February 2024 Key Leadership Insights Report
Starting Out / Briefing Paper
Disability ERG/Network leaders from 35organisations attended our Peer Leadership Roundtables in February 2024, (see Appendix A for the organisations represented).
At the sessions, we explored our Leadership Lesson ‘Great leaders take humour seriously’ and shared a video from disability consultant and star of UK Channel 4’s Gogglebox show, Simon Minty.
In the video, Simon shares his three top tips for disability ERG/Network leaders to use humour effectively as a leadership trait, encouraging leaders to use what comes naturally to them and craft stories that people remember for the right reasons. This report offers a summary of key learnings for you to cascade to your network colleagues and allies.
In the sessions, we offered the following scenario for attendees to explore during our discussion: “How could you incorporate humour as a leadership trait into your ERG/Network ‘brand’ without minimising the barriers faced by disabled employees?
At the sessions, we explored our Leadership Lesson ‘Great leaders take humour seriously’ and shared a video from disability consultant and star of UK Channel 4’s Gogglebox show, Simon Minty.
In the video, Simon shares his three top tips for disability ERG/Network leaders to use humour effectively as a leadership trait, encouraging leaders to use what comes naturally to them and craft stories that people remember for the right reasons. This report offers a summary of key learnings for you to cascade to your network colleagues and allies.
In the sessions, we offered the following scenario for attendees to explore during our discussion: “How could you incorporate humour as a leadership trait into your ERG/Network ‘brand’ without minimising the barriers faced by disabled employees?
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