This innovative one day workshop is run by Linguistic Profiling for Professionals (LiPP), a dedicated research consultancy based in the Centre of Research in Applied Linguistics in the School of English, UoN.
The way that we communicate with one another at work encodes a great deal of information about our professional identities, including our gender. Our Linguistic Profiling approach enables leaders and aspiring leaders to critically assess the role that gender plays in terms of career progression, workplace performance and job satisfaction. Directly aligned with the most recent legal developments in equality and diversity legislation, workshop participants will be able to recognise the crucial role that language plays in maintaining gender stereotypes and creating barriers that affect how individuals and groups are evaluated and judged at work.
By raising awareness of the communicative styles that workshop participants use in a variety of contexts, we pinpoint the communication norms of their individual workplace cultures. We provide a set of practical linguistic toolkits, designed to enhance everyday leadership communication, in both face-to-face and digital settings. The day will also include a session run in collaboration with the LiPP acting team led by Dr. Sarah Grandage, a professionally trained actor, which brings real-life workplace research data stereotyping effectively and the long-term benefits of maximising diversity within workplace teams.
Workshop Facilitators
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Portfolio is led by Professor Louise Mullany, Professor of Sociolinguistics in the School of English and Director and Founder of Linguistic Profiling for Professionals. She has researched the sociolinguistics of gender and diversity in the workplace for 20 years. She has extensive experience teaching and researching in this area and has published widely with a range of international publishing houses. She has delivered her work globally in countries including Canada, China, New Zealand, Spain, Poland, Argentina and Brazil.
Professor Mullany will be joined by colleagues Dr Dimitra Vladimirou, a research specialist and consultant in language, gender and online communication and Dr Sarah Grandage, a professional actor and Lecturer in Drama and Performance.
About Linguistic Profiling for Professionals
Led by Professor Louise Mullany, our dedicated team has over 20 years' experience in indusry and academia, bringing innovation, change and sustainability to modern workplaces. We offer research-based consultancy, workshops, global online programmes (ranging from CPD courses to MA degrees) and eye-tracking.