Make Flexible Working work!

Whether it’s home–based, mobile, remote,  job sharing, flexitime or part-time working... flexible working requires specific skills!

Flexible workers need to be especially skilled at motivating and managing themselves, as well as managing their interactions with team members, managers, other departments and of course customers. These skills apply equally to those  who are office-based and work  in an environment where flexible working is in place.

The 7 skills focused on in this Skills Builder are not new but in the world of flexible working they need special attention and to be used thoughtfully. They can all be developed and learnt. Spending time improving and polishing them will  enhance productivity and increase job satisfaction, well-being and morale.
 

Cope with change more easily

Change is inevitable and usually well intentioned but managing individual and collective responses to changes is a real, and increasing challenge for everybody involved, whatever their role.

It is difficult to understand and predict how individual and organisational responses and behaviour will be affected by the changes themselves or the personalities and atitudes of those affected.

The Change Management Predictor is designed to smooth the path by increasing the awareness of your own approach and a greater appreciation of how best to work with others.

Understand your own emotional intelligence!

The Emotional Intelligence Style Profile is carefully designed to help you understand the way you apply your emotional intelligence. Each person uses their emotions and intelligence in different ways, there is no right or wrong; better or worse just a greater appreciation of how to make adjustments that increase your effectiveness and impact; and how better to smooth your interaction with those around you!

This Profile has the potential to improve your interactions, relationships and involvement with everybody in your life!

Helping organisations to change smoothly! 

If the individuals in your organisation are having a difficult time adapting and adjusting to organisational change, Mastering the Change Curve is your remedy!

It's an easy and effective change management assessment guide for bringing issues to the surface, providing a framework for healthy growth, and empowering individuals to shift their focus from the past to the future. Mastering the Change Curve is appropriate for individuals at any organisational level who are experiencing continuous change. The most appropriate target audience consists of individuals who are subject to change they did not initiate themselves.

Stress Prevention in the Modern Pressurised Workplace

Stress can creep up and invade our work and home lives almost unseen and often those most deeply affected by stress are unaware of its effects. The Stress Indicator and Health Planner is a self-administered assessment of the users current stress levels and overall health. Use it to understand how to enhance overall well-being, manage stress, and improve performance. Develop a plan to enhance overall wellness and decrease stress levels.

Self administered and self scored it provides individuals confidentally with a way to ensure they are dealing effectively with stress and its health implications.

Truly a valuable tool for todays high pressure or results driven environments.

Fast track teams to success

Whilst some teams may fall perfectly together either instantly or over time, some do not, or they may just need some help to be the best they can sooner rather than later. The Team Effectiveness Profile assists team members and the whole group to identify possible blockages or issues and offers ways to deal with them.

An excellent and proven tool that has consistently provided positive results for over 30 years!

Consistently our most popular team building simulation!

On an early-morning hike in North Carolina’s Great Smoky Mountains, your group stops to enjoy some blueberries growing along the trail. Just when someone spots a small black bear cub, the mother bear lunges from the bushes and attacks — with near-fatal results.

Can you work as a team to save an injured person’s life – addressing five strategy options and ranking 10 backpack items? The simulation deals with group decision making under pressure and the value of teamwork.

Black Bear is the ideal training tool for any group that works in a high-pressure environment. Inspired by a real life six-month hike of the Appalachian Trail, this survival adventure incorporates expert information from many books on the Smokies, wilderness survival, and backcountry rescue,

Work with people in your organisation to support them to continue to perform well whilst the organisation continues to change. This new range of conversation cards encourages people in organisations to have better quality conversations about the things that impact organisational performance.

Ideal for: Business Leaders, Operational Managers, Team Leaders, HR Business Partners, People Development Specialists, Leaders in Learning Situations - workshops, coaching, self-coaching