James Adonis is one of Australia’s best-known people-management thinkers and is passionate about employee engagement. He is the co-founder and managing director of Team Leaders, a company dedicated to developing the best front-line managers. He is the author of three books including his latest, Corporate Punishment: Smashing the management clichés for leaders in a new world.
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Shredded: the paperless office
James Adonis Paper was supposed to go the way of the typewriter. But it's being used more than ever. Why?
Is work good for you?
James Adonis A hard day's work is much better for us than slothing around. No really, it is.
I am bored witless!
James Adonis Which group is most likely to be aggressive, lethargic and deviant in their jobs?
It's dirty work...
James Adonis Are the jobs done by 457 visa holders beneath the average unemployed Aussie?
Count your blessings
James Adonis Be thankful you're not an Indian boy forced to apologise to your boss after your hand was cut off in a factory accident.
The luck of the draw
James Adonis Would you resign from your job or quit your business if you won the lottery?
The shifty side to shift work
James Adonis Diurnality: the reason shift workers end up struggling physically and mentally.
The leadership wisdom of Margaret Thatcher
James Adonis Some of Margaret Thatcher's most memorable one-liners and how they relate to business leadership.
Banking: one big Ponzi scheme?
James Adonis Just because a bank is safe by global standards doesn’t make it safe in practice.
Take the pressure...down?
James Adonis Are working Australians really under more pressure than ever before?
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Uneasy like Monday morning
James Adonis Monday is the most popular day of the week for chucking a sickie, and for good reason, too.
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Bosses need to engage both sides of the brain
James Adonis In the modern workplace, who makes the better leader: the left-brainer or the right-brainer?
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FIFO, FIFO, it's off to work we go
James Adonis There's lots of money in it, but Fly-in Fly-out is a form of employment that comes with numerous downsides.
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Get fit fast - go to work!
James Adonis Most of us know the perils of deskbound lunches and too much sitting in front of a screen, but there's a flip side to the working life. Many of us do it to get fit and stay well.
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The end of the line for white-collar jobs?
James Adonis Will technological changes such as the drive to bring your own devices to work result in fewer desk jobs - or just different ways of doing them?
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Female enemy number one - other women?
James Adonis What’s stopping women from getting ahead? In many cases, other women.
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Giving it up to travel the world
James Adonis Have you quit your job or business to go travelling?
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The plight of the casual worker
James Adonis The debate over casual workers has become much more prominent recently.
