In the latest instalment of Leadership: Your Questions Answered, FW's Astrid Edwards is joined by FW’s Helen McCabe. Today, they discuss returning to corporate life after self-employment, disclosing invisible disabilities in job applications, communicating sensitive messages effectively, and balancing personality with professionalism.

Question 1: I've been running my own photography business for the past 7 years but am seriously considering returning to a corporate role. I feel absolutely overwhelmed at starting over again after such a long period away. Any advice?

Question 2: What are your thoughts on declaring a disability on a job application even if it is managed and invisible? Should it be declared to possibly give you an advantage to get an interview?

Question 3: What’s the best way to communicate a message? That’s a public health initiative without getting hostile reactions?

Question 4: How do you balance showing your personality and being professional?

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In the latest instalment of Leadership: Your Questions Answered, FW's Astrid Edwards is joined by FW’s Ruby Leahy Gatfield. They discuss staying focused in uncertainty, balancing team autonomy with guidance, overcoming resistance to change, and handling workplace conflicts.

Question 1: How do you maintain your energy, ambition, and focus over the long haul and in times of uncertainty?

Question 2: How do you strike a nice balance between giving a team autonomy and providing guidance to ensure success?

Question 3: I am after some advice around making my own processes in a new company, the other managers who have been around for longer are giving me 'computer says no'. I have low hanging fruit wins! And I feel very unable to change things up for the better. What would you do?

Question 4: I’ve been feeling like the go-between—getting pulled into meetings not because it’s part of my role, but because two colleagues can’t seem to work things out directly. I wish they could communicate better without needing me in the middle. Any tips?

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In the latest instalment of Leadership: Your Questions Answered, FW's Helen McCabe is joined by Superintendent Janet Stevenson from Victoria Police. They discuss building a relationship with a supervisor who has a different working style, overcoming self-doubt during the job search process and setting personal boundaries at work.

Question 1: How to you build a strong relationship with a supervisor that has a very different working style from you?

Question 2: How do you overcome feelings of self-doubt during the job application process?

Question 3: What is the approach for staff members who prefer to keep their personal lives private?

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