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Category Archives: workplace bullying
Gender Equality – when will it be enough?
Of course there is a simple answer to the question of how long will gender issues be the mainstay of the daily news – until real parity between women and men is achieved. The power imbalance between the sexes must be … Continue reading →
Posted in gender equality, glass ceiling, inequality, Sexism, Uncategorized, workplace bullying
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Tagged diversity, equality, equality training, Gender equality, pay gap, Unconscious Bias, workplace bullying
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Morbid Obesity – a barrier to successful employment
On reading the news about obesity in yesterday’s Guardian, I was struck at the scale of the problem facing the UK. In a BBC item a leading bariatric surgeon said “severe obesity threatens to bankrupt the NHS”. Clearly the problem … Continue reading →
It’s All Right Love – what’s in a word?
A friend of mine was at the market on Saturday afternoon, buying some fruit. The woman gave him a bag of bananas with a friendly “here you are, dear”. Not only did he accept her term of endearment without question, … Continue reading →
Posted in discrimination, Equality & Diversity, inequality, management, Prejudice, workplace bullying
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Tagged equality, Gender equality, inequality, language, management, power, Term of endearment, Unconscious Bias
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Over-Demanding or Bullying – a short case study
This brief post came about following a phone call I received today. As ever questions posed are to be answered. Alan works for a company with just over two hundred employees. He believes he is being harassed daily by his … Continue reading →
Posted in Bullying & Harassment, workplace bullying
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Tagged Bully, employment, harassment, Human Resources, management, workplace bullying
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Staff Team Communities – an ideal for all workplaces
In the last year I have worked with various groups on team development, change management or diversity programmes. What has struck me time and again is the level of disconnect between people who spend a good proportion of their lives … Continue reading →
Posted in Bullying & Harassment, management, workplace bullying
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Tagged business, community, cultural difference, employment, Human Resources, management, workplace bullying
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Who is Invisible – the boy on the stairs
At 8:10 one morning last week, I boarded the 125 London bus to work. It was raining and the bus was crowded. On the stairs, standing in his usual place a teenage boy on his way to school; I had … Continue reading →
Language and Culture – a complex paradox.
The other day, I was listening to an Italian tennis player being interviewed by a French sporting journalist in English. It got me thinking about the language I speak; how I take it completely for granted. English, the global language … Continue reading →
Posted in discrimination, Equality & Diversity, Equality Act, Prejudice, Uncategorized, workplace bullying
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Tagged culture, difference, discrimination, language, workplace
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Equalities in the News – drip-drip, but is it enough?
Let me start in my usual way, by describing the stimuli for this article and prepare you for the usual questions I am posing at the end of it. Yesterday I read with interest findings from a BBC research into … Continue reading →
Posted in age equality, beyond diversity, Bullying & Harassment, discrimination, Equality & Diversity, Equality Act, gender equality, human rights, inequality, management, Prejudice, Sexism, Sexuality equality, Uncategorized, workplace bullying
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Tagged business, cultural difference, discrimination, diversity, employment, equality and diversity, management, sexuality, women in management, workplace bullying
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Nine Protected Characteristics – why not ten, eleven or more?
A few weeks ago, I was co-presenting a leadership and diversity programme with my colleague Chris Markiewicz, during which we asked the participants to reflect on the nine protected characteristics defined by the Equality Act. “Why stop at nine” I … Continue reading →
Posted in beyond diversity, Bullying & Harassment, discrimination, Equality & Diversity, Equality Act, human rights, management, Prejudice, Uncategorized, workplace bullying
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Tagged business, discrimination, equality act, equality and diversity, management, prejudice, workplace bullying
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A Plea to Managers – respond to the signs.
David, the owner of a company with seventy staff contacted me via LinkedIn last week to ask my advice on a particular problem that has been brought to his attention. He has just received the third complaint this year from … Continue reading →
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