In the modern workplace, psychological safety is as relevant as physical safety. Psychological safety refers to a work environment where employees feel safe to take risks, express their ideas, and make mistakes without fear of humiliation or punishment.
Author: Mission Menopause
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In the modern workplace, psychological safety is as relevant as physical safety. Psychological safety refers to a work environment where employees feel safe to take risks, express their ideas, and make mistakes without fear of humiliation or punishment.
Author: Skills 4
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April marks Stress Awareness Month, a campaign designed to make us all more aware of the causes of stress, and how we can recognise and combat these.
Author: Skills 4
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Recent statistics1 indicate that just 22% of autistic adults are employed. This figure suggests employers are in a good position to be able to do more to support those with autism to find and retain employment.
Author: Skills 4
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Bystander intervention is a powerful tool as it empowers your staff to speak out against issues in the workplace including bullying or harassment. Let’s learn more about implementing it in your organisation.
Author: Skills 4
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Cultural diversity in the workplace is of great benefit to any business. As a STEM specialist training provider, Skills 4 recognises the significance of fostering an inclusive work environment. Let’s explores the overarching cultural diversity in the United Kingdom and delve into how it influences workplaces.
Author: Wildfire
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In today’s diverse workforce, workplace stereotypes can be detrimental to employee morale, hinder professional growth, and perpetuate discrimination. To better understand this, we will shed light on various stereotypes across protected characteristics.
Author: Skills 4
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In today’s diverse and interconnected world, fostering a positive and inclusive workplace culture is essential. However, there are various subtle forms of discrimination that can hinder progress toward a truly equitable environment.
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In today’s competitive world, professional networking skills have become essential for personal development and career growth.
Author: Wildfire
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When we think of resilience in STEM, it’s often related to ensuring there are back-ups and fail-safes in case of an emergency or disaster situation.
Author: Skills 4
Read More How can the tech industry attract more women from diverse backgrounds, such as those from underrepresented ethnic groups or those with disabilities?
Author: Wildfire
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Building relationships with key people and expanding our relationships to people of influence is a fantastic way we can enhance our reputation and progress our careers.
Author: Wildfire
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Skills 4 founder Jayne Little has been shortlisted for the Positive Role Model Award for Gender at the National Diversity Awards 2022.
Author: Skills 4
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The theme of International Women’s Day 2023 is #EmbraceEquity, so we are exploring the difference between Equality and Equity.
Author: Skills 4
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People who are gender non-conforming, transgender, or nonbinary often transition to who they actually are, instead of who others label them as.
Author: Skills 4
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Ever worked late to get ahead on a project or not taken leave because you don’t want to let your team down? Or perhaps worked over capacity to show you were grateful for the ‘opportunity’?
Author: Skills 4
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The creation of genuinely accessible and welcoming spaces for diverse groups of people is the best way to reduce the psychological impact of having to self-police and code-switch.
Author: Skills 4
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Being a mother equips you with skills that are key to a successful career and intrinsic to any workplace.
Author: Skills 4
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120,000 minority ethnic background workers have quit with more than 1 in 4 workers facing racist jokes at work, resulting in 35% of them feeling less confident in work.
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Only 1 in 3 leaders have a clear view about how inclusive their leadership is, with one third believing they are more inclusive than they are perceived to be by their colleagues.
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A study by Atkins showed that 57% of women drop out of engineering by the time they’re 45 compared to 17% of men.
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THRIVE Delegate shares her highlights from Inclusion Allies module.
Author: Skills 4
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Pronouns are how we refer to someone or talk about someone in the third person.
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The menopause doesn’t stop at the door of your office when you walk in. Hot flushes, headaches, anxiety, brain fog, poor concentration, and more can strike at any time.
Author: Skills 4
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With working at home being more common for us these days, it’s worth reflecting on our own health and wellbeing when we don’t have that commute to bookend our working day.
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Allyship is the practice of emphasising social justice, inclusion, and human rights in order to advance the interests of those oppressed or marginalised in society.
Author: Skills 4
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Being mentored is a fantastic way to learn key skills and knowledge, all from a more experienced professional.
Author: Skills 4
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Companies need diversity. Diversity is more than gender or ethnicity; it’s our different abilities, our age, our origins, our sexual orientation, our faith, and our socioeconomic status.
Author: Skills 4
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A lot of us have been there, those niggling doubts, that voice in our heads that says, ‘What are you doing here? You’re way out of your league!’ Feel familiar?
Author: Skills 4
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These are some of the negative stereotypes persisting about people living with obesity in work, often leading to discrimination in the workplace.
Author: Skills 4
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June 2021 newsletter: Including our latest alumni event, a new team member and info on our new THRIVE career development training.
Author: Skills 4
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With just 11 days to go until our next Alumni Workshop, spaces have been filling up fast but there are still a small number of spaces still available for the webinar workshop.
Author: Skills 4
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Finding Your Magic Dust & Why This Matters: A workshop for past delegates.
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As a working parent, I know what a challenge it can be to strike a good balance between work and parenting at the best of times; homeschooling has taken that challenge to a whole new level!!
Author: Skills 4
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Coronavirus Update: With Covid-19 having caused so much disruption across the UK, we wanted to update our clients on what we are doing to reduce the impact caused by Coronavirus.
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