Steps to Change: A Learning & Development Podcast

Jan 30 2025 27 ep. 32 mins 1
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Steps to Change is a learning and development podcast series that explores how we use our Steps to Change process: See It, Own It, Change It, Live It to inspire people to act differently. Each episode will look at a different learning and development focus area, providing insight into how we partner with clients globally to design and deliver impactful, engaging drama-based learning solutions that support personal development and organizational change.

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Episode 2 | Season 2: What are the headwinds affecting DEI? And what are some strategies to address them?

Jan 30 2025 30 mins  
Send us a textOn this episode of Steps to Change we’re exploring the current headwinds that are challenging DEI efforts and ways to address them. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts have been under a lot of scrutiny lately, from leadership, reduced budgets, a flurry of Executive Orders and more. But that doesn’t mean that DEI is simply going away. On this episode we’re jo

Episode 1 | Season 2: Does DEI need to be rebranded to be successful?

Jan 16 2025 30 mins  
Send us a textOn this episode, we’re exploring the question: Does DEI need to be rebranded to be successful? We’ll talk about the headwinds that are continuing to challenge the industry, globally, and explore why simply ‘rebranding’ DEI may or may not be a solution that’s useful to the overall cause of DEI. Our guest on this episode is Dr. Gillian Shapiro, from Shapiro Co

Episode 25: How might bias show up in recruitment? And what can you do about it?

Aug 20 2024 30 mins  
Send us a textDuring this episode of Steps to Change we’re discussing how bias might show up during the recruitment process. We explore how different types of biases can impact our ability to recruit a diverse pipeline and consider what strategies organizations can take to reduce biases impact in recruitment. On this episode we’re joined by Sarah-Jane Georges a Client Relations

Episode 24: How can do you support your organization during times of change and disruption?

Jul 01 2024 35 mins  
Send us a textDuring this episode of Steps to Change we’re discussing how to support your employees through change and challenging times of disruption. We explore how world events, internal changes, acquisitions, and mergers can all upend employee focus, engagement, and security within the workplace. We then take a deep dive through the Steps to Change model and explore how our i

Episode 23: How does Steps to Change support inclusive programming for the LGBTQIA+ community in the workplace?

Jun 03 2024 33 mins  
Send us a textDuring this episode of Steps to Change we’re discussing our programs that explore challenges faced by members of the LGBTQIA+ community in the workplace. We reflect on how designing content through the lens of the LGBTQIA+ community has had a positive impact for our clients and their employee population and how we helped them achieve change through by using our Step

Episode 22: How do employees maintain resilience?

May 13 2024 31 mins  
Send us a textDuring this episode of Steps to Change we’re discussing how to support an organization’s employees to maintain a healthy amount of resliance. We discuss what might cause an individual to have lower levels of resilience, how to identify when they are running low on resilience, and ways to rebalance resilience within an organization. On this episode we’re joined b

How do organizations establish and maintain a company’s culture? And how can our Steps to Change methodology encourage people to live it?

Apr 10 2024 31 mins  
Send us a textDuring this episode of Steps to Change we’re discussing how organizations establish and maintain their company's culture. We explore why it’s crucial to have a shared understanding of what the values actually mean to make the culture live. And we take a deeper dive into how we use a drama-based learning approach to support individual and collective development of

Episode 20: What challenges have women faced in the workplace historically and today? And how can an experiential learning approach support a more equitable working environment for women?

Mar 04 2024 31 mins  
Send us a textDuring this episode of Steps to Change we’re reflecting on how the working landscape and environment has progressed for women over the past several decades. We’ll spend some time exploring what challenges women have faced, historically, in the workplace, the progress that’s been made to support a more equitable working environment and the challenges still faced

Episode 19: How can you effectively manage across difference? And how can organizations support their population to manage diverse teams?

Feb 05 2024 32 mins  
Send us a textDuring this episode of Steps to Change we’re exploring the challenges managers face when managing diverse teams. We’ll explore the benefit of understanding one’s own personal style of communication, and how to flex that style to truly engage diverse teams. We’ll take a deeper dive into how we use the Steps to Change methodology to help managers and organizatio

Episode 18: What is the Moveable Middle? How can they support an organizations diversity, equity and inclusion goals?

Jan 08 2024 33 mins  
Send us a textDuring this episode of Steps to Change we discuss a term that’s being used more and more recently in the DE&I world: the Moveable Middle. We’ll explore the concept of what is meant by the Moveable Middle and take a deep dive into discussing why galvanizing their involvement in organizational DEI efforts is crucial to reaching long term DEI strategies goals. On