Chris Nel

Before you go … what have you learned?

  THE GOOD Human kindness has been for me, the big winner. It has been the real upside of my experience of the COVID-19 lockdown. I have experienced so much more human kindness than has been normal for me. The surge in volunteering, calling friends and relations, donating, running family zoom quizzes, virtual dinner parties, […]

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Our intention is to let your as leader know : You are probably not alone in the things you are worrying about. There are patterns of COVID-19 leadership emerging . It helps to talk it through! The most frequently raised topics on the leadership helpline are: – Fear of loss of control. – The difficulty […]

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Helen Green

Promoting diversity and inclusion

As the sun sets on the twenty-first Commonwealth Games it brings us the opportunity to reflect on not simply sporting success but also the way in which the games has promoted diversity and inclusion. Manchester in 2002 had the honour of being the first games to integrate para-sports into the main program, but these Gold […]

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Helen Green

Prioritising mental health

Talk in the press may be all about the gender pay gap at the moment but it’s not the only issue on the leadership agenda. A survey by BUPA has revealed that for 65% of businesses the mental health of employees is now a boardroom priority. In fact, the issue of mental health has risen […]

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Helen Green

Brexit and the art of green highlighters

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the most effective. Take the way in which agreement on the shape of the Brexit transition period was announced. Irrespective of the wording, the fact that areas of synergy were highlighted in green instantly added positivity to the message. Admittedly there are some areas which are still to be negotiated […]

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