WORKPLACES

Why explore masculinity at work?

Our current culture of masculinity is not working. Too many men are struggling in silence, and too many women don’t feel valued, equal or even safe at work. What many people don’t realise is that our culture of masculinity plays a significant part in both of these issues.

Imagine a workplace culture of thriving wellbeing where everyone, regardless of gender, age, experience, cultural background feels respected, valued, supported, celebrated and safe. A culture that everyone on your team is excited to be part of.

In many workplaces, men don’t include themselves in diversity, equity, inclusion and wellbeing initiatives. Toxic Masculinity is often mentioned as a problem to overcome, but seldom are there opportunities to consider healthier, more positive ways that men can contribute to a thriving culture of wellebing and respect.

‘Healthy Masculinities at Work’ - Keynote Presentation

Never before have we been so ready for conversations about manhood, but despite this groundswell of enthusiasm, we still lack places where we all feel safe enough to explore these topics with the type of real openness and honesty that leads to tangible change. 

‘Healthy Masculinities at Work’ is an opportunity for your team to learn how masculinity shapes mens’ behaviour and wellbeing; how it plays out within your organisation; why it is so difficult to change; some key guideposts for building a healthy culture at work; and how we can all (from senior leaders down to new staff) contribute to a healthy culture where men are happy and healthy and women feel respected and celebrated.

This is an enlightening, engaging and inspiring 60-90 minute presentation for everyone on your team (regardless of gender) so that we can all be on the same page in being part of the solution. The content is flexible and is adapted to your organisation’s values and needs so that it inspires your team to take action immediately.

‘Leading Together’ - Impact Program

This 8 week course for a key group of leaders (or your entire team) outlines a framework for developing the human centred leadership skills that drive that a stronger culture and a highly collaborative team.

It provides a safe and engaging environment for honest conversations on wellbeing, respect, accountability and healthy masculinity and enables participants to continue those conversations throughout your workplace.

Over 8 x 2 hour workshops with mentoring support, we explore:

• Masculinity & Belonging. How our culture influences men’s wellbeing and behaviour. ‘Lone wolf syndrome’ as the linchpin of men’s challenges and supportive, accountable human connection as the primary solution.

• Cultural intelligence. Flipping the script on DEI so that men feel empowered to be the solution. Demystifying privilege and leveraging power.

• Collaborative Leadership Styles. Exploring inclusion and collaboration as essential tools for navigating complex problems. Unpacking gender’s influence on our habitual leadership styles and considering our next steps to become more collaborative leaders.

• Better conversations with Blokes. 4 simple steps for better 1:1s. Building skills to carve out space for more generative conversations, to be better listeners, and to speak with professional honesty. Getting better at asking RUOK?

• Emotional professionalism. A safer way to communicate emotions at work. Tools for building emotional awareness and vocabulary with team members of all genders.

• The FERVA coaching model. Exploring the coach’s mindset and introducing a simple model for guiding powerful conversations with colleagues on their challenges, or supporting them to repeat successes.

• Speaking up for others. Using empathy maps to move from ‘calling out toxic behaviour’ to ‘calling in diverse humans’. Preventing conflict, and relationship repair and recovery.

• Sustainable impact. A shared vision for success, personal commitments to action and supportive accountability.