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A conversation on leadership in 2022 – with Cassie Edmiston

The Management Centre

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. Yvette: Thanks again Cassie for taking the time to talk to me about all things leadership.

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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. I allowed my typical goatee to return, and, on the first meeting with the team, this individual grimaced and said they didn’t remember me having a beard and that it made me look very old.

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Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Involves Risk

Harmonious Workplaces

I attended a meeting led by the VP of construction for a company for which I was the VP of marketing. I joined the meeting virtually from another part of the building via Microsoft Teams. After the meeting, he called me back into the conference room. The president of the company sat beside the VP in the same room. Ehrhart, K.,

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3 Steps Toward Getting Your Workforce Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Right

Organizational Talent Consulting

There is a growing interest and concern with ethics associated with AI models. Plan a team meeting with company leadership to discuss: What is AI? In this meeting, listen to both verbal and nonverbal communication. To follow up on these meetings, capture the conversation and share key points. Chui, E, Roberts, R.,

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

Harmonious Workplaces

Some of these strategies include: Use Free Lunch Productively: Forbes reported on a study of 1000 workers nationwide within workplaces offering free meals (Cording, 2022). Offer variety to meet the expectations and needs of staff members. Employee Wellness Programs: Take care of your team’s wellbeing. References Cording, J.

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5 Leader as Leadership Coach Fails to Avoid

Organizational Talent Consulting

When scheduling meetings for coaching make the purpose clear. If using another meeting time for coaching include a specific agenda item to draw a clear distinction between your coaching and leadership roles. Leaders often run from meeting to meeting and it can become very tempting to hijack a coaching session to cover an action item.

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Hiring an NSF Research Project Manager to Start Immediately

NeoAcademic

All required role responsibilities can be performed with home access to a high-speed internet connection (being remote could prevent a few hours a week of job duties in late 2021/early 2022, but that’s the extent of it, and we’ve already identified potential workarounds).