by Carolyn McSweeney-Grant | Oct 12, 2021 | Uncategorised
Psychological Safety + Boards A couple of weeks ago, I recorded a podcast with Lisa Cook, founder of Get on Boards Australia about psychological safety. We first started our discussions about two years ago just prior to me commencing the People + Science Boardroom...
by Carolyn McSweeney-Grant | Oct 4, 2021 | Leadership, Neuroscience, Organisational Culture, Uncategorised
It is said that globally we have been (and continue to) experience a “crisis of leadership”. A crisis that has been prevalent for more than two decades. The leadership gap between what is being delivered by leaders and what is needed by employees,...
by Carolyn McSweeney-Grant | Jul 5, 2021 | Leadership, psychological safety, Uncategorised
The New South Wales Government has introduced Australia’s first Code of Practice (Code) for managing psychosocial hazards in the workplace.The Code provides employers with practical guidance about how to protect workers from psychosocial hazards in the workplace...
by Carolyn McSweeney-Grant | Jun 8, 2020 | Uncategorised
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place” – George Bernard Shaw. Remember the teams of communications specialists that used to be in organisations? They would manage anything from internal communications, stakeholder...
by Carolyn McSweeney-Grant | May 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in massive disruption in a short period of time to not only the business world but the daily lives of millions of people. The reality of this new normal is what Professor Rita McGrath would define as an inflection point — an...
by Carolyn McSweeney-Grant | May 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
I was listening to a podcast with Timothy R Clark on the “Four Stages of Psychological Safety”, and I highly recommend it and his book. Psychological safety is being able to show and employ one’s self without fear of negative consequences of self-image, status...
