In essence, organizations focus wrongly on trying to “fix” individuals (I-Frame) rather than the systemic (S-Frame) issues that create or exasperate mental health issues for staff.
There needs to be a term for that week between Christmas and New Year’s when 90% of staff are on holidays, things are really quiet at work generally,
A way to change your frame – “kindness isn’t about individuals, it’s about the wider workplace culture.” Ask yourself – is your organization led by people who are
I know farewell messages are like eulogies and tend to be overly kind to the dearly departed. But if we’re being honest, “compassionate leadership” can be many things
I didn’t wear a Halloween costume to work this year (the branches I’m at don’t seem to embrace the holiday like some of the others in our system
“We have a million metrics to measure performance but little to none to measure trustworthiness.”
Whereas other specialists know one subject deeply, one of the single best things about (most) librarians in my view is that we tend to be people who have
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