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How can leaders build a self-aware workforce?

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Dr. Reece Akhtar
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May 5, 2025

Self-awareness is an essential skill for the modern workforce. The ability to deeply understand ourselves, and each other, is needed if we are to work through the new challenges and opportunities we face.

As the first in a series of panels discussions where we explore the relationship between self-awareness and talent, we partnered with Shortlist to bring together some of the leading thinkers in leadership, recruitment and culture:

These distinguished speakers dived into answering "how can leaders build a self-aware workforce?". Exploring why self-awareness sits at the heart of organizational performance, leadership and culture, the panel make many thought-provoking and practical recommendations to help leaders build more effective and inclusive enterprises.

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How can leaders build a self-aware workforce?

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Self-awareness is an essential skill for the modern workforce. The ability to deeply understand ourselves, and each other, is needed if we are to work through the new challenges and opportunities we face.

As the first in a series of panels discussions where we explore the relationship between self-awareness and talent, we partnered with Shortlist to bring together some of the leading thinkers in leadership, recruitment and culture:

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How can leaders build a self-aware workforce?

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Dr. Reece Akhtar
Created on
May 5, 2025

Self-awareness is an essential skill for the modern workforce. The ability to deeply understand ourselves, and each other, is needed if we are to work through the new challenges and opportunities we face.

As the first in a series of panels discussions where we explore the relationship between self-awareness and talent, we partnered with Shortlist to bring together some of the leading thinkers in leadership, recruitment and culture:

These distinguished speakers dived into answering "how can leaders build a self-aware workforce?". Exploring why self-awareness sits at the heart of organizational performance, leadership and culture, the panel make many thought-provoking and practical recommendations to help leaders build more effective and inclusive enterprises.

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How can leaders build a self-aware workforce?

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Dr. Reece Akhtar
Created on
May 5, 2025

Self-awareness is an essential skill for the modern workforce. The ability to deeply understand ourselves, and each other, is needed if we are to work through the new challenges and opportunities we face.

As the first in a series of panels discussions where we explore the relationship between self-awareness and talent, we partnered with Shortlist to bring together some of the leading thinkers in leadership, recruitment and culture:

These distinguished speakers dived into answering "how can leaders build a self-aware workforce?". Exploring why self-awareness sits at the heart of organizational performance, leadership and culture, the panel make many thought-provoking and practical recommendations to help leaders build more effective and inclusive enterprises.

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Self-awareness is an essential skill for the modern workforce. The ability to deeply understand ourselves, and each other, is needed if we are to work through the new challenges and opportunities we face.

As the first in a series of panels discussions where we explore the relationship between self-awareness and talent, we partnered with Shortlist to bring together some of the leading thinkers in leadership, recruitment and culture:

These distinguished speakers dived into answering "how can leaders build a self-aware workforce?". Exploring why self-awareness sits at the heart of organizational performance, leadership and culture, the panel make many thought-provoking and practical recommendations to help leaders build more effective and inclusive enterprises.

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When confidence stops helping and starts hurting
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Most companies already have their next generation of leaders. But if you wait to develop them, you risk losing more than talent. You lose momentum. Here’s why acting early changes everything.
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