Posted in Graduate Experience on Mar 10th, 2009
When you start your new job on the Graduate Program, it is easy to be lulled into a false sense of equality with your manager, especially once you get indoctrinated with the growing organisational trends like 360 degree feedback, staff empowerment speeches and open plan offices. Unlike the other organisations like the military or police force, where you are left in no doubt about whom your superior is, we go through all sorts of charades in the corporate office to disguise the power structure of a workplace.
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Posted in Graduate Experience on Mar 6th, 2009
Relationships are everything in business. Fortunately for you, Graduate Programs provide a great way to establish relationships across the entire organisation, starting with your fellow graduates to managers who are guest speakers/participants in the program’s activities. Despite having little influence, graduate positions are generally high profile.
One relationship is more important than all of the others. Aside from your good self, there is nobody more important to your development, progression and general job satisfaction in your organisation than your manager.
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