This is Your Brain on Work Relationships
People need a sense of belonging and purpose, and we thrive through connection and mutual trust, but our workplaces are not set up to encourage trust-based relationships. We can change those workplace structures and cultures by integrating greater practices of trust into our work.
High Conflict vs. Generative Conflict
Conflict does not have to be as bad as it often feels. Conflict is a source of energy for change, and it always has the potential to lead to new possibilities and deeper relationships. But for this to happen, we need to build the skills and determination to avoid the lure of high conflict whenever possible.
This is what is meant by the idea of generative conflict.
Why We Gossip About People at Work
Leaders often try to get people to stop gossiping without a deeper understanding of what is driving the behaviour. Is there conflict that needs to be addressed? Are there systemic issues that people are upset about? Getting people to stop the behaviour is very hard if we are not addressing the root cause.
Leading in High Pressure and in High Risk
Fear is a powerful emotion. It can change our judgement and decisions to be less aligned with our values and priorities. When leaders face pressure to make a decision, it’s important to find ways to get aligned with their purpose and the people they are responsible to.
Permission to Lose Your Way
The idea that people should be experts and should know how to fix things actually sets us up for more failure. There is no one right way to deal with complexity. And in fact, many of the best and most transformative ideas have come out of so-called mistakes, or “wrong turns” that brought us to beautiful clearings that we didn’t know existed.
How to Be A Workplace Where People Learn and Grow
When an organization creates enough psychological safety to encourage learning, people are more likely to experiment, take risks, make mistakes they can learn from, and as a result, come up with innovative and unexpected solutions to complex problems.
Nine Tips for Giving Good Feedback in the Workplace
Feedback is very important. It is the way we learn, grow and become the people we want to be. Regular and supportive feedback helps people shift out of fear and experience it as an opportunity. You can create a workplace culture where feedback is welcomed, expected and part of the norm.
How To Be A More Trauma Informed Workplace
Trauma is very common in the workplace, and many workplace cultures make it worse or even create it. Learn tangible steps for building a trauma informed workplace culture that supports people’s safety, belonging and dignity.
Generative Conflict: Leadership Skills for Healthy Workplaces
Online. Tuesdays October 2 to November 20, 2023.
What if you were able to approach conflict as a source of learning, creativity, and possibility rather than as something to fear and avoid? Learn skills to support your team to have generative conflict.
How a Workplace Came Back Stronger from a Crisis
Andrew, Enviro’s Director of Operations, knew that something major needed to be done to support healing after a formal complaint of bullying and harassment led to an investigation. They needed a solution to the immediate crisis, but he had a bigger vision than that. He wanted to build a healthy workplace culture where people could collaborate respectfully, disagree constructively, and feel safe enough to learn from feedback.