How women can be their authentic selves in male-dominated professions
Women chose to enter male-dominated professions, such as the military, police or emergency services, for many reasons. However, for many women, the reality is that they lose themselves in conforming to institutions built by men for men. They become blind to the systemic discrimination and cultural barriers that make it hard, even in 2019, for ......
A Hands-On Guide to Personal and Professional Development
This indispensable guide is for any creative arts therapist who wants to flourish in their career. Written to inspire and motivate, it shares diverse stories and experiences spanning different career paths and decisions, and also tackles common early career challenges including designing services, advocacy, and collaborative working.
How to Use Your Brain's Executive Skills to Keep Up, Stay Calm, and Get Organized at Work and at Home
Are you smart, scattered, and struggling? You're not alone. Cutting-edge research shows that today's 24/7 wired world and the growing demands of work and family life may simply max out the part of the brain that manages complex tasks. That's especially true for those lacking strong executive skills--the core brain-based abilities needed to ......
Women's Development Workbook (Australian Edition) 5ed
Springboard helps you do what you want to do in your life and work. It gives you the ideas and skills to take more control of your life and then gives you the boost in self-confidence to start making things happen. Springboard is for all women at work. Whether you are in full time or part time employment, considering employment, wanting ......
Science-Based Strategies to Boost Motivation in Yourself and Others
What does science tell us about motivation? This book challenges common myths about motivation and offers readers strategies for successfully motivating themselves and others. Many unscientific and inaccurate ideas about motivation persist because they seem so logical, simple, or appealing.
Pride without Prejudice is the inspirational autobiography of Beverley Pinder OAM, former Miss Universe Australia, glass ceilingbreaking PR businesswoman and former long-serving City of Melbourne councilor. Beverley has always been grateful for the opportunities that Australia gave her and her family, and has believed in repaying that favour ......
When we are in painfully difficult or confusing life situations, especially amidst ever-uncertain times, our minds grapple for structure: a funeral ceremony definitively lays the dead to rest; the exaggerated choreography of a surgical room confirms its sterility; and a daily schedule gives prisoners a sense of normalcy. These practices, these ......
