Afraid Of Saying The Wrong Thing To A Staff Member Battling Mental Health?
We are all aware that mental health is a growing challenge we face, particularly at work. As a manager, whether we like it or not, mental health issues don’t get left at the front gate in the morning. If the phrases people management, productivity and strategic...
Is Authority Dying? How Can You Learn To Influence Instead?
Not Happy, Jan! Sitting in my home office in the burbs of Alice Springs on a glorious Thursday morning, a car pulls into my driveway. It was an unnamed gentlemen from a Northern Territory department. Apparently, he had come to give me a lesson on how NOT to...
Data Doesn’t Lie – Are You Walking Your Talk On Social Inclusion?
If you’ve been following my series of posts on how to talk to colleagues about the social issues currently flooding the world, you’ll know that supporting everyone to speak openly about discrimination and marginalisation encourages employees to be authentic. Employees...
Increase Productivity and Engagement and Decrease Staff Turnover By Addressing The Racism Blind Spot
Put your hand up if you DON’T want to feel a sense of being understood and belonging? Silence? Thought so! This is one of the reasons why the #BLM movement has gathered such strong momentum. The way George Floyd died sparked empathy, which led to an understanding by...