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A conversation on leadership in 2022 – with Cassie Edmiston

The Management Centre

Leadership is shifting focus (again). We listened in on a conversation between one of our leadership experts, Yvette Gyles (=mc Learning Director) and Cassie Edmiston (Head of Fundraising and Communications, Prisoners’ Education Trust ), d iscussing the challenges of leadership in 2022. Cassie: Yes, that’s right.

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Nurturing Psychological Safety in the Workplace Through an Age-Diverse Lens

Harmonious Workplaces

Tim Elmore, author of A New Kind of Diversity (2022), echoes this concern, emphasizing the significance of generational differences is akin to cross-cultural distinctions. Baby Boomers , raised in an era of job stability, often value extreme optimism, loyalty, strong work ethic, and respect for authority (Burton et al.,

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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

Regrets to Leadership Risks? Despite putting my own psychological safety at risk over Teams and physical safety at risk later meeting in person with an executive who refers to himself as “the devil” and a “scary dude” and who wields a pistol in the office, I feel I did the ethical thing: It prevented harm to others. Not necessarily.

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Fight Ageism, Fuel Growth with Inclusive Hiring & Retention

Harmonious Workplaces

In 2022, at the age of 46, I interviewed for a marketing executive position with a tool manufacturer. They wanted someone with strong leadership skills and a history of motivating others — CHECK! This bias, predicated on age, undermines the principles of equity and diversity with potential ethical issues.

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2 Leadership Tactics for Motivating Your Team

Organizational Talent Consulting

Here are two leadership tactics that are proven to create optimal work motivation conditions. Tactic 2: Servant leadership How you lead makes a difference. Servant leadership is an emerging 21st-century leadership style. This paradigm stands in stark contrast to traditional transactional leadership. Empowerment.

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5 Leader as Leadership Coach Fails to Avoid

Organizational Talent Consulting

Many businesses are trying to build coaching skills, but leadership habits take time to change. Does being a leader and leadership coach have to be that hard? Leadership is a relationship. Too often companies make narrow investments into leadership development with little to no results to show. The truth is it doesn’t.

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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

When organizations offer such perks in the face of adverse situations, employees can begin to distrust leadership. The personal feelings workers have for their managers and for the executive leadership of their workplace can impact organizational commitment and performance. Transparency and professionalism must always take precedence.

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