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Ask better questions for a powerfully diverse workplace

So you want to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace that’s both good for business and good for your people?! Then there are some fundamental challenges that you’ll need to overcome. There are some mindsets that you’ll likely need…
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‘Diversity’ is NOT a human resources problem…

...that’ll be solved by changing the demographics of your organisation. In fact, it isn’t a problem at all. It’s the most powerful and important leadership opportunity of the 21st century. It’s a chance for you, as a leader,…
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Are you making your diverse workplace into a tribe?

The evidence is clear – there’s value in diversity. Research pretty clearly shows that businesses with greater overall diversity are more innovative and have higher profitability when compared with the averages. But to tap into the ideas…
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Valuing diversity starts with the diversity you already have

So… How do you get more value from your diversity and inclusion initiatives? How do you ensure that your diversity activities don’t alienate employees when you want to make them feel more included? How do you turn your organisation’s…
Random acts of gratitude - Ben Waites
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Random Acts of Gratitude – Ben Waites

A couple of weeks back, my friend Mykel Dixon issued an invitation…well, it wasn’t so much an invitation as a dare. A dare to extend random acts of gratitude to people that bring light and beauty into the world. Not the usual suspects.…
Silence is the path to our best possible future
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Does the path to our best possible future live in the silence?

Recently, I was rehearsing the closing of my DIVERSIFY keynote and – for the first time in a long time – I connected to the meaning of the words that makes it one of my favourite songs of all time. I re-affirmed – for myself – that valuing…
Time to stop flapping about and survey your situation
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Now is the time to move from reaction to adaptation

As just about everyone is saying, these are indeed unprecedented times. The speed and pervasiveness of the change created by the global pandemic compares to nothing else that the world has seen. It has called for rapid, decisive action to ensure…
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Creating culture is like gardening

In my work with business and team leaders, the question of ‘culture’ invariably comes up… “Jeff, it sounds like what you’re really talking about is creating a specific culture.” To that I often respond that culture isn’t something…
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The best strategy comes from walking forward into the present

In an improvisation workshop I was taking, the instructor explained that “good improv is like walking backwards into the future. You’re constantly on the lookout for the things around you – the things that you and your fellow improvisors…