Points of view

What’s a daydream for some people can become a career reality for others. If you’ve ever fantasised about quitting your unfulfilling job and beginning a new, totally different adventure, you might be on the verge of a career pivot. This week, I spoke to three people...

Hard work will always be rewarded. That’s what we’re taught in school. If you learn how to study and apply yourself, good grades and quality jobs will follow. This simple formula is the path to success. Once we enter the workforce, though, we soon realise that the...

Let them eat ... crumbs? Workers are feeling the pinch as the cost of groceries, energy and other household bills increases. The Government’s budget will reduce some of the pain, but we need to look elsewhere to understand why we are having to stretch our euro further...

Money talk is dirty talk, or at least it used to be. Nowadays, Ireland’s top-paid chief executives or Rich Lists are guaranteed to attract eyeballs. Billionaire chief executives openly brag about their financial worth and lust for the trillionaire label, held briefly...

Happiness: is it your employer’s job to provide it? Many leaders I’ve encountered say “no, staff is paid for doing a job and that’s enough. We don’t need this ‘employees of the week’ lark, birthday cards or baristas for them to work hard.” That’s partly true. Two...

Are humans at risk of becoming a “ghost in the machine” as artificial intelligence (AI) redefines good jobs? Generative AI is rapidly reshaping the way we live and work, but it’s also quietly affecting workers’ job security, financial stability and rights. Without...

The real reason many bosses want everyone back in the office five days a week? Their ego. No joke. New academic research has found what many of us long suspected. Over the last six years, organisational psychologist Adam Grant at the Wharton School at the University...