How can leaders build a self-aware workforce?

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Dr. Reece Akhtar

Created on

May 5, 2025

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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:

‍Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Chief Talent Scientist at ManpowerGroup & Co-Founder of Deeper Signals.
‍Blair Miller, Founder of NextWork.
‍Lakshmi Rengarajan, Workplace Connection speaker & former Director at WeWork.
‍Paul Breloff, CEO of Shortlist.

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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:

‍Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Chief Talent Scientist at ManpowerGroup & Co-Founder of Deeper Signals.
‍Blair Miller, Founder of NextWork.
‍Lakshmi Rengarajan, Workplace Connection speaker & former Director at WeWork.
‍Paul Breloff, CEO of Shortlist.

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How can leaders build a self-aware workforce?

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Dr. Reece Akhtar

Created on

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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:

‍Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Chief Talent Scientist at ManpowerGroup & Co-Founder of Deeper Signals.
‍Blair Miller, Founder of NextWork.
‍Lakshmi Rengarajan, Workplace Connection speaker & former Director at WeWork.
‍Paul Breloff, CEO of Shortlist.

‍

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:

‍Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Chief Talent Scientist at ManpowerGroup & Co-Founder of Deeper Signals.
‍Blair Miller, Founder of NextWork.
‍Lakshmi Rengarajan, Workplace Connection speaker & former Director at WeWork.
‍Paul Breloff, CEO of Shortlist.

‍

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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:

‍Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Chief Talent Scientist at ManpowerGroup & Co-Founder of Deeper Signals.
‍Blair Miller, Founder of NextWork.
‍Lakshmi Rengarajan, Workplace Connection speaker & former Director at WeWork.
‍Paul Breloff, CEO of Shortlist.

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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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