How can you keep your people engaged, motivated and productive while working from home?

 

Ensure your leaders, managers and people at all levels have the right mindsets, habits and behaviours to be engaged and motivated during this COVID-19 Crisis.

 

 

Working from home requires changing mindsets, habits and behaviours

The global pandemic of COVID-19 has forced many businesses to make their people work from home. This is potentially creating a mental health crisis on top of the existing stresses of the pandemic.

In the 2019 State of Remote Work report produced by Buffer, when asked about the downsides of home working, 49% of remote workers struggle with wellness-related issues. More specifically, 22% can’t unplug after work, 19% feel lonely and 8% can’t stay motivated.

Many businesses are finding ways to use technology to physically enable people to work remotely, but what can you do to ensure their mental health and well-being?

BOOK A FREE 30-minute CONSULTATION and let’s find out how we can help you keep your people engaged, motivated and productive while working from home!

At Talent 4 Performance we believe in the formula:

Clarity x People = Performance

 

This means ensuring the business has clear communication so leaders, managers and people at all levels have the right mindsets, habits and behaviours to succeed – even in the most challenging of times.

Mindset is the key to dealing with ambiguity, adapting to change and remaining productive, while staying healthy.

Our workshops have helped hundreds of people to develop a Growth Mindset. These workshops are now available as a live-facilitated and fully interactive online experience.

 

Exploring Tensions and Paradoxes

This workshop explores several tensions that exist within a growth mindset and identifies four key paradoxes that need to be balanced in order to remain highly effective.  At Talent 4 Performance we see a paradox as having two opposing or contradictory traits or behaviours that are in fact complimentary, yet when they come together are synergistic.

This means developing a ‘Both/And’ mindset rather than getting stressed by the typical dilemma of having to choose ‘Either/Or’.

 

Highly Interactive and Insightful

This online workshop experience is highly interactive.  All participants need to complete a Harrison Work Preferences Questionnaire prior to attending.  During the workshop they will each explore their own Growth Mindset Behavioural Competency report using a workbook that provides deeper insights.  The report specifies the essential and desirable traits associated with a Growth Mindset as well the traits that can undermine performance.  The workbook exercises highlight genuine strengths and potential blindspots.

Once they are equipped with these unique insights, participants can explore and discuss the mindsets, habits and behaviours they need to adjust in order to become even more effective.

 

Facilitating Brain and Behaviour Change

The workshop is based on the philosophy that awareness enables and motivates change.  When the brain can label and categorise specific behaviours as separate from our personality, we are less attached to them and they become easier to change.  This profound insight gives participants permission to let go of ineffective behaviours, and practise new and more effective ways of interacting with others.

The Growth Mindset Behavioural Competency

T4P have developed a unique behavioural competency reflecting the key traits associated with a Growth Mindset.

  • The Growth Mindset behavioural competency has been designed with a group of expert Harrison Practitioners and approved by Dr. Dan Harrison, the developer of the Harrison Assessments psychometric tool.
  • Harrison Assessments measures 175 separate factors and uses Enjoyment Performance Theory and Paradox Theory to break complex behaviours into individual traits.
  • This gives people the ability to identify specific strengths and make new choices about how to overcome any blindspots that may be hindering success.
  • The assessment is carried out using an online questionnaire, taking approximately 20 minutes to complete.
  • We will provide all workshop participants with a personal Growth Mindset Behavioural Competency Analysis report and help them interpret it.

Workshop Outcomes

Each workshop participant will have:

So they can:

  • Explain the principles of a Growth Mindset
  • And how it can improve performance
  • Increase awareness of their strengths and potential blindspots.

So they can:

  • Explain the key behaviours of a Growth Mindset
  • Identify key individual development priorities
  • Be motivated to improve and grow.

So they can:

  • Continue working on developing a Growth Mindset after the workshop
  • Identify people who can support them in developing new behaviours.

So they can:

  • Consider how old behaviours may have hindered performance
  • Practise new behaviours that will improve performance
  • Ask for specific feedback to improve and grow.

Your Trainers

Alli Gibbons and David Klaasen are skills practitioners in facilitating Behaviour Change.  They have over 50 years’ combined experience working with leaders and managers to improve personal and business performance.  They share the latest thinking from the cutting edge of Applied Neuroscience in a way that is engaging and easy to understand.  They are both passionate about creating sustainable businesses that enjoy long term success because they are built on solid foundations.

