The View from Both Sides: The Fall and Rise of Respect

Knowing Self-Aware Leadership

Hello KSKOers

Respect is one of my core values and disrespect really gets my goat. I’ll share with you some reflections from working on both sides of the respect divide and about how you can generate kinder, more respectful and creative working relationships. Join me as I reflect on my 25 years in the world of work and share my musings on the meaning of respect.

Looking forward to joining you on your learning journey!

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Disrespect is often in the tone of voice someone uses, the intonation of their words, the language they speak, and their body language. Disrespect can be subtle and fierce. It can be polite and rude. It can be in front of you and behind you. There are all sorts of ways people convey that they think of you as less than. It can be many things, but without a shadow of a doubt, it is unkind and unwelcome.

How It Was

For 23 years I worked in the public sector in Wales and England - in the NHS, local government and civil service. For the first 20 of those years, public sector organisations held the professional high ground. They were the only bodies that could do what they did, to the high standard which they did it. They were the most capable in their field. They were intellectually superior, procedurally more robust, and effectively elite. Well, that was the culture in which we were all brought up, anyway. That was the way it was, until the money started to run out…