Susan's Blog and PwC’s Unique People Experience Initiative

Q1. What aspects of active listening are suggested in Susan's blog and the UPE initiative? Active listening requires the listener to understand, interpret, and evaluate what he or she heard. The ability to listen actively can improve personal relationships through reducing conflicts, strengthening cooperation and fostering understanding. In Susan’s blog, same concepts are applied setting up a satellite women’s network, running a large number of internal events, some targeting to skills development, some informative and some purely on social. UPE initiative is a philosophical approach to developing talent, instead of treating everyone the same, the firm has customized its approach to fit the diversity of its people and create a culture.

Q2. What aspects of constructive feedback are suggested in Susan's blog and the UPE initiative?
Constructive criticism means starting from a different position. Your criticism should be factual, impersonal and timely. The value of changing their behavior must also be clear. In Susan’s blog, the first component of UPE understands those different needs, by assigning a partner/leader who is charged with getting to know him or her professionally and personally, including those aspects such as race, gender, and work-life issues that can affect experiences with the firm.
Q3.What aspects of supporting appropriated self-disclosure are suggested in Susan's blog and the UPE initiative?
Self-disclosure is defined as sharing how you are reacting to a particular situation or person in the present moment of time. Self-disclosure here is such aspects such as race, gender, and work-life issues that an affect experiences with the firm. And conversations such as diversity leadership conferences and through a PwC are networking circles for diverse groups.
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