by Gifford | Aug 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Leadership is about leading people, not things – that’s management! I was doing an inclusive leadership series in Reykjavik, Iceland, and came across this Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat. It depicts the faceless, thankless, everyday civil servant who just gets on...
by Gifford | Aug 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
They lost their credibility and didn’t have the appetite to do work on themselves! We hadn’t quite gotten over the institutional racism of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club only to be landed with another scandal of egregious scale. Cricket Scotland has been weighed...
by Gifford | Aug 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Recently, I did some work with some executive leaders on Inclusive Leadership. One of the burning pains they shared was of the tendency to take over the work they’d delegated especially if it were a key task, which was not their role to deliver. So, I gave them...
by Gifford | Aug 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
In my last Inclusive Delegation post, where we discussed investing in failure, I made the point that we have to learn to delegate the responsibility not so much the task. This approach allows for margins of error and failure. As such, I went on to say, it has enormous...
by Gifford | Jul 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
I have colleagues on here who will baulk at the word ‘failure’. But hear me out! Inclusive Delegation is one of the courses that I facilitate in my Inclusive Leadership consultation work. Recently, I made the point to some directors, that when delegating they ought to...
by Gifford | Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
I’ve been often asked why does Rockstone Consultancy as an EDI specialist only focus on RACE and not on any of the other protected characteristics? This, of course, is a very fair question. My decision happens to stem from the experience of having covered the whole...
by Gifford | Jul 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
I play the piano! Yes, done my grades, used to teach it (along with other instruments) – even conducted a wind band, when I used to play the trumpet. Why do I mention this? Well, the other day I was asked to do (an extended) assembly for one of my ex-student’s school...
by Gifford | Jul 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
This shocking piece of news demonstrates the deep-seated racism that besets the STEM sector. Many young black students end up pursuing non STEM careers because they are being put off by the gatekeepers. I remember when I was taking my GCSEs – well, it was O Levels...
by Gifford | Mar 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
Had another fab time with the progressive #bruneluniversitylondon, celebrating #blackhistorymonthuk with a great panel: Jewel Wright (She/Her), Kiri Kankhwende, Ashling Akosa, Layla Ali Mohammed Ali, Annie Njoki Pover, Donna-Marie...
by Gifford | Mar 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
And they’ve been thoroughly energising! Among the university gigs, corporate presentations and charity talks, the one that sticks out so far is a Primary School assembly that I spoke at. This was an all-white village school in Berkshire with around 200 pupils. What...
