Develop Your Employees Through Consciousness-Raising Experiences

Today’s best managers know that employees need to: develop their social awareness and interpersonal skills, work more effectively and sensitively with people of various backgrounds and ethnicities, and work more effectively in an ever-changing global environment. One way to help employees do these behaviors is through consciousness-raising activities. These activities raise employee consciousness of themselves, and deepen their understanding and awareness of others. Not all employees may be ready to have their consciousness levels raised as experiences are not what happen to employees, rather, they are what employees do as a result of what happens to them.

Source: Mirvis, P. 2008. Executive development through consciousness-raising experiences. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 7, 173-188.