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Always hypervisible! The idea that success is a 'one size fits all' approach and not trusting your instincts or that something can be done in a different way is harmful and exhausting. If like me you are highly emotionally sensitive to people and situations. One of the reasons for this...
What is the one pressing problem you want to solve?Last week Friday, I spent the day with some of the powerhouses in the DEI, anti-oppression and equity space (many of whom I know from LinkedIn) to reimagine how to create an equal world.Thanks to #MissionEquality Sharon Hurley Hall (she/her), Lea...
What does good allyship look like in your organisation? This week I was asked how a companies Top 100 Leaders can improve the mental health & wellbeing of their organisation through good allyship. Here was my response; 'Good allyship means turning the spotlight away from oneself and supporting marginalised groups...
Calling out the Bullsh*t in DEI I just wanna kickoff today by talking about some of the BS in DEI. Some of our bug bears, some good practice from a recent podcast discussion with Erin Corine and Samantha Hawkins. I think for me on the mental health lens, one of the challenges I...
Calling out the Bullsh*t in DEI explores perspectives of this space. Consultants, quotas and performative tick box practices, including that terrible question to Ngozi Fulani - Where are you really from? And, ways people leaders can improve this space in 2023 Sammie Hawkins - Leadership Coach, Facilitator and Writer |...
Apart from a 'great war', giant fire & economic disaster As a society, we’ve experienced a global pandemic, renewed uprisings around racial injustice and women’s rights, as well as the long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns endangering our futures. All narratives which are shifting the currency of human capital, as...
Do you often feel disappointed in yourself or others? Last week in our People Leaders discussion, one of my colleagues quoted; ‘The absence of deserved recognition is resentment’ Working in an organisational context I am often asked to dream up simplistic, institutionalised solutions to help people leaders manage complex day...
Episode 88 - The Kinship Summit - Tackling loneliness for diverse women Yvonne Alston Chief Culture Architect, CEO & Founder of Indelible Impressions Consulting We are exploring leadership and the skills of great leaders to improve the experience of culture & belonging and bias correct, particularly for women of colour...
Cutting down the tall poppy The tall poppy syndrome is a cultural phenomenon in which people hold back, criticise or sabotage those who have or are believed to have achieved success in one or more aspects of life, particularly intellectual or cultural wealth. Whether you speak up in a meeting...
People from racially diverse backgrounds often experience loneliness symptoms, triggered by being passed over for a promotion or payrise. In the Cigna loneliness at work survey, 30% of black workers said they felt abandoned by co-workers when under pressure at work. Loneliness often happens more frequently the more senior you become, with...