20.08.2025

His emails are aggressive. You can't hide behind "He's just like that".

His emails are aggressive. You can't hide…

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His emails are aggressive.
You can't hide behind "He's just like that".

Some are brief, to the point, don't make small talk.

Some ask about your day, tell you about theirs, want to talk more.

Others belittle, humiliate and care little about the recipients feelings.

And when the employee complains ...

Your leadership tells them "he's just like that, he means no harm".

But when they complain about HER emails being too blunt - it's a TEAMs invitation to discuss further.

Top level leadership have the responsibility to ensure fair processes for all.

Even with gender diverse and equitable policies leaders get it wrong - their behaviours show gender bias.

Then she lodges a grievance.

She's told not to be sensitive and not to compare herself to the other blunt MALE manager.

It becomes a case brought to the Tribunal.

See,

Gender bias doesn't live in policies.

It lives in us.

It hides in plain sight.

You only have to look and you'll find it.

That's what we do.

We create and execute gender equity focussed HR processes to spot these signs before they become a court case.

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👋🏽 𝗛𝗶, 𝗜’𝗺 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗥 𝗛𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁.
𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗥 “𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀” 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁.
𝗪𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗥 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴.

𝗠𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 - 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲.

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