There is a lot of talk about folk having lost a connection and belonging over the pandemic, to their teammates, to their wider working community, and to the organisation of […]
How can I work inclusively when people are annoying me?!
Okay, I admit it, it’s a little tongue in cheek but hopefully it got your attention!
Personal Growth, Together
People come to work for all sorts of reasons – financial security, personal satisfaction, career ambitions, social networks, contribution to a wider purpose and so on. Whatever the reason, we […]
How can I embrace the new when I’m struggling with the everyday?
Last week I was at a conference for people development folk, like me. Inevitably much of the chat was about how we support leaders and teams with navigating uncertainty. This […]
Leadership: What happens when you are not there?
Reflecting on how much time, by which I mean how little, I spend directly with my team (and I’m not just thinking about the pandemic, but before then too), it […]
Circling Around Leadership
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 […]
Blogtober Challenge
Nina (Library and Information Advisor) has created a blogging challenge she would like to invite Canterbury Christ Church University staff to take part in, as away to enhance their development […]
Creating the new Staff Parents and Carers Network
To all CCCU staff who have parental and caring responsibilities, I am excited to introduce the new CCCU Staff Parents and Carers Network. To explain how the idea came about, I thought it might be useful to write this blog and provide my […]
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 […]