Menopause: The Ultimate Taboo
Menopause. It’s the ultimate taboo. Nobody talks about it. Nobody understands it. Defence needs to break the stigma. There are over 16,130 females serving in...
Tag : leadership
IWD21 Podcast with Sam des Forges, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, MoD
Sam des Forges the newly appointed Director D&I for the MoD spoke to the Wavell Room about what the role entails, her thoughts on leadership,...
International Women’s Day 2021 – Wavell Room #choosetochallenge
International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 seeks to inculcate a global challenge culture and raise awareness of the problems that still exist for women. In Defence,...
#WavellReviews “The Leadership Book” by Neil Jurd
Jurd treats you like an intelligent adult. He avoids jargon, and the book is incisive, with no padding. This makes it both a short and...
Culture Eats Strategy: Personal Incentives Set the Menu
“Ideally all this should work beautifully and harmoniously…[E]verything is planned and anticipated in advance, there is simply no way for shortage to occur…[T]his isn’t the...
A culture of apathy and dishonesty within the British Army
I write this opinion piece from a position of fortune – I am lucky to be in a job where I work with, and lead, circa...
Leaders Need More Vertical Training
The British military would benefit from a fresh transformational approach to leadership development. A step-change in the development of leaders can be achieved through the...
Forming Square: Bullying and the MOD
This week was Anti-Bullying Week, organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance to raise awareness of bullying between children and young people. However, it was the issue of workplace...
Company Command – Tea, Toast and Tactics with Ash
Grab a cup of tea, pop some toast on and get ready to get talk tactics with us. We know you love reading about strategy,...
Podcast with Brigadier Sara Sharkey (Head Application Services and DevOps at Defence Digital)
On 25 September 2020, the Wavell Room interviewed Brigadier Sara Sharkey (Head Application Services and DevOps at Defence Digital) who talked to us about her...