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The way I like to think of it is that diversity is the ingredients in your recipe, all the different elements that come together. It’s the mix. Inclusion is the finished product. It’s the cake. While getting the mix right will achieve a much better outcome, it requires an understanding of unconscious bias — the attitudes, perspectives and stereotypes we accumulate through our life experience that can influence our decision making, particularly when we are under pressure.
The message from my website was compelling – a highly respected charity wanted me to speak at their annual conference. There were to be many industry movers and shakers in the room and it would certainly be a good opportunity to make new connections and revive old ones. I knew the person who had made the invitation, we went way back. I also knew that to attend the event would take two days of my time and I wouldn’t be getting paid.
How do you approach performance conversations when the other person is suffering with a mental health problem? How do you have difficult conversations and NOT end up with a bullying or harassment challenge? In this post I share:
Every once in a while there’s an experience, an episode at work that sticks with you for a long time. Something unrelated occurs, or you smell or see something and you’re instantly catapulted back to a time, a place, a confrontation, an event.
I want to tell you about my little problem with Bourbon and the 3 things I could have done differently.
There's a reason these conversations are referred to as "difficult conversations"! Let's dig in and find out how to tackle them...
Extracts from Chapter 11 of Leading on the Edge
Extraordinary stories and leadership insights from the worlds most extreme workplace"
Yesterday saw a fantastically exciting Formula1 race now mired in controversy. One team was fractured. Another strengthened. Emperor penguins in Antarctica are in a similar race to Formula1 team-mates – fight each other when you can, but “take one for the tribe” when it needs you to. So, are you a “Vettel” or a “Rosberg”?
This week the Japanese whalers are all over the news again... The hunt, capture and kill (for "scientific purposes") are all recorded for us courtesy of the Sea Shepherd fleet. Why do they persist in the face of persistent and vociferous international condemnation?? I think I know the answer, and it's got nothing to do with whale meat...
