Alone in a room?
You don’t have to be alone
Do you sometimes feel like you are working alone in a room?
Of course there’s every chance that you are actually working alone in a room, still at home. Stupid pandemic.
But what I’m talking about is feeling like you are out there doing the work and maybe no one is listening or caring. Maybe you don’t know the impact you are making. Or maybe you think your role was one thing, and then you find out (like I did last week), your role is perceived is very differently.
Working in Diversity & Inclusion is like that more often than I would like. That’s why creating The Culture Ministry was important to me. So we don’t all feel alone in a room (even if we are alone in a room). It’s also why it’s important as a community to support each other and contribute to industry knowledge.
It’s why I launched The APAC Diversity & Inclusion Salary Survey. Not only is it important to understand “am I being paid enough?” or “what is my value in the market?” The insights from the survey will help you understand:
Do I have budget to do the work we need to do?
What are other organisations doing that is making a difference?
How important is leadership support?
What team size should I have to be effective?
Am I being left behind?
The survey is live now, powered by Volt International. We can’t wait for your contribution.
Lisa xx
Other ways to feel like you aren’t alone in a room
I love Adam Grant so much. I love his thinking, his humour and his humility. He is hosting the all online Wharton People Analytics Future of Work Conference. Other great speakers include Carol Dwek, and Angela Duckworth. The only trick is you will need to be up in the middle of the night to attend if you are in APAC. Sigh.
The Growth Faculty have a suite of free online events for International Women’s Day this year, in APAC friendly timezones. I’m really looking to hearing from Kemi Nekvapil. She is fab AND fierce.
Actually women are alone in the room in this one. Sorry. As we approach International Women’s Day we are so far from equality in board positions in the region, with women holding 3.9% of positions in Singapore, 3.4% in Malaysia, 3.6% in Thailand and the Philippines with 3.8%, according to Deloitte. But surely a commemorative day will fix that…won’t it?