Inclusion update for the Built Environment industry
Newsletter 25: The Great Resignation, compassionate leadership and ADHD
Constructing Rainbows advises built environment organisations who have an aim of making our industry inclusive for all. To find out more visit www.constructingrainbows.co.uk This newsletter will provide you with some updates on what others are doing, both within the built environment and in other industries.
The world has changed since Covid, and employees are looking for a change, dubbed The Great Resignation, there is a lot of movement in the labour market, with high proportions of particularly younger people looking to move jobs.
So what strategies should organisations put in place to retain their best staff? This article suggests six.
And if cost of putting those strategies in place is a concern - remember retaining your employees, and ensuring they are happy, is often a much cheaper solution than hiring new ones.
"Companies see the value of women leaders’ contributions. Almost 70 percent of companies say that the work employees do to promote DEI is very or extremely critical, and an even greater number say this is true of the work managers do to support employee well-being. BUT LESS THAN A QUARTER OF COMPANIES ARE RECOGNIZING THIS WORK TO A SUBSTANTIAL EXTENT IN FORMAL EVALUATIONS LIKE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS"
Today there is greater awareness of the challenges of diagnosing girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD). Their tendencies to mask their inattentive traits and internalize their feelings make their symptoms harder to recognize. As a result, they are often diagnosed later in life, after comorbidities have begun to interfere with healthy behaviors, when unhealthy coping skills start to undermine their sense of self.
"compassion goes beyond mere emotion to include the active intention to help others"
This article provides six strategies for leading with compassion including: taking an emotional step away, asking what is needed, the power of non-action, coach rather than do and practicing self-care
A person's name is such an important part of their identity, including culture, heritage and language. Mispronunciation, or even worse trying to change their name, can have a really negative impact on a person's confidence.
Hopefully this new tool will help everyone feel more confident in getting it right.
Arup are doing some research into designing cities for, and with, women, and are looking for people to complete their survey. Please help out where you can.
LGBT+ in Facilities Management are looking for new committee members. We’re a super friendly bunch of people, who enjoying having fun whilst making a positive impact on the Facilities Management industry. We just need a bit more support to help. Get in touch if interested.
For UK Race Equality Week, I chaired Fortel's lunch and learn with Priya (BAME in Property), Amos (Black Professionals in Construction, Tru ( Aston Performing Arts) and Amr (Fortel) on the theme "Action not just words". Here you can see a recording of the session.
