Embracing Equity – 4 Training Courses to help support women in the workplace
Each year, International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated globally on March 8th. It celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, as well as being a call to action for accelerating gender parity. The theme for IWD 2023 is #EmbraceEquity and aims to start conversations around why equal opportunities are no longer enough […]
Ask the Expert – What to expect from Psychological Safety training
Digital Bricks Learning Trainer, Denise Millan, explores the topic of Psychological Safety and tells us why she enjoys teaching the course. She outlines what the training covers and how it helps organisations to embed techniques to build a working environment which supports greater innovation, inclusion and employee wellbeing. What is Psychological Safety? When I first […]
Actionable Ways to Build a Workplace Learning Culture
It is said that the ability to learn faster than competitors is the only sustainable advantage you have. If you want to build a powerful organisation, you need a solid foundation for learning and growth. For any organisation, prioritising a strong culture of learning across the entire team is a critical part of ensuring success […]
Building Resilience in a Changing World
When things don’t go to plan, do you tend to bounce back or fall apart? Resilience, defined as the psychological capacity to adapt to stressful circumstances and to bounceback from adverse events, is a highly sought-after skill in today’s world. With everything that we havefaced over recent times – including the pandemic, economic challenges, increased […]
Communicating with Confidence: 6 skills for effective communication
“Communication – the human connection – is the key to personal and career success.”Paul J. Meyer Being able to communicate effectively is one of the most important life skills and helps us in all aspects of both our professional and personal lives. It allows us to share ideas, information, facts, opinions and feelings, and interact […]
Anti-Bullying Week – Reaching out and speaking up about workplace bullying
Anti-Bullying Week 2022 takes place from 14 to 18 November. This year’s ‘Reach Out’ theme empowers us all to do something positive to counter the harm and hurt that bullying causes. While the focus of Anti-Bullying week is heavily on children, it’s a timely reminder that bullying isn’t just something that happens in childhood or in schools, but […]
World Menopause Day – Continuing the conversation
World Menopause Day is held every year on October 18th. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving the health and wellbeing of women in mid-life and beyond. This year’s theme is ‘Cognition and Mood’. A growing number of women who come to our […]
Mental Health First Response™ – Supporting ourselves and each other
October 10th is World Mental Health Day, an annual initiative recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of attending to the mental health and wellbeing of yourself and others. The theme this year, as set by the World Federation for Mental Health, is ‘Make mental health […]
Welcome to 2022!
January is typically the time of year when we look back at the year just gone and enthusiastically make plans for the forthcoming year. I have been reflecting on 2021 and what a year it was! It certainly was not what many of us had hoped for. Unfortunately, our expectations of it being a better […]
World Menopause Day: supporting women in the workplace
Menopause is a diversity issue. Companies lose women at senior levels if they don’t have menopause support built into their policy. Every year on October 18th, World Menopause Day is observed. The goal of the day is to increase awareness of the menopause and the resources available to help women improve their health and wellbeing. […]