Is there a difference between being a woman and a feminist in the workplace? What about feminist leadership? Debra Adey and lisa Schmidt will make you think hard about it as they dig into what feminist leadership looks like. There is no doubt that women belong on the job no matter the job: construction,…
A lot (maybe everything?) has changed due to the COVID pandemic, with one of the biggest impacts being where work is done, particularly for office workers. During multiple lock-downs, companies and organizations had to adapt to a workforce based at home. Now that restrictions are easing, and things are slowly getting back to what…
Imagine not being anxious at the thought of opening up and saying what needs to be said in a situation at work? Now imagine your leader wants and needs this from you? In this third and final episode about cultivating brain-based leadership, Debra once more invites Michael Thompson to share how to create a…
We hear a lot about resilience and humility when it comes to leadership, but how do leaders start practising these behaviours? In this second of a three-part series on brain-based leadership, Michael Thompson and Debra Adey continue their discussion on what it means to lead with the brain in mind. This time, Michael offers…
If we are complex beings, it is in large part because of our brains. In this first of three conversations with Michael Thompson, a passionate and highly knowledgeable leadership consultant and coach with over a decade of experience, we start to understand how the brain works at work. Michael’s unique ability to promote wellness…
Today’s work environment is rampant with resignations, burnout, and demands for greater inclusivity from historically marginalized workers. With everything going on, it might seem counterintuitive to talk about what’s happening with working dads – male executives with family obligations. But we should not disregard the fact that working men are still part of this…
Women get interrupted more than men and men interrupt women more than they interrupt other men. This is a well-researched and well-documented fact, but what do you do about it when it’s happening to you? Michelle is in a traditionally male-dominated field as an Associate Professor at a North American University in the Engineering…
With the new year comes new workplace predictions for every organization. What are the things every organization need to be ready to implement this 2022? Debra and lisa analyze the past year and take aim at the important things organizations must focus on. Culture, agility, diversity and inclusion – these aren’t just buzzwords but things…
Unconscious bias exists all over the world, whether in the workplace or out in the streets. Everywhere, people stereotype one another by gender, sex, race, age, ethnicity, ability, religion and sexual orientation, and then use these biases to justify substandard treatment, discrimination and outright abuse. In this episode, Debra sits down with Jessica Nordell…
A great way to start working in an organization is to learn how to connect with the people on your team. It starts from there. In this Ask Us Anything episode, Debra and lisa explore a complex workplace scenario about managing up. Rania is thrilled to be working in an industry she loves and a…