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Month: January 2025

Feedback for our inappropriate behaviour and banter video

This week we received feedback on our inappropriate behaviour and banter video.  Delegates watched the video as part of a management development programme. You can view it on our YouTube channel I’m delighted with the feedback they gave us, because it demonstrates that a video resource can bring these difficult issues to life. As with […]

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Bias & Stereotyping in Performance Reviews

Are your managers still using bias and stereotyping in performance reviews? Unfortunately, according to the latest research by Textio, labels such as ’emotional’ and ‘unlikeable’ regularly appear in these conversations. An important skill all managers need to develop is the ability to provide specific, relevant, actionable feedback on the performance of each of their team members. […]

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Gill’s getting the Resound message out on podcasts

Over the past 12 months Gill has been a guest on numerous HR/Leadership/Workplace culture podcasts. She has been getting the Resound message out to a wider audience, talking about the power of actor-led training, forum theatre and role-play. Gill has been describing how the Resound team support managers and leaders have more effective conversations, address […]

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“I really, really dislike role-play”

The quote about disliking role-play is from a comment left on one of my LinkedIn posts this week. I put up a poll asking how people feel when asked to role-play. See below for the screenshot of the poll results so far. Screenshot of LinkedIn Poll about role-play The voting on the poll shows a […]

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