All that we are
English translation of a Danish video highlighting how we are all different yet all have things in common - it depends on what you focus on. Great for introducing equality, diversity, unconscious bias etc.
Introduction to Appreciative Inquiry
This short Introductory Guide is taken from Appreciating Change where you can learn more about this useful technique that is very helpful in a range of scenarios, including coaching, team working. collaboration, negotiation and generally building better working relationships. DOWNLOAD NOW to get a taste of this technique and how it can be used.
Assertiveness Resources
Jon very kindly shared these resources on assertiveness. Taken from a variety of sources, please use them for inspiration for creating your own sessions. Individual Exercise - what would you do in each of these scenarios? Summary of assertiveness techniques - taken from the British Medical Association and the University of London An assertiveness quiz,...
Tame your Advice Monster
A useful video by Michael Bungay Stanier who explains how our urge to save the day may actually be the wrong thing to do. Especially useful for managers who need to take a more coaching approach at work. Help them to see how tackling their need to solve the problem may not help. Instead, tame...
Round Table: "Difficult" Conversations
In just an hour (which wasn't enough time!) Sheridan discusses what might be included in training on 'difficult' conversations with Kris, Bansri, Caroline, Jon and Sherine. Here's the link to the Jamboard where we captured our ideas. And here's a document that you can contribute to. It summarises some of the things we discussed at...
Relationship Strategies
Whether you're covering Stakeholder management, Influencing skills or general relationship building, knowing how to adopt your style and approach will get better results and more quickly. There's a Power Hour session on Leading Different Characters which is a complete and useful bite-session session, and Wendy very kindly shared a workbook and questionnaire that covers similar...
Building Confidence
When developing or coaching people, we often find that it's not that they lack knowledge, skill, or even motivation, but CONFIDENCE. And that can be a really tricky thing to help them to develop. But there ARE things that we can do to help, and that we can share with managers to help them to...
Empathy Mapping
Empathy is the ability to relate to the emotions of others. It's an essential workplace skill. If you can empathise with other people, they'll likely respond in kind, making it easier to cooperate, collaborate and work as a team. Potential customers, peripheral stakeholders, remote workers – sometimes it isn't easy to put yourself in the shoes...
Leadership Styles
There is sooo much information out there regarding different leadership styles, but also different approaches to leadership, it can be difficult to decide what's relevant and what isn't. Here's a lovely summary document, donated by VIP member Wendy Aynster which summarises different styles. DOWNLOAD NOW There's also a short and simple self- analysis QUESTIONNAIRE to...
Project Management Materials
Project Management is a very specialised topic, and generally PRINCE2 specialists are used to train people on it. However, many people do not need that level of training, and understanding the principles is sufficient. In these cases, more generalist L&D practitioners may be asked to design and deliver something. Here are some (quite old) resources...