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...
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...
Leadership On Racism In The Workplace
A recent, global study on people who felt they had been discriminated against found that 38% thought it was culturally taboo to discuss their situation. The study also found that silencing their experience made employees who had been discriminated against were:...