Author: Luke Furness
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What it means to be a leader and advocate for change
Today I spoke with Clarissa Rayward, Family Lawyer and Podcaster extraordinaire. Click on the image to listen to the interview:
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How can the school or workplace be a homotopia?
Homotopia: A utopia for homosexuals. A place where queer people go to socialise, work, eat, shop, learn, pray, dance or date where they feel they can be completely themselves. Radio National has been exploring homotopias in all their forms: queer parties, a dance club, women’s footy. But there are people working hard to make LGBTQI people feel safe…
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Where are all the women on screen?
Today I attended an eye-opening UQ BEL Alumni lunch with Tracey Vieira, the passionate CEO of Screen Queensland. The organisation she leads has been responsible for over $1.5b in film money to Queensland and perhaps more importantly, some great in-roads into locally produced, diverse content. She took us through the sobering and surprising numbers of female…
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My worst idea for leading a team (and how I’m getting rid of it)
I’m always sceptical of epiphanies and you should be too. Nevertheless, I’m very hopeful that my latest revelation will permanently improve the way I lead the team and the way that you lead yours. When I started the CEO role in December 2016, I thought that I already had all the answers. After all, the…
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This week’s your last chance. Don’t give zero
So it’s Giving Week and I’m here to tell you about a wonderful charity to give your money to before 30 June sails by: Anyone Last year, I wrote about my views on the disappointing proportion of Australians that give nothing back. A decision to give nothing is still a decision and I call the…
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Guys, it’s time to FLEX
A few months ago, I spoke to Lawyers Weekly about how I flex my role as a lawyer and the CEO of Out for Australia. If flexibility leads from the top, it talks from the middle. The top brass blows the horn, but if your manager isn’t singing the same tune, flex policies are nothing more than wishful…
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Bending time for the benefit of all
Recently I spoke with Lawyers Weekly about how to make time in a commercial law firm to both do your job and follow your passion. You can read the full article on their website: Bending time for the benefit of all – Lawyers Weekly, 10 February 2017
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