Alli Gibbons

MBA MCMI MIC

Alli brings over 20 years of experience supporting organisations to clarify and articulate their strategic direction, putting in place practical plans to transform performance and achieve their vision. She has the rare quality of being able to synthesise leading-edge thinking into practical approaches, enabling clients to address complex strategic challenges. Alli is highly effective at group facilitation and project management, drawing upon her blend of analytical and people skills, along with her experience in large-scale infrastructure projects.

An avid learner with a strong growth mindset, Alli offers powerful insight, effectively combining established best practice with leading edge thinking in strategy, organisational development and personal performance. Known for her engaging and encouraging style, Alli has a strong track record of delivering effective interventions and building lasting client relationships. Alli’s key areas of focus are:

• Providing strategic clarity
• Creating a performance culture
• Unleashing talent
• Delivering personal and organisational success.

She acquired her MBA from the Open University and was subsequently engaged by the OU Business School as an Associate Lecturer. She was a registered Investors in People Specialist for 13 years and has assessed over 300 businesses, providing recommendations for continuous improvement in organisational development.

Alli enjoys fencing with her teenage son and is also involved in competitive motorsport.

David Klaasen

FCIPD, MIoD

David has 30 years’ experience of working with senior leadership teams to ensure that shared values, clear communication and targeted development of people are the furnace that drives business success. He moved into the Learning and Development arena, inspired by the measurable results it can produce, after gaining valuable international management experience in the kitchens of 5 Star Hotels and Michelin Starred Restaurants. David has worked with all levels of management, across a broad range of sectors, designing award-winning and nationally recognised Management Development programmes.

He is an enthusiastic and emotionally intelligent communicator who utilises applied neuroscience to clarify complex issues and enable behavioural change. His skillful facilitation engages people at every level to play to their strengths, overcome their resistance to change, and be accountable. This approach can often release unexpected resources and innovation amongst management and staff. David’s key areas of focus are:

• Facilitating behavioural change
• Enhancing leadership team performance
• Delivering inspirational training
• Driving results through people.

As a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, David has demonstrated his deep understanding and knowledge of Strategic HR and Organisational Development. He is also a member of the Institute of Directors.

He is the author of ‘The 7 Performance Traps in your business’, three multi-media programmes available online and over 100 articles published on various websites over the last 10 years.

David enjoys skiing, SCUBA diving and keeps a clear head by meditating twice every day.

 

 

BOOK A FREE 30-minute CONSULTATION and let’s find out how we can help you keep your people engaged, motivated and productive while working from home!

What our clients say

“I’ve never known a course that produced so much positivity! I have heard lots of great things about the course and I’m delighted that people are actually using it for their development”

Lisa Mahon, Global Head of Marking & Communications, Taylor and Francis

“Wanted to also tell you that I have already started putting into practice some of the things we learned. It worked great and led to a great discussion. Thanks so much again for passing along the resources and for sharing all this great info!”

Ciara Hall, Marketing Manager, Societies & Editors, Taylor & Francis Group

“Thanks for the insight about myself and my colleagues. I would also like to add that I have attended many different talks/team building exercises throughout my working life and can honestly say I have never been more engaged or interested as I was/am in the Growth Mindset workshop. Thank you.”

Kind Regards, Michelle Fide Finance Administrator, Glenholme Healthcare (NGC) Ltd

“It was a great way to understand my behaviour and why I act a certain way in different situations. It has also given me a better understanding of how other people view situations and how I can adapt my management style.”

Jim West, Service Manager, Glenholme Healthcare (NGC) Ltd.

“The assessments were unique to each person, and we were invited to share results so trends could be spotted. It was really useful to have your own specific results to identifying strengths as well as what could be worked on, as we’re all individuals and are different. It was really useful to see how theory plays out in reality, and demonstrating that plans can actually work and have impact. The development plans at the end of the workshop provide a clear way forward to develop certain traits so if we want to change we can, and our brains will change, too. I think this is really interesting, as we tend to think we’re born a particular way and that’s just the way we are. Thanks again.”

Ceredig Williams, Academic Account Manager, Bioscientifica Ltd

“I really enjoyed the paradoxes. I found it incredibly valuable to actually plot out the results and see where I fall. I think they are really quite accurate, and plotting it out helped me truly identify certain areas for improvement.  I found a lot of value in the reflection exercise after each of these also. I feel it’s forcing me to truly evaluate my actions/inactions honestly and recognize what I could be doing better.”

Jamie Guda, Marketing Associate, Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia.

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