David Thodey AO, Chair of CSIRO, Tyro and Xero, believes focusing on customers and creating an inclusive culture is the key to cultural diversity in boardrooms and senior management.
David Thodey AO, Chair of CSIRO, Tyro and Xero will dispense career wisdom at an upcoming Professional Development Forum (PDF) webinar to help young professionals from diverse cultural backgrounds get a foothold in the modern Australian workplace.
If you are looking for the short answer and don’t want to read the rest of this blog, then the answer is NO.
“So, what do you do?”
You’ll hear that question a zillion times in your career but have you conceived of even one good answer? Few people have.
The answer seems simple, easy, straightforward: I’m in finance…IT…accounting…sales…(fill in the blank).
But those are generic, bland, non-descriptive, unhelpful replies. They don’t reveal what you actually do.
The questioner asks for a verb, you give an adjective. They seek enlightenment, you obscure. They seek information, you supply a label. The listener wants a picture, you give a grunt. You help neither yourself nor your listener with truncated answers.
Time to get it right.
The surest path to becoming a better writer is to read and write regularly. But as with all crafts—from playing the guitar to making jewellery—a few expert hacks can help speed up the learning process. Here are five easy ways to give your writing an instant boost.
