Stay up to date with Respect At Work
Resilience
Research by the Black Dog Institute shows that enhanced resilience leads to a “significant improvement in job satisfaction, productivity and retention in the workplace.’
Daffodils, spring lambs, resilience and R U OK? Day
I want to work in a culture of resilience, but I also want compassion, understanding and check-ins.
Workplace Mediation
Mediation provides a genuine opportunity to listen and understand another’s perspective while they listen to understand yours.
Personal accountability
It’s easy to get caught up complaining about the behaviour of others but how often do we shine the spotlight on own behaviour?
Coaching and Respectful Workplaces
Good coaching is an investment in people, and I see great coaching in workplaces that value and appreciate their staff.
Respect and Diversity
Our world will never stop being diverse, by investing in (and respecting) diversity and inclusion you are putting your best foot forward and staying ahead of the game.
Image credit to Internet Reputation https://www.kratomiq.com/
Simple and small things you can do to make a difference
Listen to your staff – you can’t fix what you don’t understand
Data. The productivity benefits of psychologically safe workplaces
‘..organisations, on average, can expect a positive return on investment (ROI) of 2.3.’
How do you want to feel at work?
Every time I am with a new group of training participants, I ask the question ‘how do you want to feel at work?’
Words - Open to interpretation?
Words often become an issue when they are attached to the concept of 'political correctness'; that concept itself is then verbalised with invisible air inverted commas " ".
Pass it on
Employees who feel respected in the workplace are happier, more present and more engaged.
Employees who feel disrespected in the workplace are more likely to be resentful, disengaged and looking to take their talents elsewhere.
Integrity wins
Respect needs trust, trust needs respect and personal integrity should be at the forefront.
Do you add or subtract the energy from the room?
Give people enough support, respect and kindness that they can see past the small energy sapping negatives.
Water is to goldfish as culture is to ..?
Our cultural self helps to define our identity.
Who I am is influenced by my upbringing, my family, life experiences, education, relationships, work experiences, trauma, tragedy, successes and failures.
Mentally Healthy Workplaces
I struggle to understand how little regard some workers have for others — compassion really shouldn't be difficult.
R U Ok? from the Dog
Let's treat others with the compassion that we would like to receive, we all have vulnerabilities, bad days and periods of high stress and not all of us are lucky enough to have our own Darby.
