Gender Diversity is key to ESG
Getting it right scores across multiple dimensions: Getting ESG right is complicated as so many factors and activities are intertwined. You need to be seen to do the right thing. Acting on Gender Diversity is highly effective and has a high signalling value. We will show you why. It’s complicated to get it right The […]
Leadership in Classical Music
There is a fascinating parallel between the professionalisation of management and the rise and fall of big Conductor personalities… In this week’s ‘Music Matters’ on BBC Radio 3, Averil Leimon sets the scene for a discussion about power in art. Did you know that professional conductors didn’t really exist until 1820? – It is the […]
Unconscious bias: are Heidi and Howard alive and well?
You’ll have heard about the 2010 Harvard Business School case study where the same professional’s CV was presented as either that of a Heidi Roizen or Howard Roizen? Sight unseen, biased judgment interpreted the same CV in radically different ways. Opinions about Heidi were much harsher than Howard across the board. Just as competent and […]
Loving in the workplace
As all the red roses droop, the hearts and balloons are put away for another year and the public displays of intimacy are past, we are thinking about what it takes for leaders to foster true relationships in the workplace. Do we set a calendar date to tell people how much they matter to us, […]
Taking your career up a notch
Women enter the workforce with a high confidence level after graduating University in their early twenties. They are usually in their first job because they are the best: they have the highest academic grades and have passed various interview processes with flying colours to land the job. In their first role, there is bound to […]