The People Advantage

16/05/2022

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29/03/2022

What helps you to regain perspective?

Delighted to deliver training recently for a great team of managers at the Royal College of Pathologists in London, they were very glad to be back together, taking part in a "thought provoking” interactive session exploring important workplace challenges and team motivation.
· (In future) I hope to discuss more ….at 1:1s.. With today's tools, I feel I can ask my team about their workloads, there are options if they are feeling overwhelmed.
· I will worry less about the things I can't influence or change and encourage my staff to as well.

As I was planning the day, world events were making us feel helpless, clients saying the ‘covid years’ have left a legacy of stress, ‘burn out’ is quite common in their organisations . We'll need to support each other with compassion for some time.

What always come to mind and helps me at these times is the Serenity Prayer, by Reinhold Niebuhr.
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” (Extract)

What helps you? what helps you regain some perspective?

01/11/2021

YES!!!!! That amazing feeling you get as a facilitator when you’ve run a face-to-face course (after all those virtual events on zoom) and been able to really hear, not just listen, and see immediate reactions; where people have been able to turn to the person next to them and laugh, chat, really engage and empathise.

To someone else, this delegate’s table may look like the aftermath from a wedding party. To me, as I cleared up on Friday, those empty glasses and water jugs, flip charts on wall, reminded me of the amazing engagement and hard work of the fabulous delegates I’ve met over the last 2 days on the annual SWIMM Programme (for middle managers in HE from all over South West and South Wales).

Those of you who know me, will know I am sincere when I say, that after 14 years of running and adapting this programme, it is still a huge privilege, every time, to help develop these fantastic managers. Middle Managers really are the backbone of every organisation.
And a shout out to Alison Price, my talented, amazing colleague for all her hard work in helping me run this.

16/07/2021

After many virtual events, great to be here delivering my first face to face event in 16 months!
“Taking time out to reflect on ways of working - especially after such a challenging year - was really valuable.” (Participant)

A successful and insightful day working with the recently formed Executive Team (Future Students – Communications & Marketing Dept.) A challenging, fun exploration of the whole Team Profile - identifying growth potential, different working styles and preferences and how to develop reflective and collaborative leaders ‘who seek multi-layered solutions to challenges'.

16/06/2021