Blog - Communication skills

Burnout must now account for one of the biggest risks within organisations. It is vital there is support for everyone.

However, if you are already implementing regular virtual one to ones, have created a range of social activities on MS Teams or Zoom, engaged people in projects or volunteering beyond their usual remit, where do you go next?

So much has been written about how well teams have adapted and how collaboration is thriving since the pandemic, we would be forgiven for thinking that workplaces have suddenly rid themselves of any inappropriate behaviour.

But research out in the last few weeks tells a very different story….

We look at how to stop email communication being a source of pressure in lockdown and steps to ensure it is the positive aid to productivity it should be…

We are delighted to be welcoming Liz Gardiner C.E.O of Protect the UK’s whistleblowing charity to our webinar on 11th June to help answer some of the thorny questions organisations will be facing as they start to plan how they will operate in the coming months…

Changes in working environments had already been taking place before the Coronavirus crisis hit. The pandemic has now both speeded up some of those changes and driven new ones.

We give you a practical way of helping your people identify what this means for team working and team behaviour…

Chris Brown, coach and consultant trainer at Focal Point Training explains how talent management programmes should support both individual and organisational goals and how using a range of development and training activities leads to tangible benefits.

Trust in the Market of One - Part 3

One of the themes which underpins our work is that it is not just about getting results …. it is also about how those results are achieved. Developing the most effective behaviours is key.

In this final blog in our series, our facilitator Graham Elder looks at the behaviours which lead to successful relationship building in a sales and marketing context.

Influencing and the Market of One  - Part 2

In the second of the series of blogs by our facilitator Graham Elder we look at influencing behaviours and how they contribute to long term relationship building….

Look out for the third and final one in the series in the next few 

Working in the Market of One - Part 1

One of the themes which underpins our work is that it is not just about getting results …. it is also about how those results are achieved. Developing the most effective behaviours is key.

In this first of three blogs, our facilitator Graham Elder looks at the behaviours which lead to successful relationship building in a sales and marketing context. Look out for the second and third in the series in the next few weeks.

Another celebrity has fired off an ill judged post on social media and regretted it…when will we learn to talk to each other to resolve our differences? And how might the new GDPR help?