Employees have endured one of the hardest years of their professions. Work forces are fatigued, the gaps between the majority and the minority has increased as a direct result of the pandemic and mental health has taken a real toll. With that in mind, we want to kick start the year by being part of the …
Work Life is the brilliant podcast from New York Times best selling author and organisational psychologist, Adam Grant. The Creative Power of Misfits talks about everything from why group think happens to how to seek out different opinions, or take a ‘risk’ with your hiring. With stories about how Pixar became successful, the message here is about listening …
This year has seen many companies go into overdrive by increasing the frequency by which they run employee engagement surveys. Understanding the climate of your company is important, however Kathryn Jacob, Sue Unerman and Mark Edwards, authors of “Belonging”, write about how workplaces need to move past engagement and create workplaces where everyone is given an …
If you haven’t seen Diversity Advocate Verna Myers deliver her Ted Talk on acknowledging your bias, it’s worth watching. By sharing how her bias towards others plays out in everyday life, she takes the audience on a journey of realising what shapes opinions and how to overcome them.
