DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN ORGANISATIONS
We recently conducted some focus group exploring the levels of diversity and inclusion within an organisation. When participants were asked to give a rating on D&I separately, diversity was consistently rated higher than inclusion. Wonder…
AUTHENTICITY – OPENNESS AND CULTURE
Recently I have had several conversations about the qualities of good leadership and what makes a good leader. One theme that emerged was leaders being authentic, open and genuinely sharing aspects of themselves whether it…
DEI – TOP DOWN OR BOTTOM UP?
This year has been one of the busiest ever for me as a consultant in the last 30 years. The awareness of and need for DEI work seems to be growing exponentially and is being…
BEING DISTRACTED
I am currently working on a development program for mentors and mentees for a large consulting firm. During a session, one of the mentees mentioned that her mentor is never fully present when they meet….
QUIET QUITTING
Quiet quitting has been a buzzword across the media in the last few months. It describes a situation in which an employee becomes disengaged and does the bare minimum required in their work. Recent research…
FLEXIBILITY
The pandemic has brought many changes, among these are that it has made people reprioritise and rethink the notion of work. More people are questioning how, where and when work is done and the value…
LABOUR SHORTAGES
Everywhere I go, I am noticing many signs advertising for staff. It seems that this shortage of staff is across many industries and fields. An overlooked resource for employment is individuals aged over 50. Unfortunately,…
IS AGEING YOUR ORGANISATIONAL BLINDSPOT?
Ageism in workplaces is becoming more noticed and spoken of than ever before. It raises the question, how aware are we in regard to the age demographic in our organisations? We now have multi-generations in…
RACISM. IT STOPS WITH ME.
The discussion on racism is certainly one that is coming to the fore and rising to prominence in the DEI conversation as a result of the black lives matter movement and greater social awareness. In…
FIXED VS GROWTH MINDSET
Carol Dweck the Stanford psychologist, has done a lot of work and research around mindset. Dweck identifies two basic mindsets – fixed and growth. If you have a fixed mindset, you believe your abilities are…
