That shifting sand of the leadership landscape right now is a thing, yes, you feel it too? Ideas about the world of work and leadership that have been bubbling up […]
Welcome Back
We’ve had a bit of a blog break as we needed time to do some thinking and planning and, of course, enjoy the summer! But now the energy of the […]
Inclusive Leadership
What does inclusive leadership actually mean? There are so many unwritten rules about being at work, it can be hard to navigate them: the team norms, the different preferences for […]
Leaning In
Leaning in: Personal reflections on anti-racism practice and the journey towards allyship By Kristy Widdicombe-Dutch, Head of Learning Skills ‘[T]here is no freedom without rights and no rights without the […]
How Are You?
To start off the New Year, we are encouraging every manager to have a wellbeing conversation with their team. What does that actually mean though, and how can you do […]
The new ‘Team Toolkit’ – What is it?
When asked to develop a team toolkit for the staff re-orientation webpages my first thought was ‘where do I start?’ It needed to be something that was useful to teams […]
Learning from Lockdown Teams
We hosted our first ever Virtual Staff Orientation this Wednesday and, to my mind, it was a very positive experience: no technical hitches, all the various presenters were there when […]
Leadership: Now and Next
Colleagues reading this who have some kind of leadership function in the University may be feeling a weight of responsibility beyond their previous expectations. Risk assessments, virtual team discussions, complete […]
What kind of positive is helpful right now?
I’m a generally optimistic person. I tend to hope things will work out for the best and I’m usually quite smiley and cheerful. Don’t get me wrong – I can […]