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Emeritus Professor Gary Martin has been the CEO of the Australian Institute of Management WA since 2012. He is a workplace specialist who focuses on key issues and challenges trending in our workplaces and is a regular columnist in a variety of publications across Australia and internationally.

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Turning down the volume on leadership

It's not always about being the loudest in the room

Sweeping aside toxic workplace bulldust

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Organisational Change Minding the AI trust gap in the workplace
Career Development Accreditation just one aspect of MBA choice
Career Development Ageless ambition sets the stage for retirement plans to be shelved
How We Learn Body doubling might make it easier to crack on with the job
Wellbeing Increase in sick days might be symptom of a bigger social problem
Organisational Performance The magic number for meetings may be just 15
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Robo reality check needed on ChatGPT

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Jargon monoxide in our workplaces

Loud leadership is the answer to quiet quitting

More security for new staff during layoffs

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Returning to the office heralds meeting mania

Don't let your workplace insecurities shake your career

The real reasons you didn't get promoted

Why the workplace is starting to look more like home

When work spills into your dreams

To MBA, or not to MBA?

The stay interview

Red flags of sexual harassment in the workplace

Avoiding the busyness trap

Workplace grudges never work out well

The future of work gets even more flexible

Move over staycations, the workcation has arrived

Boomerang employees

Exorcising ghosting by prospective employers

Fed up with being asked to give feedback

It's open season as poaching makes a comeback

Calling out for inclusive greetings

Bosses none the wiser as some remote workers double-dip

Plastics sea change needs to start at work

Intergenerational warfare ends with "Perennial" peace

Tips to avoiding inbox chaos

Tapping the hidden jobs market

Reading the play in job adverts

Online helpers

Good leaders can't ignore toxicity

Time to share our struggles

Minding the AI trust gap in the workplace

Accreditation just one aspect of MBA choice

Ageless ambition sets the stage for retirement plans to be shelved

Body doubling might make it easier to crack on with the job

Increase in sick days might be symptom of a bigger social problem

The magic number for meetings may be just 15

Working from home should not make climbing the career ladder steeper

Black clouds gather over brainstorming as we know it

Flex Fridays allow workers to own their day

Young workers turn up the heat on churn and burn jobs

When toxic rockstars can’t be fixed they must step off stage

A side hustle is the latest side kick to career success

Why workers are switching to monk mode

What the workplace know-it-all doesn’t know

Why forced fun at the office is never a bundle of laughs

Why desk bombing can have explosive benefits

Why calling people human resources is getting a makeover

How Bare Minimum Monday might teach us the power of less

Job-washing leaves new hires high and dry

ChatGPT could transform higher education

Rust-out can take the shine away from work

Getting cut down for standing tall

Job title inflation won’t combat the rising cost of living

Robo reality check needed on ChatGPT

Think it through before clocking off for good

Dream jobs don't always pay the bills

Jargon monoxide in our workplaces

Loud leadership is the answer to quiet quitting

More security for new staff during layoffs

Communication imperfections limit career opportunities

Why you might walk away from job offers

Loyalty doesn’t always pay

The downfall of Zoom meetings

Shift shock and job reversals

The many layers of diversity

Spotting a frenemy

Putting presentation jitters in their place

Why every bucket lister should have a chuck-it list too

Why do many working women still head home for a second shift?

Why the annual performance review has its own shortcomings

Why you fail to get feedback after you don't get the job

How to handle a workplace scandal

Returning to the office heralds meeting mania

Don't let your workplace insecurities shake your career

The real reasons you didn't get promoted

Why the workplace is starting to look more like home

The stay interview

Red flags of sexual harassment in the workplace

Avoiding the busyness trap

Workplace grudges never work out well

The future of work gets even more flexible

Move over staycations, the workcation has arrived

Boomerang employees

Exorcising ghosting by prospective employers

Fed up with being asked to give feedback

It's open season as poaching makes a comeback

Calling out for inclusive greetings

Bosses none the wiser as some remote workers double-dip

Plastics sea change needs to start at work

Intergenerational warfare ends with "Perennial" peace

Tips to avoiding inbox chaos

Tapping the hidden jobs market

Reading the play in job adverts

Online helpers

Time to share our struggles