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Welcome to your People and Culture update.👋 Meet our newest team members, Jodie Plasto, Kasey Bowe-Fernley, and Ben Flanders, and learn more about them as they share three interesting facts about themselves.
Plus, dive into our latest blog on habit-building for a positive lifestyle.
We also have some current vacancies, so check out the exciting career opportunities at Ulton Careers. 🌟
Welcome to the team...
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Jodie Plasto Client Services Assistant (BS10), Brisbane Office Values: Family, Honesty, Loyalty, Quality, Commitment |
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Kasey Bowe-Fernley Reception & Dealer Assistant (Morgans), Bundaberg Office Values: Maintaining Balance, Respect for Individual, Fun, Customer, Achievement |
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Ben Flanders Trainee Accountant (BS2), Bundaberg Office Values: Loyalty, Honesty, Trust, Fairness, Family |
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To all our new starters, we hope you settle in nicely and wish you every success in your new role. If you’re an “old hand” and happen to see these new faces around the office, introduce yourself and make them feel at home.
Habit building is a great skill to have, particularly if you want to improve aspects of your life but aren’t quite sure how. Making a new habit feel second nature is possible for anyone, and can help you achieve small and large goals by breaking them down into daily or weekly activities. Here are some ways you can create new habits:
Know what success looks like
When you’re starting to build a new habit—for example, saving money—spend some time doing a positive visualisation of what that will look like. For example, you could picture a certain amount of money in your bank account or imagine yourself not feeling nervous when you open your credit card statement. Imagine how it will feel to have that positive habit as a regular part of your life.
Don’t leave it to chance
Part of the difficulty of building a habit is having to remember to do it. However, you'll be much better equipped if you build reminders into your day. For example:
Find accountability
When we promise ourselves that we’re going to exercise a given number of times a week, it’s easy to make excuses and let it slide. But it’s much harder to let it go if someone else is expecting you to do it. Here are a few suggestions for creating accountability for yourself:
Create an incentive
Promise yourself some kind of reward for achieving your habit-building goals. For example, you may want to build a habit of waking up half an hour earlier in order to spend 30 minutes on creative writing each morning before work. You could promise yourself that once you’ve done this every day for a month, you’ll register for a creative writing course that you’ve been researching.
Incentives can be big or small, but they need to be something you really want in order to be effective as a reward.
Take on one at a time
Don’t try to tackle multiple new habits at once; it's likely that you’ll end up feeling overwhelmed and defeated. Choose one, and then, when it becomes an automatic part of your routine, start on the next one.
Track your progress
Like at school, when you had a star chart to reward good behaviour, seeing your progress can give you a little endorphin rush. Here are some ways to track progress:
Habits you can use as foundations
You already have many habits that you can use as triggers for new ones. Here are some examples of building new habits onto existing ones:
Making space for new habits
Of course, not all new habits will fit into the space of existing ones. You might need to make more room in your schedule for habits that require more time and focus, like working out, writing, learning a new skill, or crafting. For that, you might have to get creative or a bit disciplined. Here are some ways to fit in more time-consuming habits:
Experts say it takes an average of 66 days to make a new habit develop into an automatic behaviour—sometimes more. That’s a lot of days, but if you find that you lapse, go easy on yourself. Missing a few days here and there doesn’t mean you have to start again completely from scratch. Just focus on the outcome of replacing old habits with new ones and how they will improve your life.
(Credit: TELUS Health (formally LifeWorks). To access TELUS online resources, visit www.ulton.lifeworks.com. Username: Ulton and password: eap (or use your personal account). You can contact TELUS anytime on 1300 361 008)
We’re currently looking for talented, skilled and enthusiastic people to become part of the next chapter in Ulton’s success in the following roles:
Remember, internal applications are most welcome.
If you are interested personally or have a great recommendation, please contact me, Ammie, at acauchi@ulton.net
And don’t forget to check our Team Handbook for more information about our Team Member Referral Bonus policy. You may be eligible for a $7,500 bonus.
To share a specific job advertisement, go to:
1. https://ulton.elmotalent.com.au/careers/careers/jobs
2. Scroll to our vacancies (bottom of page)
3. Click on the job you wish to share
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Facebook or LinkedIn share buttons (see picture below)
For the complete list of career opportunities, go to: https://ulton.elmotalent.com.au/careers/careers/jobs
