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2 months ago | 
mumbrella.com.au | Matthew Leong |Rebecca Houghton
When I first took up my executive role at the Australia Post Group, I was often asked why I bothered posting on social media. After all, I had secured one of the top jobs in Australia, and everyone in my industry already knew me. But they didn’t know my secret. Headhunters approached me for that fabulous job because I was visible – thanks to posting and commenting regularly on LinkedIn, contributing to and speaking at events, and writing for publications and online forums.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
msn.com | Rebecca Houghton
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
fastcompany.com | Rebecca Houghton
The vast majority—82%—of middle managers feel invisible and frustrated. About 18 months ago, my team and I decided to survey more than 1,000 middle managers and found that many hate their jobs. No wonder, no one wants to be a middle manager anymore. These leaders are crucial for connecting strategy and execution, yet they often go unnoticed and unsupported.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
smartcompany.com.au | Rebecca Houghton
Burnout tops the list of challenges facing managers in Australia, and that’s not just speculation — it’s backed by hard data. My company profiled 1,000 Australian middle managers, running thousands of lines of data, and the results are undeniable: one in three says burnout is their biggest hurdle. It’s a shocking statistic, but let’s be honest — we all suspected it. The real questions are: what’s fuelling this extreme burnout? Why is workload peaking?
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
hrmonline.com.au | Rebecca Houghton
Australia is losing up to 500 managers to retirement per day and the line of people willing to step up to replace them is becoming shorter. Here’s how HR can help to fix that. Middle managers, or the B-Suite as I refer to them, have always had it tough, but 2025 could prove to be their toughest year yet.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
hrleader.com.au | Rebecca Houghton |Jerome Doraisamy
| |5 minute read HR should be the coach, not the crutch. The problem is that many managers don’t want to be the bad cop. They’d rather call HR than confront issues head-on, writes Rebecca Houghton.
I recently sparked a firestorm on LinkedIn with a post that went something like this:
“OMFG! Why is HR responsible for everything? Only 9 per cent of C-suite leaders believe that managers are responsible for retaining staff. Yet 58 per cent still think HR is primarily in charge of this task.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
hrleader.com.au | Rebecca Houghton |Jerome Doraisamy
| |5 minute read I can’t speak to the virality of the “Great Unbossing”, but I can address why HR leaders need to pay attention, writes Rebecca Houghton.
In the past few years, we’ve heard and seen it all: the “Great Resignation”, “quiet quitting”, and even the farcical “bare-minimum Mondays”. Just when it seemed the buzzword well had run dry, a new term has emerged: the “Great Unbossing”.
Have you come across it yet?
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
fastcompany.com | Rebecca Houghton
Have you ever felt like your job is on the chopping block? It’s a difficult position to be in and it can shake your confidence. Plus, the prolonged uncertainty and anxiety that sets in before an organizational restructure can be especially painful—and many workers are worried about that prospect right now. According to PwC, higher interest rates and economic uncertainty sparked a surge in corporate restructurings in 2023 and the trend is expected to continue through 2024 as well.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
mamamia.com.au | Rebecca Houghton
They claim your work as their own and don't give you credit. They throw their staff under the bus rather than take responsibility for a mistake. They jealously guard access to the Executive—gatekeeping and filtering to keep you out of the club, and let themselves in—using your work as the front door key. You'll sometimes see these leaders drop the author out of an email thread to gradually assert responsibility for something that's going well.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
journals.plos.org | Indiana University-Bloomington |Rebecca Houghton |Danny Valdez |Margaret L. Walsh-Buhi
Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewedResearch Article Citation: Walsh-Buhi ML, Houghton RF, Valdez D, Walsh-Buhi ER (2024) A theory-based assessment of mpox: Findings from a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults. PLoS ONE 19(3): e0299599. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299599Editor: Moises Leon Juarez, Instituto Nacional de Perinatologia, MEXICOReceived: August 23, 2023; Accepted: February 13, 2024; Published: March 15, 2024Copyright: © 2024 Walsh-Buhi et al.
