How can leaders build a self-aware workforce?

Author

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.
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‍Paul Breloff, CEO of Shortlist.

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How can leaders build a self-aware workforce?

Author

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.

‍

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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Dr. Reece Akhtar

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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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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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This guide explains how HR can measure thinking patterns using personality and cognitive assessments, visualize diversity at the team level, and turn differences into a measurable performance advantage.

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Fairness in talent assessment is not a claim. It is a design choice. This article explains how modern, AI-driven assessment platforms reduce bias through structured measurement, psychometric validation, transparent scoring, and ongoing monitoring.

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Cognitively diverse teams solve problems better and adapt faster. Learn how to design balanced teams using structured hiring, inclusive leadership, and scientific talent insights.

How can organizations personalize development journeys using psychometrics?

One-size-fits-all development doesn’t work anymore. See how psychometric insights help organizations personalize learning in ways that are ethical, scalable, and effective.

Guide: How can organizations quickly identify leadership strengths with short-form assessments

Leadership assessment has changed. Learn how Deeper Signals measures the personality, values, and behaviors that predict real leadership effectiveness—and how modern, short-form assessments support fair, scalable leadership development.

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