Get yourself a coach in 2018
Get yourself a coach in 2018

Having a coach has many benefits.  If you want to make a change to your life or career or improve wellbeing and confidence, or find motivation, get a coach in 2018.

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Coaching, MotivationAmanda Dudmanwellbeing, coach, coaching, 2018, confidence, motivation, Neil Pasricha, doable, skills, life work balance, tools, techniques, goals, New Years resolutions, self awareness, thinking, perception, internalised beliefs, career, lifestyle, job, bad habits, change, lapse, positive, anxiety, should-ing, patterns of thinking Comment
Signing off 2017 with optimism
Signing off 2017 with optimism

Reasons not to make new year resolutions. Make goals, take action and  learn to be be optimistic instead.

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Skills and Values, LearningAmanda Dudmanresilience, optimism, thinking traps, skills, Meaning Conference, Meg Wheatley, Reivich, Shatte, negative beliefs, limiting beliefs, 2018, suspended coffee, Bar Bar Black Sheep, positive optimism, overcome beliefs, take action, positive outcomes, resolutions, New Year resolutions, volunteer, wellbeing, goals, aims, confident, coach, coaching, learn, lose, The Resilience FactorComment
The four mantras of mentoring
The four mantras of mentoring

I discovered four lessons from those putting mentoring skills into practice with apprentices.

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Learning, Mentoring, Skills and ValuesAmanda Dudmanskills, apprentices, mentoring apprentices, mentee, Apprenticemakers, SFEDI, IOEE, business, training, business owners, listening, potential, knowledge, conversation, communicate, communication, attitude, career, benefits, four mantras, work, marine, supervision, line management, college, assessment, staff, managers, flexibleComment
Remote and flexible working - working on trust more deeply
Remote and flexible working - working on trust more deeply

Addressing how Managers need to and can build trust in a remote and flexible working environment.

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Skills and Values, TrainingAmanda Dudmanagile, remote working, flexible working, coaching, training, trust, competence, results, results orientated work environment, ROWE, open, honest relationships, role of the manager, communication trust, challenge, working on trust, CPD, knoweldge, skills, hot desking, home working, building trust, integrity, caring, confidentiality, wellbeing, mentor Comment
Remote and flexible working - the issue of trust
Remote and flexible working - the issue of trust

Remote and flexible working - building trust.  Based on a recent project, here's what happened when we looked at ROWE and the types of trust needed.

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Facilitation, Learning, Local Government, Skills and Values, TrainingAmanda Dudmanagile, remote working, fleixble working, local councils, trust, open, honest, managers, teams, teamwork, communication, communication trust, contractual trust, competence, competence trust, relationships, work life balance, performance management, performance conversations, outputs, outcomes, measurable, information flow, communictae, empathy, challenge, maintain trust, skills, knowledge, ROWE, results orientated work environment, locaiton, workload, digital, toolkit, ways of workingComment
Recognising and celebrating mentoring
Recognising and celebrating mentoring

National Mentoring Day is a chance to recognise and celebrate mentoring and even volunteer to be a mentor yourself

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Mentoring, Learning, Skills and ValuesAmanda Dudmanmentor, mentoring, National Mentoring Day, rewarding, formal, informal, grow, flourish, enterprise, enterprise mentoring, recognising mentoring, celebrating mentoring, volunteering, October 27th, EMCC, change, develop, conversation, relationships, progress, Health, Social Housing, apprentices, mentoring apprentices, SMEs, micro business, mentoring skills, confidence, tools to go mentor, skillsComment