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...
Are you a valued employee?
No matter what you do it is never enough. Have you ever felt devalued in the workplace? Do you feel like you never seem to get anything right? Feeling valued is a huge part of creating a healthy and happy work environment. Find out how to recognise when you are being devalued and what changes you can make to improve your work-life balance.
Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace Today
Progressive employers are already creating healthy, inclusive workplaces. However support needs to be in place for those with mental ill health or poor wellbeing, so all can remain in and thrive at work. According to the Mental Health Foundation, the social challenge...
Hot Topic: “Let’s talk about the weather”
Whilst delivering our training I have run events in practically every environment you can think of. Huts, halls, hotels, hangars. I’ll never forget that aircraft hangar, with aeroplanes flying above us every 4 minutes. The flow of the training was disjointed, to say...
Is the debate over the new Army recruitment adverts taking attention away from the real issues?
With the general perception of Army recruitment adverts being that they portray an organisation looking for fit, robust and committed young people, the new diversity-based ones currently on our screens are a slight departure in that they focus on the Army’s support...
Sexual harassment– not in your workplace?
The allegations of sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein started a series of high profile exposures of sexual harassment that appear to affect many workplaces and industries across the world. The revelations and the subsequent #Me Too campaign, are seeing women...