Behaviours, people and perspectives can all be subjective. We don’t always have the answers, but here are a few thought provoking videos to start a conversation around behaviours and change.
Secret Santa – What Would You Do?
Take a look at this conversation between some colleagues discussing Secret Santa gifts they’ve seen over the years – what would you do if you were part of this conversation? Are there behaviours here that you’d challenge?
What’s your experience of hybrid working? Katy’s Story
How do we maintain a good work life balance when hybrid working? We follow a day in the life of Katy, to see what an ‘at home’ day looks like for her.
What are your top tips for being inclusive in the hybrid world?
With working life going hybrid, it’s important to keep a focus on being inclusive. We asked some of our clients for their top tips on being inclusive in the hybrid world – here’s what they said.
How can we challenge non-inclusive attitudes around hybrid working?
As organisations move to a hybrid model, it’s easy for non-inclusive attitudes to emerge. But how to do you challenge them? Watch this short scenario and ask yourself – what would you do?
How do you prevent in and out groups in the hybrid world?
How does it feel to be in the out group? With hybrid working, it’s easier than ever for In and Out groups to form – so how can we make sure everyone is included in the hybrid world?
How is hybrid working for you?
What has hybrid been like for you? What have been the challenges and benefits? What effect does it have on inclusion? We asked Steps colleagues from across the business for their thoughts…
What does hybrid working mean for employee inclusion?
Does working from home mean out of office? What is the impact of hybrid working on employee inclusion? Watch this short scene and ask – what would you do in this situation?
What is different about inclusion in the hybrid world?
As the many organisations move into a hybrid model of working, what us the effect on inclusivity in the workplace? What are the biggest differences? We asked our clients for their thoughts.
The New Normal
Turns out ‘the new normal’ has its problems! We all need something to smile at in these challenging and confusing times so we put our thinking caps on to create a little something to give you a laugh – all produced remotely from our desks in various lockdowns across the globe!
Tech Issues? Or Something More? – What Would You Do?
Just Tech Issues? Or Something More? We showed a short clip to members of the public to gather their thoughts on workplace mental health
Demanding Email? Or something more? – What would you do?
Demanding email? or something more? What would you do? We showed a clip to members of the public to gather their thoughts around workplace mental health.
One Bad Message? Or Something More? – What Would You Do?
One Bad Message? Or Something More? We showed a short clip to members of the public to gather their thoughts on workplace mental health.
Bad Morning? Or something more? – What would you do?
Bad Morning? Or something more? What would you do? We showed a short clip to members of the public to gather their thoughts around workplace mental health.
Where would you draw the line?
If you overheard a colleague saying this, where would you draw the line? In office party season we all know how things can easily slip from ‘friendly and professional’ into ‘too friendly and inappropriate’.
Establishing the right culture in your organisation (both in the office and offsite) is crucial so that people can make on the spot judgements and that they feel able to challenge where necessary.
Everyday Ethics – Having an Affair
In the latest of our series of videos asking members of the public what they’d do in everyday ethical situations, we ask: “There are rumours in the office that two married colleagues are having an affair, and at the weekend you see them together at a restaurant looking intimate – do you speak up, or don’t speak up?
Everyday Ethics – Tempers and Tears
In the latest of our series of videos asking members of the public what they’d do in everyday ethical situations, we ask: “A senior manager loses their temper with a junior member of staff and gives them a public dressing down in the office, resulting in the junior staff member leaving in tears – do you speak up, or don’t speak up?”
Everyday Ethics – Senior Manager Expenses
In the latest of our series of videos asking members of the public what they’d do in everyday ethical situations, we ask: “You work in the accounts department and are processing some expenses for a Senior Manager which includes some items you suspect to be personal – do you speak up, or don’t speak up?”
Everyday Ethics – Overheard on a train
In the latest of our series of videos asking members of the public what they’d do in everyday ethical situations, we ask: “You’re on the train home and you overhear someone from your organisation talking to a non-employee about a client, with lots of other people in earshot – do you speak up, or don’t speak up?”
Everyday Ethics – Facilities
In the latest of our series of videos asking members of the public what they’d do in everyday ethical situations, we ask: “You’re working late one night and hear a colleague being rude to one of the facilities staff – do you speak up, or don’t speak up?”
Everyday Ethics – Personal Expenses
In the latest of our series of videos asking members of the public what they’d do in everyday ethical situations, we ask: “You’re out to lunch with a colleague and some personal friends, and your colleague picks up the bill – and you later find out they’ve expensed it: do you speak up, or don’t speak up?”
Everyday Ethics – Procurement
In the latest of our series of videos asking members of the public what they’d do in everyday ethical situations, we ask: “You work in procurement, and a decision making meeting with a senior manager is cancelled, and you later find out the contract was awarded to a company they are involved in – do you speak up, or don’t speak up?”
Everyday Ethics – Jokes on a document
In the latest of our series of videos asking members of the public what they’d do in everyday ethical situations, we ask: “You find a document on the printer that feature some derogatory jokes made by a team member via email: do you speak up, or don’t speak up?”
Everyday Ethics – Homophobic Comments
In the latest of our series of videos asking members of the public what they’d do in everyday ethical situations, we ask: “You’re working on a project team and you become aware of some homophobic comments being made by some members of the team behind another team member’s back. Do you speak up, or don’t speak up?”
Digital and Virtual Learning – The Steps Story
What do you do when you’re a learning and development organisation that thrives on engaging, interactive, face-to-face sessions, and the world changes overnight? Mark shares the story of Steps in the past year when conducting digital and virtual learning.
What Are Participants Saying About Steps Virtual Sessions?
So what do the participants think of Steps Virtual Sessions? Over the past few months, we’ve asked them of their thoughts at the end of programmes – here’s what they said about our virtual workshops.
Talking Steps Virtual Skills Practice
Facilitator and Coach Sian talks to Project & Design Partner Pierre about Steps Virtual Skills Practice, the switch to virtual deliveries and her experiences over the past year (Audio only).
What Are Steps Skills Practice Sessions?
What are Steps Skills Practice sessions? Project & Design Partner Pierre takes us through a Steps Skills Practice session, how they work and the benefits they bring.
What Does Steps Digital Learning Look Like?
What does Steps Digital Learning look like? Project & Design Partner Charlotte talks us through Steps’ Digital Learning, and how it can support the learning and change programmes in your organisation.
Steps’ Virtual Learning Studio
Introducing Steps’ Virtual Studio! Building on our experiences of virtual learning over the last 6 months, we’ve taken Zoom to another level. Streaming interactive sessions which look and feel more like our in-person sessions from our riverside office in London.
Steps’ Virtual Workshops – Evaluation Data
Steps Virtual Workshops are achieving tangible results – and our evaluation data backs this up. We’ve collected data from participants on our virtual sessions over the past months, in a combination of polls and written feedback – and we’re delighted to share their thoughts.
How Does a Steps Virtual Workshop Work?
In the new world, we’ve been working hard to adapt our experiential approach to a virtual setting – so how does it work? Watch a quick 3 minute run through of some of the sessions we’ve run over recent weeks.
Making Mental Health Awareness Everyone’s Business – NYC
In February 2020 (before social-distancing guidance), we held an open event in New York City – ‘Making Workplace Mental Health’s Everyone’s Business‘. Mental Health Awareness has always been a subject we’re passionate about it – and drama is a unique tool of bringing it to life and helping people feel the confidence to have a conversation.
Mental Health Awareness UK
See what happened at Making Workplace Mental Health Everyone’s Business – UK on Wednesday 2nd October 2019.