Category: Team Development
5 ways to focus on the work that matters.
- Created by Jenny Powell
- on the 1 February, 2023.
It’s 2023 and technology frees us to work and communicate from anywhere, anytime. But many of us don’t feel free. Instead, we’re burdened with “busy-work”, and our frazzled attention spans make it a challenge to focus. “Busy-work” is when you are officially “working” but the work only gives the illusion of productivity, and is actually […]
How To Perform Under Pressure
- Created by Jenny Powell
- on the 30 September, 2021.
I wrote recently about the heartening aspects of returning to in-person training. But finally being in a room together isn’t always without its pressures. When you haven’t met in person for a long time there’s the possibility you or your colleagues have changed. You may hold assumptions about each other that are no longer true, […]
Virtual Training vs In-Person Training – Which is Better?
- Created by Jenny Powell
- on the 20 May, 2021.
When “life as we know it” ended last March and the world shut down, so did in-person training… With offices closed and everyone working from home, the choice was stark; either adapt to the world of virtual – and fast – or give up delivering any training for the foreseeable future (initially weeks, then months, […]
- Created by Jenny Powell
- on the 23 March, 2021.
We may have been training virtually but we’ve still been delivering internationally. Every country we’ve worked with in the last year…
We adapted from in-person to virtual training. This is what we learnt
- Created by Jenny Powell
- on the 17 September, 2020.
We’d talked about it, planned it, and sent all out the materials. We’d hired a well-appointed training room along with flipcharts, breakout rooms, and catering, all organised for the big day. There was even on-site parking. We were working with an ideal client, in an ideal environment, all set for two consecutive days in the classroom.
On March 23rd, the UK was locked down, and we could not deliver the training.
The Power Of An HBDIⓇ Team Session
- Created by Jenny Powell
- on the 11 January, 2019.
Towards the end of last year I was looking forward to working with the leadership team of a charitable organisation. The new Managing Director, who had recently joined the business, knew that the established, experienced team he had in place could be even more effective, productive and fulfilled, if they worked together better. The very […]
The Power Of The “Me” Filter
- Created by Sue Farmer
- on the 30 November, 2017.
I’d like to share this brief extract from my second “Transforming Mind Matters” podcast with Social Media Angel Katie Brockhurst, where I shared a recent anecdote: “I had a bit of an interesting week. I was lucky in that I had the opportunity to observe a board meeting in preparation for some development work I am […]
Managing “millennials” …
- Created by Jenny Powell
- on the 4 June, 2015.
Thought Gen X was tough to manage and motivate? Well, what about Generation Y, otherwise known as the Millennials? Those born between the early 80s and the early noughties fall into this category. They are now well and truly a part of the workforce and present a whole different array of opportunities and challenges. They […]
The ‘Expert’ Boss – Invaluable or a Constraint?
- Created by Sue Farmer
- on the 9 April, 2015.
I worked for a guy a few years ago who was definitely a victim of the ‘no one can do this as well as I can’ principle! In essence he was one of the good guys and yet he held this misguided belief that ‘knowledge is power’. So in order to retain his managerial status […]
Can I Really Hear You?
- Created by Sue Farmer
- on the 20 October, 2016.
Listening is one of those key skills we claim to be really good at. But when we have a bit of quiet, honest reflection, most of us would acknowledge that sometimes we could be better. We know the theory by now; there are lots of very good courses available that teach us to listen more […]