News & Views

December 29, 2017

The Glass Lift:  Changing the face of leadership

We are looking for Occupational and Business Psychologists.

The Glass Lift is working to raise awareness of the value Occupational and Business Psychologists bring to the World of work. Qualified to Masters level, we have a deep understanding of how to increase organisational performance through people. At The Glass Lift our knowledge of psychological theory and research, plus evidence based practice means we are able to target interventions that develop leadership capability at all levels. We are now seeking Associates to work with us at The Glass Lift on a range of leadership projects throughout the UK and would like to hear from you if you are an experienced Occupational or Business Psychologist.  1. Are you curious, open minded and not afraid to take a risk, also keen to work in partnership with other psychologists to deliver high quality interventions? 2. Do you have proven experience in the design and delivery of innovative leadership development and assessment for leadership projects? 3. We are specialists in inclusive leadership…

August 14, 2017

Gender pay gap reporting: Perspectives from the public sector

Join Gapsquare for an interactive webinar on 19th September

From 2017, any organisation that has 250 or more employees must publish and report specific figures about their gender pay gap. The gender pay gap is the difference between the average earnings of men and women, expressed relative to men’s earnings. For example, ‘women earn 15% less than men per hour’. This webinar from Gap Square been designed for public sector managers responsible for gender pay gap reporting and those interested in using payroll and HR insights to build inclusive and dynamic teams.  With only 6 months  to the deadline for reporting, it will give an opportunity to share trends on gender pay gap reporting, discuss challenges, and best ways to utilise the data for reporting. The webinar includes the following topics: Data trends we are seeing in the public sector and how data can help plan actions to narrow the gap; Challenges interpreting legal requirements, specifically in relation to…

July 21, 2017

Views from The Glass Lift: Intersectionality

Increasing equality at work is tough and new challenges seem to emerge along the way, these are the unintended consequences of change. For example, I’ve noticed that the words ‘equality’, ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’, which are now part of organisational parlance, are being used interchangeably. Each word seems to be losing its meaning and this is important, because we risk obscuring our aim. So, if we can’t get the basics right what chance do we have when we introduce more jargon, such as ‘intersectionality’: Intersectionality is a term used to describe overlapping or intersecting social identities and related systems of oppression, domination or discrimination. The idea that multiple identities intersect to create a whole identity that is different from the component identities.” An example is black feminism, which argues that the experience of being a black woman cannot be understood in terms of being black, and of being a woman, but…