Blog - Jen Dalitz

Ignorance cannot recognise itself

10.01.2020 // Leave a Comment

I remember Ash Wednesday like it was yesterday. The 16th of February 1983. It was my grandmother’s 67th birthday. I rode my bike to school […]

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Will you stay the distance?

29.12.2019 // Leave a Comment

As is customary this time of year, many people are planning their resolutions and setting their goals for the year ahead. An increasing number of […]

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The horse comes first

23.12.2019 // Leave a Comment

There’s a saying in the equestrian world that the horse always comes first. That means, amongst other things, that in the morning the horse gets […]

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Why friendships matter to your career

22.01.2019 // Leave a Comment

I’ve been reflecting on the 20+ years that have passed since I left my home state of South Australia to follow my career dreams to […]

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Having it all? What is “it” anyway?

15.01.2019 // Leave a Comment

I posted a vlog this week on LinkedIn about my reflections on having a mental-load-holiday, which enabled me to finish reading Becoming by Michelle Obama (or […]

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Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should

05.12.2017 // Leave a Comment

It was 19 years ago when my job brought me from the small pond of Adelaide to swim with the big fish in Sydney. At […]

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When actions speak louder than words

06.11.2017 // 2 Comments

Brené Brown, author of the New York Times bestseller Rising Strong, says that integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what’s right over what’s fun, […]

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What gets measured gets done

12.10.2017 // 2 Comments

It’s fairly obvious that central to any change process is deciding exactly what you want to change. But you’d be surprised how often this is […]

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The “Good to Great” conundrum

22.09.2017 // Leave a Comment

If I were to ask which scenario you’d find more challenging, which would you choose: 1. Turning around a business that’s grossly underperforming ? or […]

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Vale Anna McPhee 1970-2017

02.09.2017 // Leave a Comment

“The only moment we ever really have is this one – celebrate it. Happiness isn’t in the future or the past but in the awareness […]

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Are expectations changing on executive pay?

30.08.2017 // Leave a Comment

It was a rare moments of bipartisan consensus. Australia’s Prime Minister Turnbull declared the $5.6m pay packet of Ahmed Fahour, then-CEO of Australia Post, too […]

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Believing in the change

18.08.2017 // Leave a Comment

Sixty-five days. That’s how long it took for all twelve board directors of CPA Australia to announce their resignations, along with their termination of CEO […]

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