Training & Coaching
In an age of constant change and uncertainty, growing challenges and expectations in the workplace can be a demanding place for workers. We believe the cornerstone of good business is understanding that your workforce population is a group of individuals who are up against a complex interplay of pressure from all directions, in relationships, in meeting your expectations, in processes and in their personal experience of internal and external adverse events. Thus the solution to helping them cope is to help them develop emotional intelligence to tackle life’s pressure in a resilient and meaningful way. We believe this will optimise their physical and emotional health. We want to help leaders and managers to understand the factors that influence good and bad health outcomes in your organisation.
Our specialist area is exploring the concepts that make ‘good work’ and helping our clients create more of it. Our aspiration is to work with organisations who want to improve the employer-employee relationship and who are looking to find ways of making work more meaningful and purposeful and where both parties' essential needs are met; where there are sufficient areas of common interest and an employment relationship emerges sustained by what each believes of the other and where the psychological contract of interdependency is a fundamental component of the employment relationship. (The Good Work Commission, July 2011). Evidence tells us that management intervention should be focused on job enrichment, recognition, empowering personnel and promoting personal resilience.
Building resilience helps your workers access the knowledge, life skills and coping strategies they already possess but simply haven’t learned to use effectively.
Learning resilience skills can move individuals from feeling paralysed by a pressurised environment to coping effectively with a challenging workload, role, or even with an emotional problem. We understand It is important to maximise attendance by creating an environment where people are encouraged and motivated to come to work – by making your organisation a great place to work and we have the tools to support people to return to work but imagine what it would be like if we could prevent people going off in the first place – what a positive impact this would have on the employee experience.
We occupy a unique position in the OH marketplace because we have a leader with professional credentials in both occupational health and psychological health. Our Managing Director, Marie Church is a Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Health and Safety. She is an Occupational Health Consultant with 30 years of experience. She is also an accredited Master of Science in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy and an Associate Fellow of the institute of Rational Emotive Therapy in New York City. Over the years Marie and her team of CBT coaches have developed professional training packages and have delivered them to a number of public and private sector clients with excellent feedback.
A training programme devised to create an expert level of understanding for managers in understanding their role in managing attendance. This unique programme will argue that not all absence is attributable to sickness and provide an overview of organisational absence behaviour. This interactive day is split into; absence behaviour, understanding how psychosocial factors influence sickness, absence policy and process, getting the best out of occupational health, the return to work interview and effective communication, (active listening skills, body language and dealing with conflict).
To demonstrate that your business is committed to an environment which promotes good mental wellbeing which is stimulating, challenging and enriching and where there is a balance between personal and organisational needs we have developed a training programme introducing the concept of self-awareness, managing pressure and preventing stress related ill health. Aimed at individuals at all levels, it is a constructive and positive approach to the life + work + health = balance model.
This is a training programme for managers, an organisational approach to managing pressure. Candidates learn to develop individual coping strategies and identify sources of organisational pressure using a risk assessment tool. The aim of the course is to discuss and debate the various issues which relate to stress and for candidates to identify individual and organisational coping strategies to avoid or reduce sources of pressure. Topics include; Well-balanced Model, Case Law, Risk Assessment, What Is Stress?, What Is Pressure?, Stressometer, Burnout Stages 1 2 and 3, Feelings, Behaviours, Conflict & Relationships, Coping Skills & Personality, Dividing Your Time, Home Work Balance, Social Support and Looking Forward.
Work/Life Balance
This workshop is designed to explore what having a work/life balance actually means, identify problems for individuals when not achieved, and develop an action plan to optimise health and wellbeing at home and at work.
Perfectionism in the Workplace
Designed to identify perfectionist thinking and behaviours, this workshop will also explore whether they are constructive or destructive to productivity and develop strategies to optimise performance.
Improving Self Discipline
Difficulty with self discipline, such as time management and procrastination can hinder efficiency in the workplace. Participants at this workshop will have the opportunity to identify and remove the obstacles to optimum performance.
Women in Leadership
This workshop is designed to specifically look at the adversities that can affect women in leadership. Participants can expect to enhance their problem solving skills and develop techniques to create a highly functional environment in both work and home life.
Improving Self Confidence
Having confidence in one's performance is important in a competitive business market. A lack of confidence can be a key factor in defining a person’s career path. Participants at this workshop can expect to increase their understanding of what reduces self confidence and gain skills in developing self belief.
Improving Assertion Skills
This workshop is suitable for those who wish to improve their communication skills within their working environment. Participants can expect to increase their understanding of the advantages of assertive communication while improving their own assertion skills.
Optimising Team Interaction Skills
The key focus of this workshop is for managers to develop skills that will aide them in motivating their team by optimising effective communication. The emphasis will be on the manager having a resource of skills and techniques to foster an environment where the team is able to work together at an optimum level towards team targets.
Maximising Potential
Individuals are encouraged in this workshop to explore the blocks to achieving their maximum potential. Participants can expect to identify blocks, gain skills and clearly identify goals that will enable them to work towards achieving their full Potential.
