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12/09/2016 By Isla Baliszewska

New Signature Corporate Training

Here is a great opportunity to combine a trip to an exotic location with some valuable learning – join David Rigby and Randa Shanableh in Casablanca from 26th – 30th September for a trio of courses delivered in English and Arabic.

And….get a Free Trip to Ali Ben al Falah Horse Display in Marrakech in the evening on 28th September.

Choose from the following courses:

1. Building a Personal Brand using C-me Colour Profiling and LinkedIn

LinkedIn is the most used and most successful digital professional network in the world. Used properly it can increase your social standing and worth, promote individuals and organisations, and create the right positioning for promotion, the next post and additional business. LinkedIn is a fundamental component of promoting your personal brand. But what is the point of having a great LinkedIn profile if it is fundamentally untrue? You will sooner or later get found out and discredited.

Everyone has a personal brand whether they like it or not. So why not have the best personal brand you can have? A personal brand which reflects the truth and your integrity? That integrity comes from understanding who you are, both how you think of yourself and how others think of you, and modifying your very being to identify how you want to be, and how you want mutual communication to be and making that happen. A truly Personal Brand which can be managed on LinkedIn to get the results you want.

C-Me Colour Profiling is an internationally recognised tool and approach to understanding self and how you relate to others, providing interpretation and guidance about how you are, your good points and ways of improving.

Each delegate will receive their own personal C-Me Colour Profile to help them understand themselves, build better communications and achieve their goals.

2. Manager as Coach Overview

The value of mentoring and coaching to support individuals in developing their true potential is increasingly recognised. But what is it and how do you do it? This course starts by covering what mentoring and coaching is, and what it is not. And then covers in detail how to do it properly, using the GROW method. You will also gain an understanding of enterprise mentoring and life and executive coaching. The course will enable managers and individuals to learn how to be successful mentors and coaches whether as an external coach or mentor or from within the organisation. Many of the skills concern relationship development which is integral in any management role as well as in everyday life.

3. Emotional Intelligence

The value of mentoring and coaching to support individuals in developing their true potential is increasingly recognised. But what is it and how do you do it? This course starts by covering what mentoring and coaching is, and what it is not. And then covers in detail how to do it using the GROW method. You will also gain an understanding of enterprise mentoring and life and executive coaching. The course will enable managers and individuals to learn how to be successful mentors and coaches whether as an external mentor or mentoring within an organisation. Many of the skills concern relationship development which is integral in any management role as well as in everyday life.

For more details contact [email protected]

23/03/2016 By Isla Baliszewska

Be the Best You Can Be

I recently listened to David Hemery of 1968 gold medal Olympics fame and of 21st Century Legacy fame. Last year he ran the London Marathon to raise money for 21st Century Legacy. For those not in the know 21st Century Legacy is behind the Be the Best You Can Be! programme in schools to unlock the valuable potential in each child.

David is an inspiring speaker, fundraiser, coach and do-er, and has worked assiduously with 21st Century Legacy to raise funds to ensure the charity can provide this great programme at minimum cost to schools. He has been a coach and mentor for many years and engages eagerly with the discussions around the overlaps and distinctions between the different descriptors of “coaching, mentoring, advising, consulting”.

The ultimate aim of those of us who deliver coaching/mentoring/advising/consulting is to elicit the best from those we work with and enable them to elicit their own best. David does this with schoolchildren and students giving them the opportunity to discover their own greatness on whatever scale and in whatever dimension. I do it with grown-ups to help them enhance and develop possibilities and opportunities in and for themselves. Neither of us, or anyone else in our profession, needs to worry about terminologies as long as we make sure those on the other side of the relationship understand that we are there to somehow make their lives change for the better. Be the Best YOU Can Be. As David said, it isn’t about being the best of or better than everything and everyone, it is the best YOU.

Read more about 21st Century Legacy and get your local schools on-board. Don’t let the kids miss out!

www.21stcenturylegacy.com

01/02/2016 By Isla Baliszewska

ROLLS ROYCE OF NETWORKS

The Rolls-Royce Wom en Network, which was re-launched September 2015, organise the Insight Hours.

The Insight Hours happen quarterly with the aim of providing employees with the opportunity to meet members of the leadership team. The objective of these sessions is to go beyond the general assumptions of senior management roles stepping into the personal and professional moments they bring.

