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Let’s talk about job titles! How many of us have chased a particular job title, becoming focused on achieving that addition of ‘Manager’, ‘Vice President’, ‘Leader’ or ‘Executive’ to our door or email signature? To a large extent we’ve been conditioned to do this from our early days at school, when we aimed to be appointed Prefect or Sports Captain, and our first jobs in retail or hospitality, when our greatest goal was to be named Shift Manager or moved from the fryer to the register. From our youngest days, we learn that titles come with cachet and a sense of accomplishment.

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What’s on your Christmas list this year? Instead of creating a list of things you want to receive, why not think about creating a wish list for your career instead?

Here are some ideas for what you might include on your Christmas career list.

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It’s December already! Are you, like so many of us, shocked by all the things you thought you’d get done this year but that are still sitting on your to-do list? Time flies, as they say, and as leaders it is easy to get so caught up in the day-to-day that we forget to look at the bigger picture and make sure we’re taking care of the people around us. So we have created a leadership checklist to help you see out the old year and ring in the new one on a strong footing.

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We spend so much time as children wanting to be older, wanting to be adults, that we often lose sight of a lot of the qualities associated with youth that would be of great benefit to us as adults. We tamp down those attributes and attitudes that might seem childish, in the name of the goal of sitting at the grown-ups’ table. However there is a great deal we can learn from our younger selves. Many childlike behaviours can actually benefit your working life. Here are the top four we think worth rediscovering in your approach to your work.

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