Megan Reitz

Member Since: 7th Apr 2015
Megan Reitz is Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Hult Ashridge International Business School. John Higgins is a research fellow at Gameshift, a coach and consultant. They are authors of Speak Up: Say what needs to be said and hear what needs to be heard, (Pearson, £14.99).
Client Director Ashridge Business School
12th May 2021
Does a culture of activism scare you or inspire you?
Do you want a culture of ‘ speaking up ’ where people bring ‘their whole selves’ to work? Perhaps this is one of your values or ‘cultural...
Culture
11th Mar 2020
Mastering the art of speaking up: the 'how to' of being heard
The right words in the right place at the right time rarely happen by accident. The deputy chair of a major professional services firm...
Culture
4th Mar 2020
Mastering the art of speaking up: why labels matter
In the workplace, and in life generally, we dole out titles and labels to ourselves and others all the time, to do with gender, race,...
Culture
19th Feb 2020
Mastering the art of speaking up: how to be better understood
Our last two articles outlined the issue of trust – which is needed when people speak up – and also the element of risk that is present for...
Culture
5th Feb 2020
Mastering the art of speaking up: the element of risk
In the first part of this article series, we discussed why trust is an essential part of any conversation. Here, we're going to progress...
Culture
14th Jan 2020
Mastering the art of speaking up: the importance of trust
Every day we make choices about whether to speak up or stay silent and whether to listen up or discount someone’s opinion. These choices...
Culture
11th Oct 2019
How to make it easier for people to speak up
Encouraging people to speak up in organisations is a complex balancing act. Leaders need a sophisticated understanding of the impact power...
Culture
13th Aug 2019
Why senior leaders don’t listen to activist employees
Over the lifetime of most current senior leaders of big organisations, a series of assumptions will have taken root about how the world...
Culture
4th Aug 2017
How leaders are silencing their people
This article was co-authored by Megan Reitz and John Higgins of Ashridge Executive Education. How confident are you that your team are...
Culture
4th Aug 2017
Speaking truth to power: the empowering culture
This is one of the key findings to come out of research from Ashridge Executive Education which looks at the dynamics of ‘speaking truth to...
Culture