Jessica Chivers (who due to a technical hitch sounded like she was in a goldfish bowl throughout) was in conversation with Mike Grey, Head of University Partnerships at Grad Consult. Mike talked about his BRILLIANT BOSS and founder of Grad Consult, Rebecca Fielding. Grad Consult has worked with 50% of UK universities and helps students with employability skills. We chatted about the generosity Rebecca showed towards him when he took shared parental leave; psychological safety at work; flexing your style as a leader; how and Rebecca encourages divergent views and the consultancy’s approach to ‘radical honesty’.
The three ‘brilliant boss’ behaviours Mike chose are:
The most regrettable line manager behaviour Mike chose (not from Rebecca) was lack of backbone - not being prepared to stand up for staff even though they have done nothing wrong.
The one people manager Mike would like to be common practice is radical honesty.
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