30 May 2022
STOP KNOWLEDGE WALKING OUT THE DOOR
For those who have yet to retire, people’s expectations of when they will stop working have shifted considerably. According to the Centre for Ageing Better charity, nearly a third of today’s 50- and 60-year-olds believed there was a more than 75% chance they would be working when they are 60 or 65 (based on their age now) compared to 23% in 2002.
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23 May 2022
What’s your hidden super-power?
All organisations have a wealth of understanding, skills, knowledge and experience – sharing our ‘hidden powers’ amplifies skills and knowledge at work, and it can help people reflect on their existing strengths and talents and feel valued for these. It can promote ideas, conversations, and lead to innovation. We are exploring this more as we support Learning at Work week and encourage you to do the same.
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17 May 2022
Uncovering new dimensions in the team
Are you a perpetual learner? We are at Pro-Development and as a team, we love learning. With Learning at Work week being this month, I wanted to use one of the themes around “uncovering new dimensions” to share some of my experiences of learning to hopefully inspire you.
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18 May 2022
Our learning potential is waiting to be unleashed
As Learning and Development practitioners, a question we constantly ask ourselves is “What can I learn from this?” Whether we’re delivering a workshop, coaching a client or reading an article, we are in a fortunate position to be always learning … it’s our field. So as a manager or business owner, what does it mean, what’s in it for you and how can you make this work for you and your company too?
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19 April 2022
Team development in a 24/7 business
Many of the businesses and services we use every day run in a 24/7 environment. As a business owner or manager of these operations you will be more than aware of the challenges this brings compared to daytime operations.
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19 April 2022
Team building might not be the answer
Building an effective and high performing team takes time and effort. It’s not easy but we spend a lot of our time supporting our clients in bringing teams together to improve the way they work together, reduce conflict, enhance communication and build trust. But we often find that team building is not always the answer!
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19 April 2022
Benefits of Teamwork and understanding each other
We’ve been talking about team building this month and I’m sure we could all list a few benefits to the business of having an effective and high performing team, but in the current climate of increasing difficulty in attracting and retaining great staff, have we stopped to consider the powerful impact teamwork has on our culture and the engagement of our people?
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9 March 2022
Holding up a mirror – Life begins at the edge of your COMFORT ZONE
How time fly’s when you’re having fun! This week we complete our 7-month experiential Leadership Development Programme, our 11th cohort now, which is based on a mix of outdoor and indoor experiences with 1:1 coaching.
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9 March 2022
Looking in the mirror – The Inner Game of Leadership
Authentic leadership starts with you looking at yourself in the mirror and realising that to become a great leader of others, you need to start with leading yourself. Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher would focus a surprising amount of his energy on mastering self-leadership rather than spending his time trying to learn to rally and guide others. Dee Hock, the founder of the Visa credit card said: “If you look to lead, invest at least 40 percent of your time managing yourself.”
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