The Serendis Blog

The Making of Leader360

7 June, 2022

The Making of Leader360

So often, our HR partners ask us to recommend the most effective 360 instruments on the market. In addressing their needs, we are challenged by two factors: Many of the well-known psychometric instruments that provide a 360 component, take time…

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How Do You Make It Past Two Mentoring Sessions?

26 April, 2022

How Do You Make It Past Two Mentoring Sessions?

Ask any senior successful individual in the corporate sector and they will tell you that a mentor, a sponsor, or a coach has, at a point in time in their career, contributed to their success. Some share the story of…

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Are Your Organisational Values Hindering Inclusion?

26 April, 2022

Are Your Organisational Values Hindering Inclusion?

To date, diversity has largely been pitched through the lens of fairness. Organisations have spent time and money teaching their leaders about unconscious bias, discrimination, privilege, and equity. The approach has been successful to deliver awareness and commitment to change….

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Building Psychological Safety in a COVID World: Exploring the murky waters of vaccines, hybrid teams and learning to thrive in the new world of work.

21 September, 2021

Building Psychological Safety in a COVID World: Exploring the murky waters of vaccines, hybrid teams and learning to thrive in the new world of work.

Without realising it, we are all constantly managing interpersonal risk at work. This inhibits the open sharing of ideas, questions and concerns. Now more than ever we need Psychological Safe team environments where we are able to air our concerns,…

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Do What You Love...But In The Right Context!

24 August, 2021

Do What You Love…But In The Right Context!

One Common Thread of Great Leadership What do Jacinda Arden and Elon Musk have in common? Not much at first glance, I will concede. What about Satya Nadella, Angela Merkel or Richard Branson? These public figures have significantly different personalities,…

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I Was Sitting COVID Out: Supporting Returning Parents in 2021

27 July, 2021

I Was Sitting COVID Out: Supporting Returning Parents in 2021

I went on parental leave in March 2020. At my last work event, a speech I was giving for an International Women’s Day event, I remember the host asking, “Do you mind shaking hands?” We all know our version of…

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The Power of the Check-In

17 June, 2021

The Power of the Check-In

How does your team respond when challenging situations come their way? Do they duck to take cover, or do they step out of their comfort zone and embrace the opportunity? Significantly build your teams resilience by regularly asking two simple…

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The power of mentoring and how to do it effectively

28 July, 2017

The power of mentoring and how to do it effectively

Much has been written about the merits of mentoring. From personal experience, having facilitated cross-sector and internal mentoring programs for several years, I have observed how structured mentoring operates as a powerful lever to accompany individual, organisational and sector change. Serendis’…

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