Coaching & Learning

Workplace & Personal Development Workshops

Every organisation wants their employees to be agile and confident to lead, manage and succeed in their role, it’s a fact.

A sure way to achieving this is to develop employee skills by arming them with tools, techniques and the desired behaviours that enable personal and organisational success
Engaging and immersive workshops

Our learning library is made up of high-quality workshops that embed the skills and behaviours essential for success. Engaging and immersive, our workshops inspire employees at all levels, enhancing their performance and their contribution to positive business outcomes. We are proud to be an LPI accredited learning provider. The ‘Accredited Learning Provider’ badge openly demonstrates commitment towards the highest standards of excellence and performance outcomes in the delivery of learning products and services.

Through consultation with our clients, our participants and our expert coaching team, we have established the topics that will support organisations right now. The content has been developed by industry leading experts, people with real world skills that can leverage their own tried and tested practical experiences coupled with models and frameworks to support understanding and knowledge.

Bespoke workshops tailored to your workplace

As well as an established catalogue of practical, tangible and valuable workshops, we are able to create bespoke sessions to exactly fit your organisation's criteria – just get in touch by completing the form below or call us to discuss your requirements on + 44 (0) 1604 744101

Listed below you'll find details of available workshops along with a brief overview. For further information on bookings and delivery options please call + 44 (0) 1604 744101 and speak to one of our consultants.
 

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Workshops

Building Personal Resilience

The Building Personal Resilience learning room will provide attendees with the skills and capabilities they will need to successfully manage levels of energy and motivation whilst under pressure or negotiating periods of change or uncertainty. Attendees will also gain the skills needed to conduct an honest analysis of their own personal levels of resilience and provide effective strategies for building on those levels where required, which will benefit their own personal wellbeing but will also improve working relations and productivity.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Coaching and Mentoring

The Coaching and Mentoring learning room is the right environment for those who are in a leadership / supportive position or are simply wanting to develop and enhance their skills in this area. Attendees will be introduced to coaching and mentoring fundamentals, which will enable them to get the most out of others and therefore yield successful working relations and business results. The learning room focuses on a coaching model in which managers facilitate problem solving and encourage employees’ development by asking thought provoking questions and offering support and guidance rather than simply giving orders and making judgments.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Dealing with Change

The Dealing with Change learning room will provide attendees with the key skills and techniques needed to successfully navigate current and future change. Attendees will be encouraged to acknowledge, take ownership of and learn how to manage their own personal reactions to change and how to deal with the associated fears and emotions that often present themselves during times of uncertainty. Attendees will also learn how to ensure that the wellbeing of others in the team and team morale is protected whilst also maximising productivity levels.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Developing the Team

The Developing the Team learning room is ideal for individuals who hold positions where effective and supportive leadership is required. We will focus on team development as a key aspect of ensuring a team stay engaged, agile, resilient and motivated. The importance of facilitating learning and development within the workplace will be demonstrated and an awareness created of how a leader can successfully and consistently identify development opportunities that encourage growth and play to people’s strengths. We also visit the principle behind talent recognition and encouraging a growth mindset within the team.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Diversity Advantage

The Diversity Advantage learning room explores the concepts of promoting and supporting diversity in the workplace, which is an important aspect of good and effective leadership. The learning room highlights the importance that diversity and inclusion play in creating competitive advantage and how unconscious biases, in the workplace can have profound effects, particularly when they influence management decisions. Creating and maintaining a diverse environment ensures that we get the best from our teams and improves collaboration across the business as well as making for happier employees.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Leading Through Change

The Leading Through Change learning room is ideal for leaders and managers who are currently planning for or leading teams through periods of change. We will explore how leaders and managers can position and respond to organisational changes in a way that supports and nurtures their teams, as well as what individuals can do to help themselves through these uncertain times. Change is much easier to navigate if everyone in the team is on board with the proposed new initiatives. However, that is not always the case and therefore we explore how a leader can facilitate open and honest conversations and deal with any resistance they may be faced with.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Management and Leadership Styles

