Discrimination of any kind should not happen. So, when it does, employers need to take swift and robust action. However, what happens when the discrimination is less easy to identify because it is caused by bias? The findings of a recent tribunal that the FCDO racially discriminated against a black …
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Hybrid working – a bit of a minefield
Before it all goes boom! One of the issues organisations have resolved during lockdown is that working from home is doable and some of the previously expected concerns have proved to be far less of an issue. Yet managing hybrid working can still be a bit of a minefield despite the proven …
When ADHD met Mindfulness
"Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning." William Arthur Ward Mental Health Awareness Public Experience At the close of Mental Health Awareness week, it is possible to be feeling a bit overwhelmed by information overload, even though this year's theme, about the power of nature …
Why Unconscious Bias Training can still offer value.
I deliver Unconscious Bias training, though it’s not my bread and butter. Yet, it regularly gets the strongest response of any training. How? When people take the Harvard IAT test for Unconscious Bias, they find out that bias is not only about race, though this is vitally …
Business Ghosting; why it damages reputation (and weirdly hurts)
Ghosting (/ˈɡəʊstɪŋ/) The practice of ending a relationship with someone, suddenly and without explanation, by withdrawing from all communication. Anyone who has seen the recent repercussions of Piers Morgan having apparently being ghosted by Meghan can see that it hurts. The opposite of love …
