Thinking Out Loud
A place for work-in-progress ideas
A Collection of thoughts are shaping the work I do, and might be useful for you too.
Reflections from coaching rooms.
Things I notice in leadership conversations.
Questions that stay with me after an event, a session, or a decision.
Some pieces are short.
Some aren’t.
Most start because something didn’t sit right… and I wanted to understand why.
Does DEI need to DIE?
Is DEI dead in 2024? Elon Musk certainly thinks so… and I might be inclined to agree with him, but not for the reasons you think.
Why Leaders need humanity right now…
Leaders need compassion and humility now more than ever. Here are things Leaders must be doing today in every business.
Inclusive recruitment – how to get it right!
This week on my Speaking of Inclusion… podcast, I sat down with Jo Major from Diversity In Recruitment to talk all about how to get recruitment right.
I had forgotten what it felt like to get punched.
The spaces we live and move in are so vital to our feelings of safety, belonging, and how resilient we can be. As an equality and inclusion coach I had overlooked this… and it got me punched at a networking event.
Allyship is not just for your HR and People team…
Allyship is not ONLY an HR and People team thing. It is 100% a business thing.
Why are we all so scared of getting it wrong?
We may be amazing and unique individual humans, but we are at least consistent when it comes to feeling shame and embarrassment and not wanting to offend to people. But why does this happen?
What is Privilege?
Understand what privilege is, what it isn’t, and the ways in which is shows up in ourselves and our workplaces.
4 Reasons why YOUR learning is the foundation to DEI.
You’re busy, I know this. We all are.
Sometimes we can get so focused on the “day job” we forget why we’re doing what we’re doing in the first place!
2023’s Top Leadership Skill is Inclusive Leadership
With the current pressure to attract and retain talent at an all-time high, creating a company culture that enables people to thrive is a must for businesses that want to be in with even a chance of winning the commitment of the ever-elusive candidate.
Everything you need to know about pronouns.
Pronouns seem to be popping up everywhere! On emails, zoom names, in person introductions. But what exactly are they, and why is everyone talking about them now?
Tis the season to be jolly…
For those of you who celebrate Christmas, I wish you all the fah-la-la-la-la-ing your heart desires. But as you’re doing that, please take a beat to remember that not everyone around you will be celebrating Christmas, and we need to talk about why…
The problem with Lady Hussey and *that* question.
There will be times when we will all be curious to know more about a person we’re talking to. And we very well may want to know where they are from… HOWEVER… We need to be conscious of our motivation behind this curiosity – and what we do with the answers we are given.
