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A Paycheque Isn't Compensation

Image shows a white male in a black hoodie, who looks unhappy A recent article  found that 80% of British workers report experiencing violence or abuse in the workplace. Eighty. Percent.  Eight out of ten people are made to feel some level of non-task-related concern for their personal safety when they think about showing up for work. I wonder if that might have any  connection with the "endemic state" of "people claiming they're too mentally unwell to work" that the UK government keeps throwing shade about?  Might the "failure to cope with normal human experience" that snide, comfortably-financed, well-protected MPs snarl about and threaten to reduce people to absolute poverty for "not just getting over" actually be a much more understandable cognitive block around putting oneself in a situation where you are at risk when you did not expect that kind of risk? Employers nope out on dealing with workplace aggression, whether from colleagues or...

Followership: The Missing Skillset

  British business spends a lot of time, energy, focus, and yes, money  "developing leaders".  Progression opportunities are secured by "demonstrating leadership skills." Constant calls are made that business, education, government, society at large, "needs more/stronger/better leaders." We need more women in leadership. No, actually, we need a different kind of masculinity  in leadership. Ah, actually, maybe we went too far, and it's time for "traditional masculinity" to be brought back to leadership. What about minority leaders? Maybe we should look at how neurodivergent folks and marginalised communities express leadership differently. The conversations, books, podcasts, and seminars around leadership are endless - and often contradictory.  We spend so many resources trying to give one definitive, always-true answer to the question "What makes a good leader?" The answer is simple: "What makes a good leader is competent, capa...