🎙️ On the next episode of Minds Worth Meeting, leadership and dialogue expert Megan Reitz joins us to discuss the importance of how leaders “show up” to work, why we all need safe environments to speak up and permission to pause, how AI is starting to change dialogue in organizations, and more.
Read MoreMental well-being is critical for individuals, communities, and organizations, yet despite the lifting of taboos around mental health in society, employees are feeling less cared for than ever. So why are we still reluctant to talk openly about our mental well-being at work?
Leaders can play a critical role in facilitating these conversations by speaking up about their own experiences and encouraging others to do the same.
Read Moreis Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School, Oxford University and Adjunct Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Hult International Business School. She focuses on how we create the conditions for transformative dialogue at work and her research is at the intersection of leadership, change, dialogue and mindfulness. She is on the Thinkers50 ranking of global business thinkers and is ranked in HR Magazine’s Most Influential Thinkers listing.
A Quote From This Episode
"Many leaders and managers I work with are lovely...but they've got these titles and labels that mean that they're intimidating."
In the last of our special Mind Matters sessions, Megan Reitz, Amy Edmondson, Peter Sims and moderator Morra Aarons Mele discuss the implications of the leader’s optimism bubble, de-stigmatising failure, and building scaffolding to invite input: a culture of speaking up doesn’t create itself, it requires scaffolding. Find out more about productive vulnerability, the role of experiential knowing, and how to make space for the bigger conversations.
Read MoreSpeaking up — and being heard — in organizations is critical, but failed attempts to speak up happen often at work and can lead people to silence themselves and others in the long run. Instead, leaders and team members should frame such situations as opportunities to learn.
Read MoreHow can you speak confidently and navigate difficult conversations in your organization? How does power dynamics affect communication? In this episode, Megan Reitz, the author of Speak Out, Listen Up, talks about how perceptions of power enable and silence others. She also breaks down the TRUTH Framework that affects whether we speak or listen. Delve into the subtle influences that prevent us from voicing our most innovative ideas. Join Megan Reitz in this valuable conversation today.
Read MoreMegan and John discussed the idea of ‘psychological safety’ and how better (not smoother) conversations can be delivered at work. They provided guidance on navigating power dynamics, empowering you to speak up confidently and ensure your voice is heard. They also discussed how to leverage your influence and encourage others to express themselves.
Read MoreGenerative AI has the fastest take-up of any technology to date. Now, as AI applications are becoming immersed in workplace culture and power, we’re beginning to see how GenAI tools will impact our conversational habits, which direct what we say and who we hear.
Read MoreStaff at Boeing are still reluctant to speak up about safety problems, even after a door panel on one of its jets recently blew out mid-flight and hundreds of lives were lost in two earlier planes crashes, according to an experts’ report commissioned by the US Federal Aviation Administration.
Read MoreHave you ever considered the conversations going on in your workplace? What is said but overlooked? Who gets to talk to whom? What counts as a valuable conversation?
Read MoreWorking at the intersection of leadership, change, dialogue and mindfulness, Reitz’s research focuses on how we meet, see, hear, speak, learn with and encounter one another in organisational systems and how we might encourage dialogue which is more humane and which enables us, our colleagues and our society to flourish. Current focus is on the rise of ‘employee activism’.
Read MoreThe unique leadership challenges organizations face throughout the world call for a renewed focus on what constitutes "authentic, inclusive, servant, transformational, principled, values-based, and mindful" leadership.
Read MoreIn Certain Uncertainty, renowned management theorist Des Dearlove delivers an exciting and illuminating discussion of how to build resilience and agility into our lives and businesses.
Read MoreIn healthcare and elsewhere, the frequent response to actual and potential malpractice is to increase the intensity and volume of formal processes of inspection—alongside an emphasis on individual courage to speak up, responsibility and accountability.
Read MoreWhat does it mean to lead in this new age of employee activism? Megan Reitz offers a four-point crash course on what employees want from their organizations and how leaders can rise to the challenge of …
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