diversity

Difference is all there is. Opening our minds to disagreement.

By Elisabeth Goodman, 20th March 2022 Why this blog It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a blog. This has been partly due to hitting a really busy period with my one-to-one and group coaching. It’s also because I’m immersed in writing a book and all the reflection that goes with it. This isn’t …

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Creating the conditions that make difficult conversations possible

By Elisabeth Goodman, 8th December 2020 Creating psychological safety and belonging are fundamental factors for high performance teams “..the way we engage with each other, discuss and debate important issues that we may disagree about, and challenge ourselves to find common ground with one another, especially when we have different beliefs and backgrounds, has everything …

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Diversity in the workplace – making it meaningful

By Elisabeth Goodman, 16th November 2020 I have just come off a panel discussion at Bio Integrates 2020 (Life Science Integrates), on “Diversity Driving Decisions”, hosted by One Nucleus‘ CEO Tony Jones and accompanied by Joanna Gould, CEO and co-founder of VisusNano. The conference organisers cited an article by Anna Powers, which  found that diverse …

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Working with diversity in thinking, learning and interpersonal styles

Elisabeth Goodman, 9th May 2020 I’ve been doing a bit of reading and thinking about the impact of diversity in how we think and learn and how this might play out in our interactions with each other at work, or indeed at home. A look at Neurodiversity There is a lot that we can learn …

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Exploring personality tools to enhance the diversity within our teams

By Elisabeth Goodman, 17th May 2017 My RiverRhee Associate, Liz Mercer and I have been doing a fair amount of reading and reflection to support our new course on Transition to Leadership. The March-April 2017 issue of Harvard Business Review (HBR) gave us plenty to think about, as it explored some of the personality tools …

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