Category: Work
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3 Simple Interview Prep Techniques (with a Checklist)
Out for Australia is recruiting for two board directors. We’re also in clerkship and graduate recruitment season. I’ve been chatting with a lot of young people that want to know how they can maximise their chances of landing a gig, whether for a grad position or a non-profit directorship. So today, I want to cover…
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About me / my work
I’m Luke. I’m a dispute resolution lawyer (Senior Associate) at Clayton Utz and former CEO and current board director of Out for Australia, an Australian LGBTIQ+ student mentoring non-profit. I graduated from the University of Queensland in 2013 with a Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws and from the University of Sydney in 2016 with a Master of Laws. My…
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5 tips for better public speaking
Recently, I’ve had a stream of people messaging about my TEDx talk. Half want to talk about the content and half want to talk about the process of speaking and speech writing. The question I most commonly get is “How do I get chosen for a TEDx talk?” which I might tackle in a future…
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A better way to talk about 2020
We will talk a lot of guff about 2020. In business speak, 2020 gave birth to the catchphrase “the new normal.” Despite its prevalence, this concept doesn’t seem ground breaking. Properly interrogated, it goes no further than working from home a bit more, flying a bit less, and (ominously) “leaner” business models. We all have…
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When it comes to how we work, COVID will change everything (or nothing).
Like me, you’ve probably reading a lot of articles about how this pandemic will fundamentally change the way we work. That’s a big call. It’s also becoming the consensus call. “This changes everything”, say we all. “Never in our lifetime have we seen such dramatic upheaval. Work will never look the same again.” That forecast is fascinating.…
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One rule for better self-assessment
When it comes to judging our own performance, we can be thugs. When we fail, we kick ourselves hard. We use angry, unflattering language, perhaps out loud, but more often in silent and invisible self-abuse. There are only so many times that we can uppercut our own jaw before we start to show the bleary…
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The crossroads of work and passion
Nobody tells you to go do Hip-Hop Dance. It’s not that work doesn’t want you to or doesn’t find it interesting (in fact, changing into street wear can raise a few eyebrows in the lift wells). It’s just that, in the scheme of things that your work cares about, finding your new hobby isn’t one…
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The monster you become to get what you want
The Chimera is a monster of Greek Mythology. It has the head of a lion, the middle of a goat and the tail of a snake with the scales and fire-breathing talents of a dragon. It’s also kind of ugly, but in a cool, dangerous way. Chimeras are part of a surprisingly large class of…
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Better relationships start with four words
Self-help books are a lot like cults: tremendous followings largely attributable to master orations, exciting taxonomy, baiting titles and promises of getting a lot while doing not much at all. Most of their claims are questionable and only one or two books are every likely to work for you. But last year, I read a…
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