The Management and Leadership Styles learning room is a valuable learning experience for those who are navigating team leadership. The learning room will improve the ‘tool bag’ at a leader’s disposal in order to ensure that teams reach their full potential. Leaders and Managers will hone the key skills and capabilities needed to lead and manage successfully during a period of change and understand strategies which are effective when guiding a team through periods of uncertainty and transition to ensure that the team continue to move in a collaborative, positive and productive direction.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Managing Challenging Conversations

The Managing Challenging Conversations learning room is a key topic for those in positions of leadership and explores the principles behind successfully steering difficult and potentially sensitive conversations to a successful outcome. This learning room will provide managers with the key skills and knowledge to confidently conduct and manage challenging conversations with individuals whilst ensuring that their messaging remains as clear, unambiguous, meaningful and consistent as possible.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Managing Conflict

The Managing Conflict learning room will provide attendees with the confidence to navigate potentially challenging conversations and situations within the workplace. Developing the ability to manage conflict through self-awareness, communication, respect, and appreciation for others is an important tool for anyone no matter what level they are working at. This learning room will provide attendees with the key tools and techniques to enable them to successfully negotiate and resolve conflict in the workplace to ensure minimal disruptions to performance.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Menopause, the secret symptoms

This learning room targets understanding, appreciation, key skills and tools to remove any embarrassment or fear when talking about the menopause in a workplace environment. Attendees will work through scenarios to grow interpersonal skills that enable a culture where effective, empathetic and balanced conversations can be had about the menopause and the affect it has on individuals. We will also draw focus on ensuring managers understand the impact of the menopause at work and recognise factors that can cause or contribute to women struggling, to then be able to promote a positive menopause experience in the workplace.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Mental Health Awareness

The Mental Health Awareness learning room draws focus on how a manager can support their team and ensure that the working environment is conducive to maintaining mental wellness. This learning room will ensure that managers understand the impact of mental health at work and recognise the factors that can cause or contribute to mental health distress, in order to then be able to promote positive mental health in the workplace. This learning room includes a practical case study and reviews real-life scenarios to provide a safe and confidential environment in which managers can practice their handling of mental wellness.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Negotiating for Success

The Negotiating for Success learning room provides attendees with the fundamental skills and knowledge to steer negotiations and manage these interactions to yield positive outcomes. This learning room will demonstrate how to successfully deploy confident negotiation skills and strategies which align to a set of desired aims and objectives and will support attendees with the preparation of their stances when conducting challenging negotiations using seven key stages to reach a positive outcome.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Performance Appraisal

The Performance Appraisal learning room will provide attendees working in a supervisory capacity with the key principles necessary to complete effective and constructive performance appraisals which nurture growth and personal development in team members. Guidance will be provided around aspects such as, how to effectively prepare for a performance appraisal conversation, how to conduct a positive and collaborative expectations exchange, how to set SMART goals, how to identify development needs for the team and where to seek support on challenging issues that may arise. This will ensure that performance appraisals are conducted with purpose rather than becoming a resented, tick box exercise.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Practical Feedback

The Practical Feedback learning room is for those wanting to learn the art of successfully delivering feedback whilst ensuring that it is as effective and constructive as possible. Attendees will learn how feedback assists with building relationships, the difference between motivational and developmental feedback, how to implement feedback models, and how to receive and react to feedback positively. The learning room also provides a safe and confidential environment in which attendees can practise a mini feedback session in a supportive environment.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Recruiting for Success

The Recruiting for Success learning room provides attendees with a good grasp of effective recruitment practices in today’s market. The learning room will aid attendees in developing an understanding of the importance of getting it right first time when recruiting team members and how different types of bias can impact our recruitment decisions. Learners will establish what makes a good interview and the key skills of effective interviewers as well as learning how to form effective recruitment decisions which will ultimately save the organisation time and money and align with business objectives.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Remote Working – Peak Performance and Productivity

The Remote Working, Peak Performance and Productivity learning room is designed to support attendees who are now or have recently transitioned into a remote working environment. There are many benefits that come with remote or home working such as, minimised travel time and increased flexibility. It is not, however, uncommon for individuals to struggle with this transition as they experience challenges such as: managing and maintaining a healthy work life balance, creating a workstation, staying motivated, feelings of isolation or perhaps not integrating successfully into an already established team. We explore how these aspects can be managed effectively to protect employee wellbeing and productivity.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Retirement Planning and Later Careers

