietly keeps things running, who notices the details others miss, who holds space when everyone else is overwhelmed.
Resilience” has become one of the most overused words in the modern workplace.
We hear it everywhere — in leadership programs, HR strategies, even job ads. But what if the way we talk about resilience is quietly contributing to the very burnout we’re trying to prevent?
Every organisation talks about managing change. Few talk about feeling it. Behind every restructure, new system, or strategic shift are real humans — with uncertainty, hope, and often quiet fear. For leaders, guiding people through change isn’t just a communication exercise. It’s an emotional one
Every organisation talks about managing change. Few talk about feeling it. Behind every restructure, new system, or strategic shift are real humans — with uncertainty, hope, and often quiet fear. For leaders, guiding people through change isn’t just a communication exercise. It’s an emotional one.
It’s easy to think we’re too cool for stress, that we already built strong foundations and habits allowing us to steer clear of it, and if so, well done to you, high five. Having worked with employees in the corporate world for years, we must admit it’s quite rare we witness individuals with systems so strong they can evade all forms of work-related stress.
We now know that happiness is the precursor to success, not merely the result. It makes sense to invest in our happiness before we invest our efforts elsewhere. Some actions seems to provide a greater return on their investment than others, so we thought it was a good opportunity to dive into a few of them today.
We’ve read that on any given month, the simple phrase "How to Lose Weight?” will be plugged more than 135,000 times into Google. The constant quest (and sometimes battle) to lose weight and keep it off is one that nearly every single human being has already, or will be confronted with at any given point in their lives.
