Thankful Friday

Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending the day with colleagues at Cargill, delivering two sessions on Creating Respectful Workplace Cultures.

And this Thankful Friday, I’m feeling particularly grateful for the people who made the day such a positive experience.

One of the things I love about facilitating this kind of work is that no two sessions are ever the same. We can have a carefully planned slide deck and activities ready to go, but sometimes we need to be completely organic — listening to what is happening in the room, responding to what feels most relevant to participants and allowing the conversations that matter to develop.

Yesterday was a great example of that.

I thoroughly enjoyed both sessions and really appreciated the genuine interest, openness and willingness of colleagues to contribute as we explored respect, workplace behaviours, psychological safety and the part we can all play in creating cultures where people feel valued, included and able to speak up.

A huge thank you to Emma, Siân and Philip for coordinating everything, and a particularly big thank you to Siân, who looked after me brilliantly throughout the day and made sure everything ran smoothly.

And I have to give a special mention to the lovely receptionist who gave me the warmest welcome when I arrived and then, at the end of the day, went out of her way to help me work out how to get back to Lincoln.

It might seem like a small thing, but those moments of warmth, kindness and looking out for someone matter. In fact, they’re a pretty good demonstration of exactly what we’d been talking about all day — workplace culture is created through the everyday behaviours and interactions we have with one another.

So, on this Thankful Friday, thank you to everyone at Cargill who contributed to such an engaging, welcoming and positive day.

I have a feeling the conversation won’t end here…

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