Online|Speaker Events
Leading with Empathy: Prioritising Employee Wellbeing to Reimagine the Future of Work
In this session we will explore the importance of incorporating empathy into leadership practices and strategies to enhance employee wellbeing.
How Business Psychology Drives Neurodiversity Inclusion at Work
Speaker: Ashley Ableson, Business Psychologist, Neurodiversity Advocate, Workplace Inclusion Expert Ashley, a Certified Business Psychologist with a strong background in mental health, workplace inclusivity, and organisational awareness. Currently, she serves as the lead for both workplace needs assessments and training programs within Neurodiversity Service. As a passionate advocate for neurodiversity, Ashley works closely with organisations,…
Book Club: Leading the way: helping others to navigate the seas of change.
Summary: Change is a constant and it’s at the centre of all our lives. It’s also at the heart of our work: enabling organisations and individuals to be more effective and to improve working life. As a psychologist Charlotte thought the topic was so important that she dedicated two years of research to discover why…
What line managers can do to help people stay in and thrive at work: Research examining the line manager’s role
Date: 8th March 2024 at 12.30pm (online event) Speakers: Dr Jo Yarker, Managing Partner of Affinity Health at Work Professor Karina Nielsen, Professor of Work Psychology at the University of Sheffield Title: What line managers can do to help people stay in and thrive at work: Research examining the line manager’s role Summary: The number of workers taking sick…
Organisational Interventions to Support Healthcare Worker Wellbeing
Title: Organisational Interventions to Support Healthcare Worker Wellbeing Summary: The challenging working environments in the healthcare sector has been linked to the impairment of healthcare workers’ health and wellbeing. This necessitates a more holistic approach in supporting healthcare working, moving beyond only supporting the individual worker towards mitigating the demands and building up resources within the…
Hybrid Working and the Future Workplace
Summary: COVID-19 changed where we work. Hybrid working (working from multiple workspaces e.g., office, client sites, home, third spaces) has become mainstream. This work arrangement is preferred by office-based employees in the UK and across the EU (e.g., Davis et al., 2022; Eurostat, 2022). In this session Matthew discusses the knowledge gap that this shift…
How to write an outstanding ABP Award entry
Speaker: Clodagh O'Reilly, Chair of the ABP and Certified Principal Business Psychologist Summary: Deserving an ABP Award and winning an ABP Award are not necessarily the same thing. Standing between you and an award you might richly deserve is the all-important written submission. Composing a winning award entry is more than just adding some…
How organisations, allies, and leaders can support senior women when ‘think manager think male’ still exists: Research examining women leaders’ experiences
Speaker: Laura Howard, Founder and Psychologist at The Contented Workplace Company and Associate Tutor at Birkbeck College, University of London. Summary: The number of women in top positions is not increasing quickly enough to swiftly address gender parity. One possible reason is that ‘think manager think male’ remains prevalent. Women, therefore, face a double…
ABP Awards Finalist case study: Business Psychology for Globally Mobile Professionals: A Qualitative Research Study for ‘Peace of Mind on the Move’.
Speaker: Heather De Cruz-Cornaire, Business/Coaching Psychologist, CafeCoach In the field of moving talent globally, how can Global Mobility (GM) Managers ensure that internationally mobile employees and their families move with ‘Peace of Mind’, and how can the workforce trends ‘at scale’ from leading industry experts guide us? This project was commissioned in the US by a…
ABP Awards Finalist Case Study: Advances in Reducing Algorithmic Bias in Hiring
Speaker: Tom Cornell, Senior Organisational Psychology Consultant, HireVue Summary: HireVue undertook pioneering research to develop and implement a new approach to reducing bias in pre-employment testing, focusing on AI-scored interviews. Multipenalty optimization is a new technique that is demonstrated to be more effective than current methods at mitigating bias whilst maintaining assessment accuracy, producing both…