The Retirement Planning and Later Careers learning room encourages attendees to see this later stage of life as a transition which is personal to them and confirms that there is no right or wrong in terms of what this time of life should look or feel like. The workshop explores the numerous possibilities open to individuals, such as continuing with paid employment in an alternative sector or at a level that allows a healthier work-life balance, pursuing hobbies and interests, making new connections and forming new relationships, prioritising health and wellbeing and volunteering or giving back to the community.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Springboard Back to Work From Time Out

The Springboard Back to Work from Time Out learning room explores the issues faced when returning back into working life post any type of long term absence. Each experience during time out of work will be unique to the individual concerned, and these experiences may impact our reactions and behaviours when returning to the working environment. This learning room will provide attendees with a measurable and tangible framework to help them manage their return to work by acquiring key tools and techniques to deal with change, transition, and mental wellbeing. The session will also provide strategies for understanding and developing essential skills in both positive thinking and personal resilience.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Successful Delegation

The Successful Delegation learning room is a perfect learning environment for leaders who are wanting to make more effective use of their resources within the team. The learning room will demonstrate the importance of delegation when it comes to making best use of time and resources as well as recognising the challenges of delegation and providing advice on overcoming those. This learning room will provide attendees with the ability to move forwards and create a delegation plan for a project or piece of work which plays to the team’s strengths.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Time Management Essentials

The Time Management Essentials learning room is a key learning environment for those who are wanting to be smarter with their time. Good time management enables you to work smarter so that you get more done in less time, even when time is tight, and pressures are high. Good time management requires a shift in focus from activities to results. Being busy isn’t the same as being effective. This learning room ensures that attendees have the tools to recognise ‘time thieves’ and how to manage them to ensure smarter working practices are adopted.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

Understanding Motivation

The Understanding Motivation learning room is an ideal environment to explore the importance of motivation and how it can be boosted within a team to ensure that maximum performance and morale is achieved. By developing your understanding of motivation, you’ll see your team’s performance, productivity, and morale improve significantly. You will also become more motivated and engaged in your role and career. The learning room will recognise and explore individual motivators and how these impact your ability to motivate those around you and will share key motivational theories and frameworks which can be used to improve team and individual performance.

For a more detailed overview of our workshops, please get in touch; + 44 (0) 1604 744 101, [email protected]

FAQs

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What is your approach to Learning and Development?

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Developing the skills of your employees so that they are agile and confident to lead through and manage change successfully is a powerful learning experience and one that can have a lasting impact on ongoing personal and organisational success. 
 
We have a suite of high-quality learning and development solutions aimed at embedding the skills and behaviours essential for success. Engaging and immersive, our personal and performance development topics inspire employees at all levels, enhancing their effectiveness and their contribution to positive business outcomes. 

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How are the workshops and courses delivered?

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Our learning rooms are available as virtual sessions or as face to face, onsite 'live learning rooms'. The aims, objectives and outcomes are consistent across both delivery methods – but the durations differ.

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What technology is used to deliver virtual workshops or courses?

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We utilise the best technology available – our virtual workshops are delivered across a range of platforms to best suit the topic and the organisation's requirements.

They have been designed to deliver a real 'in the room' experience with each topic incorporating high levels of interaction and participation to ensure maximum engagement. We want each delegate to walk away with new and increased experience, skills and ability.

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What kind of learning activities can a participant expect to get involved in?

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Both virtual and face2face workshops include interactive elements such as polls, breakout sessions, group discussions, case studies and strengths-based activities to ensure participants leave the session with a greater depth of knowledge and practical skills that can be put to immediate use back in the working environment.

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How has Working Transitions developed the learning rooms?

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The content within our learning rooms has been developed by industry-leading experts, people with real-world skills that can pull on tried and tested practical experiences coupled with models and frameworks to support understanding and knowledge.

Our highly creative Instructional Designers incorporate a learning psychology angle to ensure each participant not only understands the learning point but knows what to do with it.

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I can't see the topic I'm interested in in the Ignite brochure

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Get in touch here! Our catalogue is ever-evolving, and your chosen topic may be in the design phase. We are able to develop client-specific content and are open to amending existing topics to suit exact requirements.

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