“Instead of a monologue by the guest speaker, the small size of the group provides a space where ideas and experiences can be shared, providing a great opportunity to really get to know the person“, explained Patricia Patilla Sanchez, Services Solution Lead at Rolls Royce.

Patricia is instrumental in organising the Insight Hours and invited me to the first one following the network launch which took place on Wednesday 25th November 2015.

The HR Director – Defence, Anna Mealings was the key speaker and shared her story of how her career had unfolded,bringing her to Rolls-Royce. It was fascinating hearing how balancing career needs with family needs with career ambitions worked effectively.

Letting go of what seemed the job in fact created opportunities that hadn’t been considered. The insights we benefited from were many, stimulating much conversation and many questions. Staying true to who you are, being clear about boundaries and not colluding with bad behaviour all resonated with me. What a privilege it was to have been invited by Patricia to be part of this Insight Hour.

Planning of the programme in 2016 is underway with January’s speaker being the Global Head of Customer Business.

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20/02/2015 By Isla Baliszewska

The importance of strength of mind

More and more we as leaders are being asked to work outside the box and work in a way that generates new thinking, options and approaches.

But where do we start?

Well, it all begins with some thinking and some strength of mind.

Strength of mind refers to the focus of our thinking. If we focus on what goes well, what we do well and what our strengths are, feelings of success and achievement emerge. If we focus on the gaps and the things we can’ do the opposite happens.

So where does this come from?

Originally from the Appreciative Inquiry approach which suggested focusing on what we do well and how we can make more of this. This was closely followed by the Solutions Focus approach which focused on what is already working and how to build on this.

Martin Seligman introduced the ideas of positive psychology where he has developed research and methods that go to test the strength based approaches.

In the past individuals and organisations have focused (that word again) their weaknesses to a disproportionate extent.

I am reminded of the “Undergound” rail announcer who always informs us to “mind the gaps”.

If we use our strengths to mind the gap and see our way clear, then we can start from a position of strength, this in turn will help us to recognize our abilities and use them productively.

Working from strengths changes peoples behaviours, beliefs and views of the world.

What was once thought of as impossible becomes easy!

What was once mundane becomes magnificent!

What was once muddy becomes meaningful!

So bear in mind to mind the gap to use our strengths, to use our own strength of mind!

by Peter Mayes

03/02/2015 By Isla Baliszewska

Risk it and try some collaboration?

What are the current trends on problems for companies and people?

Companies are looking for more tailored and integrated ways of driving action. When trying to marshal large scale, diverse and remote work forces ‘one size fits all’ doesn’t work. Localized, targeted and aligned programmes have a far higher chance of success.

They need to regenerate a sense of belonging and re-establish trust and integrity. Having open and clear conversations has an enormous pay off on the bottom line. Collaborative forms of leadership, create followers that engage and want to succeed.

Recent research shows that during the recession MDs/CEOs were staying with organisations for even shorter times, this often meant that senior managers moved on quickly too. The result is that some organisations became skeletal in nature; too thin to survive therefore there is no room to anticipate or deal with any fluctuation of the organizational plan and growth then becomes a problem rather than a delight.

Risks and experimentation are at a minimum. Innovation is marginalized and the same old ways of working get the same old results. Change is not getting any slower and shortages exist at all key levels, so perhaps getting the best from people is not such a costly idea and practice after all. The world is small and big at the same time. Speed and flexibility is the key.

For people
Resilience is the key.
Keep learning.
Taking care of yourself both physically and mentally.
Look for the good in what’s happening.
Have realistic expectations and enjoy the now.

Being self reliant, self motivated and self developmental because in some strange way this is what the company wants from people and it’s what they you want for themselves.

However the years of recession have taught people to keep their heads down, don’t rack the boat and it’s best not to be noticed.

The need for great leaders as coaches and mentors is even greater than ever before, so collaborate, trust and talk the real key words for company and personal success

Posted by Peter Mayes

New Signature Corporate Training

Here is a great opportunity to combine a trip to an exotic location with some valuable learning – join David Rigby and Randa Shanableh in Casablanca from 26th – 30th September for a trio of courses delivered in English and Arabic.

And….get a Free Trip to Ali Ben al Falah Horse Display in Marrakech in the evening on 28th September.

Be the Best You Can Be

www.21stcenturylegacy.com

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