How to lead in the new era of employee activism
1,360,659 views | Megan Reitz • TEDxHultLondon
What does it mean to lead in this new age of employee activism? Megan Reitz offers a four-point crash course on what employees want from their organizations and how leaders can rise to the challenge of building proactive and productive workplaces where every voice and perspective has the chance to make a difference.
What does it mean to lead in this new age of employee activism? Megan Reitz offers a four-point crash course on what employees want from their organizations and how leaders can rise to the challenge of building proactive and productive workplaces where every voice and perspective has the chance to make a difference.
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Over the past 20 years, Megan Reitz's research and practice has focused on how we can flourish in our workplaces through the way we speak with, listen to, learn from and care for one another
Megan Reitz and John Higgins | FT Publishing International, 2019 | Book
Speak Up: Say what needs to be said and hear what needs to be heard
What you say or don’t say in a conversation can have life-defining consequences on ourselves and those around us. Speak Up helps you to navigate power differences so you can speak up with confidence and enable others to find their voice in a way that will be heard.
Megan Reitz and John Higgins | MIT Sloan Management Review | Article
"Leading in an age of employee activism"
Employees are demanding that managers engage on topics like climate change and racial equity — and leaders need to be ready to respond. This full article in SMR takes an in-depth and practical look at the leader role and includes written descriptions of and further stories connected with some of the points covered in the TEDx talk.
Brené Brown | Dare to Lead, 2022 | Listen
"Leading in an Age of Employee Activism"
In conversation with Brene, Megan Reitz and John Higgins discuss what it takes to make a difference, to do the internal work and to give leaders the skills to lead with advocacy in the modern workplace.
Megan Reitz, John Higgins and Emma Day-Duro | Hult Research Report, 2021 | Article
"The Dos and Don’ts of Employee Activism: How Organisations Respond to Voices of Difference"
The original research report from Megan Reitz and John Higgins on exploration of employee activism. The report examines the activist as well as the leader experiences and references both quantitative and qualitative data from their research. It offers some ‘dos and don’ts’ to those who wish to influence on social and environmental issues — and to those who are managing employee activists.
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