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Authenticity and Networking: An interview with Sarah Perugia, Leadership Coach
Sarah is an accredited Executive Leadership Coach, Team Facilitator and Key Note Speaker. One of her coaching programmes is called Women on a Mission which focuses on helping women entrepreneurs to build confidence and vision to overcome barriers. I hope to find out a little more about Sarah, her career and her focus on celebrating and supporting women leaders. This felt like a fitting topic to explore around International Women’s Day.
NHS Valuing Diversity, Valuing Staff
The NHS has been featuring very predominantly in the headlines of late, mainly regarding the Covid-19 pandemic. Medical professionals have been widely and rightly praised for their hard work, dedication and commitment through these incredibly difficult times. However,...
Black Lives Matter: Dismantling destructive attitudes that lead to discrimination in the workplace
The way we live our lives has changed in the space of six months and has understandably made many people anxious for the future. However, contrary to the slightly ominous tone, this post is about hope. Hope in the form of opportunity, to learn and adapt, thus strengthening the culture of inclusivity in the workplace. In light of recent events, I’ll be focusing on race and elements of the black experience and how certain narratives can contribute to our conscious and unconscious bias surrounding “black-ness.” It is my belief that to dismantle destructive attitudes that lead to discrimination, you must first look at the root cause. Through understanding and examination, we can start to develop behaviours that encourage equality and support growth.
Uncertain Times
As the alarm rings and I open my eyes, I take a deep breath and a sense of anticipation (or if I am honest, is it dread?) emerges. The laziness and calm of the Easter holidays are over and it is time to get back to home schooling. I metaphorically put on my wonder...
Domestic abuse rates have risen during COVID-19 lockdown. What can you do to help victims of abuse?
“During the week commencing 30 March, calls to the National Domestic Abuse Helpline increased by an average of 25%, while hits to the national domestic abuse website increased by 150% during the initial stages of Covid-19 lockdown.” Domestic matters might not seem...
Autism Awareness Week – Autism and the workplace
Working for Garnett Interactive’s Logistics Team, Liz Manning has an adult son, Edward, who has autism. She has had a first-hand view of her son’s working experiences and what “Inclusion in the Business World” really means to those with autism. Edward was educated...
Women on a Mission – an interview with Sarah Perugia
Sarah is an accredited Executive Leadership Coach, Team Facilitator and Key Note Speaker. One of her coaching programmes is called Women on a Mission which focuses on helping women entrepreneurs to build confidence and vision to overcome barriers. I hope to find...
Does your business have an inclusive approach to pronouns?
From forms to greetings pronouns are a big part of day to day business. “She/her” for female and “he/him” for male is quite common but some people might not be familiar using non binary terms such as “they/them/their” or “Zie/Zim/Zir”. Getting it right is important...
The Value of Diversity in Cyber Security
“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine” Alan Turin Recently, I attended The SASIG Equality, Diversity and Inclusion conference and listened to some wonderful presentations from professionals who are committed...
Bullying – bad for business, bad for people
Managing people effectively means getting the best out of everyone in the team. This involves valuing their contribution, giving feedback constructively and engaging with the whole team to make sure they are working collaboratively to achieve their...