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Jackie Handy is a workforce culture specialist with over 20 years of professional experience in executive recruitment, leadership development, and inclusion best practices.
Jackie Handy’s mission is straightforward: to ensure that people feel safe, valued, and understood in the workplace.
Since delivering her 2018 TEDx talk, “The Exclusive Nature of Inclusion,” Jackie has been sharing her personal story of exclusion and collaborating with organisations across various sectors to foster more inclusive work environments.
In 2023, as a way to cope with her mother’s progressing dementia, Jackie embarked on her first Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile pilgrimage through northwest Spain. The profound lessons she gained from this journey, combined with her professional insights, culminated in the creation of the “A-Frame Concept.” This comprehensive methodology is designed to enhance team dynamics, boost inclusion and belonging, and create a happier, more engaged workforce.
The concept includes the “Pilgrim Principles,” which outline steps to cultivate an environment that promotes greater team cohesion, improved morale, and heightened performance. Additionally, the “DASH Method” offers a robust framework for facilitating effective and inclusive conversations.
As an award-winning keynote speaker and panellist, Jackie Handy has addressed global audiences and partnered with organisations across diverse sectors, both in-person and virtually. Her presentations ignite imagination and inspire action, equipping audiences with the tools for sustainable cultural transformation in the modern workplace.
Jackie leverages the latest research on leadership, engagement, and belonging to address gaps in traditional methods that may be hindering organisations in terms of revenue and productivity. The need for authentic workforce connection has never been more pressing, with research indicating that we are becoming increasingly disconnected. Alarmingly, fewer than 1 in 5 people globally are actively engaged in their work. It’s time for change.
Communication skills are consistently rated as the most important ‘soft skill’ required for leaders in the workplace. The ability to facilitate powerful conversations with your team members results in sustainable return on investment. If you can engage your teams, you improve wellbeing, inclusion and performance.
With fewer than 20% or workers globally feeling actively engaged in their work, the modern workplace needs valuable conversations more than ever to help combat burnout, increase productivity and strengthen team cohesion.
The need to feel valued in the workplace matters. Not only is there a moral case, but if workers feel like they belong, companies reap substantial bottom-line benefits. Research by the Harvard Business Review showed that belonging was linked to a whopping 56% increase in job performance, a 50% drop in turnover risk, and a 75% reduction in sick days.
Yet, as many as 36% of people feel isolated and undervalued at work. Diversity and inclusion work is crucial, yet organisations struggle to understand what can be done to create welcoming workplace environments where everyone can thrive.
Jackie bought passion, energy, humour, real life stories and huge impact at our recent conference. We wanted a speaker who could support us in reshaping our peoples thinking on being the best leader they can be and boy Jackie did an awesome job. So much positivity and great feedback has come in and energy levels feel high.”
Jackie was great at being personable, however also able to bring things to life with her knowledge and style, ensuring that everyone was involved and no one felt out of their depth.”
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