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Sep 27, 2024 | 
fjordreview.com | Chris Hardy
It’s a new era at Smuin Contemporary Ballet, but incoming artistic director Amy Seiwert was still invoking her old boss pre-curtain as the company toured its first program under her leadership to the San Francisco suburb of Walnut Creek. “As Michael used to say, if you like what you see, tell a friend,” Seiwert announced, wearing a green silk dress with punk combat boots and raising an eyebrow beneath her exuberantly ponytailed hair.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
hrzone.com | Chris Hardy |Rachel Phillips
In a constantly evolving business environment, fostering organisational resilience is essential. Leaders who build their own resilience are more adept at steering their teams and organisations through difficulties. When resilience is integrated across personal, team, and organisational levels, it can enhance overall performance and support long-term success.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
trainingzone.co.uk | Chris Hardy |Robin Hoyle |Lynda Shaw
In a constantly evolving business environment, fostering organisational resilience is essential. Leaders who build their own resilience are more adept at steering their teams and organisations through difficulties. When resilience is integrated across personal, team, and organisational levels, it can enhance overall performance and support long-term success.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
trainingzone.co.uk | Dani Bacon |Chris Hardy
In today’s workplaces, challenging relationships and conflict can feel more common than ever. When we’re finding it hard to connect with our own manager or teams, the root of the issue often lies in poor listening skills and communication. It’s natural to assume that the solution is to change what we’re saying or how we are saying it. But what if the answer actually involves talking less? Listening – truly listening - can be a game changer for leaders and their organisations.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
trainingzone.co.uk | Chris Hardy |Jackie Clifford |Dani Bacon
In an ever-changing business landscape, there is a critical need for resilient organisations. Leaders who, first, cultivate their own resilience are better equipped to guide their teams and organisations through challenges. And when resilience is embedded across individual, team, and system levels it can positively impact overall performance and long-term sustainability.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
trainingzone.co.uk | Chris Hardy |Erica Farmer |Becky Norman
Recent findings from Gallup’s 2024 State of the Global Workplace report show the need to enhance manager engagement. The research found only 16% are extremely satisfied at work, 31% are engaged and over half (55%) are looking for a new job. And when managers are disengaged so are their direct reports, with 70% of the variance in team engagement attributed to the manager.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
trainingzone.co.uk | Anna Shields |Nigel Paine |Chris Hardy |Jackie Clifford
Our emotions and mood influence our interactions. When people in conflict feel under attack, anger is a common reaction. But often, there’s more to it than just anger, and it’s important to identify what is lying beneath the anger. By picking up on something that’s been said, and asking someone how they feel, we can demonstrate that we’re listening. This helps people feel ‘heard’ and acknowledges that their feelings matter.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
trainingzone.co.uk | Dani Bacon |Chris Hardy |Jackie Clifford |Nigel Paine
Do you have capable and experienced team members who wait to be told what to do? Are deadlines and commitments routinely missed? Are decisions consistently deferred upwards? Do managers uncover problems too late or feel they need to intervene to get tasks completed? These are common frustrations for many leaders, often leading to the question: "How do I get my team to take more ownership?”.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
trainingzone.co.uk | Mike Howells |Chris Hardy |Matt Somers |Thom Dennis
As such, it’s projected that we will need to reskill 1 billion people by 2030, according to the World Economic Forum, which is aiming to achieve this goal via its Reskilling Revolution campaign. Today’s employment market is already complex. We’re in the midst of an extremely challenging economic period, and employers everywhere are facing a growing schism between their job requirements, and the skill sets that both internal and external applicants actually offer.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
trainingzone.co.uk | Christine Husbands |Chris Hardy |Thom Dennis |Matt Somers
We’ve been navigating turbulent times with challenges like the energy crisis, rising cost of living, and the aftermath of the pandemic. Concurrently, employees are increasingly turning to their employers for support in their wellbeing, expecting a broad range of assistance and flexibility to address their personal needs. Leaders play a pivotal role in fostering and sustaining a culture of wellbeing within an organisation.
