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I write about Inclusion, diversity and equity for leaders who manage teams.
Performance Reviews, are they now useless?
This year I turned 50 and with December fast approaching the invite to events is coming thick and fast, along with all the work that needs to be completed before the end of the year along with booking into next year, it feels like the right time to review the 50th year I’ve had on this beautiful planet of ours.
5 people leadership skills learnt through COVID
The wave of change that happened in March in response to COVID 19 was like a tsunami of change and although the wave is receding with the sight of familiarity returning the landscape will remain forever changed.
COVID I feel accelerated the change in how we manage our employees rather than alter it completely. In a white-paper I wrote in February I shared research that identified 5 key leadership skills we will all need in the future of work:
Unlearn Helplessness
We all feel helpless sometimes, particularly when we are in situations where we have little control of our environment, we have all felt this way recently with COVID 19. That feeling of being stuck, helpless and trapped. For some people this feeling becomes overwhelming and all encompassing in a certain part of our lives - relationships, weight loss or our jobs.