Today’s podversation is with Derek Appau, the founder of Limitless Personal Excellence. Derek specialises in accelerating career progression, job satisfaction, leadership development and creating inclusive cultures. Derek also has his own podcast channel – Passions N’ Professions – (available on Apple Podcasts here) about people
Why is diversity of thought relevant now? From a business point of view, the pandemic has taught us many things. At a business leadership level, once of the most relevant is the importance of divergent thinking, of diverse, innovative perspectives in decision making, particularly when
Introduction to Rebecca Christianson – Thrive People Consulting Rebecca’s been building her own people consultancy for some time now. She’s an Executive coach and an expert on innovative People & Culture practices as she worked as an internal P&C senior leader and Executive for over
Diversity is one of the hottest topics in organisational life and for good reason: it relates to fair treatment of all groups, and all people. Taking a positive approach to diversity in organisations can also bring big commercial benefits, as I touched on in my
All too often, Diversity and Inclusion strategies are seen as a technical necessity in organisations focused on fulfilling their legal requirements and stakeholder expectations. But this misses one of the greatest opportunities in people management today: discovering and encouraging the unique contribution that can be
In my work with leaders from all sectors and all backgrounds, I would say that one factor makes the greatest difference to leadership success …
During the first half of the year, Strengths Partnership undertook extensive research on workplace strengths with an expert statistician, using a sample of 47,000 employees from our Strengthscope® database. Strengthscope® measures 24 work-based strengths divided into 4 categories: Emotional, Relational, Thinking and Execution strengths. The
By embracing people’s differences, organisations can boost innovation, improve customer experiences and gain valuable competitive advantage. Diversity enables a broader range of perspectives, beliefs and ideas to be leveraged, leading to better information gathering, problem solving and decision-making. It also aids in the attraction, retention and
Recruiting a diverse workforce and Brexit There is now fairly conclusive evidence of a link between diversity and business performance. If you don’t increase the gene pool, you restrict the ability to come up with new ideas and serve new markets. So will Brexit limit
In any organisation, establishing a strong, healthy balance amongst managers and employees is crucial to developing a positive, collaborative, and productive work force. There are a few simple methods businesses can adopt in order to achieve this balance and consequently create a significantly better working
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