5 Practical Ways to Normalise Mental Health Conversations at Work
In 2023, 35% of workers in the UK did NOT feel comfortable discussing high or extreme work-related stress with their line managers.
May 13th-19th is Mental Health Awareness week and organisations will run initiatives on the importance of talking about our mental health and getting support. For lasting impact, we should all be having this conversation year-round.
5 Tips for LGBTQ+ History Month
It's LGBT History Month!
As with Pride month, many organizations will seize this as an opportunity to focus attention on LGBTQ+ inclusion. But for lasting impact, we need more than a month. Here are a few tips to embed LGBTQ+ inclusion year-round.
How to get a better understanding of your employees with an Inclusion Survey
Is your organisation measuring how inclusive its culture is?
It’s one thing to measure the diversity of the workforce and another thing to understand the culture. Diversity is just one piece of the puzzle. Ideally, you also want to measure employee experiences of equality, inclusion, belonging, fairness and equity.
How to Craft the Perfect Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Statement for Your Organisation
People want to see that your organisation values EDI. 76% of employees and job seekers report that a diverse workforce is an important factor when evaluating companies and job offers. This is especially true of people from underrepresented groups. (Glassdoor 2021).
Are you an inclusive leader? Let’s find out.
When you think about leaders, you imagine someone confident, adaptable, responsible. We could go on and on listing the qualities of a good leader. But what makes someone an inclusive leader?
Employee Network Groups: Less divisive and more intersectional
People often challenge the idea of having separate employee network groups… they say having separate groups leads to division and these separations don't support intersectional identities…
Lessons for 2021: Diversity and Inclusion
Last year taught us many important lessons in diversity & inclusion that I hope we can all carry through into 2021:
1) Keep uncomfortable conversations going. We’re having more open and honest conversations about race and ethnicity. We need to keep the difficult conversations going...