by Gifford | Aug 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Have you ever listened to a #podcast while ironing (say) a shirt, and when it’s done, you stopped and thought, “What the heck”? Well, that’s just happened to me. My friend and colleague, Amit Popat, blew me away with the way he drove this discussion,...
by Gifford | Aug 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Celebrations have a way of bringing people from our past together. I had the wonderful and serendipitous pleasure of meeting an old friend from my ‘Leicester days’ – Professor Ivan Browne, Pro-Chancellor of De Montfort University. And this was way before any of...
by Gifford | Aug 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
Policing by consent is not merely transactional. It’s relational. Because of our reputation in the DEIB space, my organisation, Rockstone Consultancy, gets invited by different sectors to sit on different kinds of boards, focus groups, advisory panels and...
by Gifford | Jul 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Allyship by remote control is not sustainable! We sometimes become aware of #identity issues through work. By identity, I’m referring to #gender, #race, #LGBTQ+, #disability, etc. For many #employees, it might be the first time that...
by Gifford | Jun 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Blessings to the distinguished #Windrush#Generation! These are they who settled in the UK from the #Caribbean between the 1940s, 1950s & 1960s. No, they were not #immigrants, as they were made to feel – and as the Windrush discourse bleated out...
by Gifford | Jun 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
I was speaking to the well-known Resilience Consultant, Eddie Hypolite, and he had this to say: “Employees don’t create culture; they respond to culture. They create subcultures to navigate the work culture.” This is all the more the case for workers...
by Gifford | Jun 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
It was great doing a session with KYMIRA a couple of weeks ago – a highly talented crew of groundbreaking entrepreneurs in sportswear, with visionary leadership. We looked at the Metaverse of Diversity, where the challenges of connecting and aligning work...
by Gifford | Jun 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
My work is about changing lives. That’s why my motto is PEOPLE. VALUE. CHANGE. (https://lnkd.in/eQpNJHA5) On the surface, you would think that #people do not #value#change. But they do when they are challenged, stretched and inspired. This was the...
by Gifford | Jun 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
In my Inclusive Leadership programme, I talk about exit velocity. Exit velocity is the experience of leaving an #organisation better than when you first joined, and doing so with upward mobility. In other words, the...
by Gifford | May 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
The one who holds the mic controls the narrative. If they are holding your mic, they are controlling your #narrative. I came out of a meeting with the inimical and brilliant #Business#Coach, Sobiya Jawaid last Friday. (We are allies in strength,...
