Belonging in the virtual workplace
Do you remember the last time you were newly hired at work? Did you feel an immediate acceptance, or not? What did it do to you? How did it affect your performance?
Six solutions that can keep women at work
The news about women taking double or even triple shifts as they work from home and with daycares closed is no longer new. It is a problem and can push back what we’ve won in gender equality at work to more years back. What is new and has not been highlighted is that, this situation we’re in is also an opportunity to break stereotypes.
“Always be learning” and other lessons from LeanIn
I first read Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead in 2014. The book has so much valuable insights about career women, women in leadership and moms with careers that it remains valuable to me to this day. As the cliche’ goes, it is “more relevant than ever.” When women ask me which book about leadership they should read, I always suggest this book.
Wish to be happier? Try this at home.
“Your well-being is of primary importance, especially right now”. You must have heard that many times over from your partner or boss since the pandemic hit. Unless you live or work with someone who you should not be living with or working for in the first place. Now you know. But what is well-being anyway? …
Be a beacon of hope
While there are challenges, there are also solutions. Is there a positive community initiative in your area that is trying to beat loneliness in the time of covid-19? Or maybe you witnessed a heroic act that you’d like to share? Let’s be a beacon of hope in the time of the novel corona virus.
3 ways to an inclusive communications strategy
The latest release of Global Gender Gap Report swears that it will take 99.5 years to achieve complete gender parity worldwide. While this is good news compared to 106 the year before, it still means that it will take 2 to 3 generations before we can all benefit from 100% of the world’s talent.
How your language changes your world
This post is part of the “mind your language” series in celebration of International Mother Language Day on February 21. I have always been fascinated with words. At school, my favorite subject was English. When I went off to college, journalism was a reasonable choice because it connected my affinities for language and social impact. …
Shall we work towards being more inclusive?
Diversity has been the thing for a while now. Tourism, mass migration and the internet has made the world smaller and so much connected, exposing us to different cultures, languages, information and endless possibilities.
What are you grateful for today?
One of the values I learned from home is gratitude. I am thankful to have learnt it at an early age that try to take it with me wherever I go. I noticed that in environments where people are less grateful, there’s less joy, like a playground attacked by Death Eaters.
The power of future-oriented conversations
What do constructive journalism, positive psychology and employee engagement have in common? Future-oriented conversations. These kinds of conversations are led by a future-oriented line of questioning or future-focused feedback. They lead to better understanding and are proven to get the best results out of situations and individuals.
How do these future-oriented conversations look like? What kinds of questions dominate them?