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Cogs In a Wheel, or Valued Partners?

Are your people engaged in the workplace? Do they have a safe Space to engage with you? In this week’s Vlog post I explore how we can become more aware of how engaged our staff/employees/people are, and some ideas for better engaging with them.   John K Whitehead & Associates…

How Do Values and Mission Fit With Quiet Quitting DEI & Psychological Safety?

Continuing the conversation about Quiet Quitting, DEI and Psychological Safety and ask how are your decisions as a leader aligned with your stated mission? Do you have a mission statement for yourself and/or your team? What about your and/or your team’s values? All the above areas of Quiet Quitting, DEI…

What is the Connection Between Psychological Safety, EDIJ & Quiet Quitting? pt. II

In this weeks Vlog post I start to build the case for understanding and recognizing our own biases and how they are reflected in who we are as a leader. It is a short vlog, but I ask you to answer the question I asked in the previous vlog post,…

What is the Connection Between Psychological Safety, EDIJ & QuietQuitting?

I start a 6-part weekly series on the connection between Psychological Safety, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice, and Quiet Quitting. I ask the question about how bias informs how we as leaders lead. How do these biases have an impact, if any, on Quiet Quitting. John K Whitehead & Associates…

A Lesson from Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield – Leading the Way

One of the better books ostensibly about leadership I have read is Chris Hadfield’s An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth (Random House, 2013). I didn’t start in on it with the expectation that it would enhance my own leadership, but as I often do during “down times,” I picked it up…