Sue Mitchell

How do you inspire a positive culture and bring people together to keep going forwards through change, uncertainty and other stressful situations? The way we think and talk about these situations has subtle and unintuitive influences on our mindset, our decisions and the actions we take, which affects our outcomes.

This interactive session gives you mindset tools to be flexible and adaptable for yourself and your people, illustrated through the lens of a sailing adventure. Contribute your perspectives. Take part in choosing what to do next.

Discover Sue’s powerful PEP framework which is the foundation for clarity, commitment and confidence.
Outcomes:
• Understand why change, uncertainty and other challenges can cause stress and fatigue.
• Gain Sue's ‘PEP Framework’ to gain clarity, confidence and commitment
• Use the sailing metaphor to be consistent, dynamic and flexible through uncertainty and change.
• Take control of your mindset.
• Nurture a positive culture and trust.

This highly interactive and fun event involves conversations around leadership styles and the dynamics arising from the different contexts of leadership. We discuss how we can recognise a range of leadership styles including those in the ILM72 model, the pros and cons for each and situations where they can be relevant. We try out a number of tools to develop flexibility in our leadership styles.
Option: participants can do the ILM72 questionnaire after the seminar. (Additional Fee per person.)

Benefits
 Understand the impact of different leadership styles.
 Focus on delivering results AND inspiring people and engaging your team.
 Be an inspiring leader.
 Improve team work.
 Raise performance and engagement.

Have you ever wondered what makes someone a good leader or manager? A good parent? A good athlete? A successful business owner? Usually we talk about skills, talent and ability, or strategy, plans and goals. Yet research consistently shows that these are just a small part of it. Mental toughness (also called Mental Strength or grit), makes a much bigger impact. Mental toughness is a special kind of resilience and is more than just bouncing back from adversity. It is the mindset that enables you to perform at your best even under pressure, embrace adversity, find the opportunities and thrive no matter what the circumstances.
Mental toughness is NOT about being macho or aggressive! It is about being comfortable with who you are, which is vital for authentic leadership.

Benefits
 Raise and maintain performance irrespective of circumstances.
 Deal effectively with change.
 Improve focus.
 Improve working relationships.
 Improve wellbeing and energy levels and reduce stress.

As a busy professional, manager or leader how often do you relate to these common complaints?
 Work takes over my life. I end up working late or at weekends and when I am with family and friends my mind is still on problems at work, or coming up with new ideas.
 There’s too much to do, and not enough time or resources.
 I just feel tired and stressed.
 It feels lonely at the top.
This session explores how strategies to create the work/life balance you want, reframe challenges to opportunities, raise your wellbeing and fulfilment and ensure you and your organisation thrive.

Benefits
 Clarity about priorities in life and work.
 Better quality use of time.
 Greater focus at work.
 Peace of mind.
 Fulfilment.

This fun, highly interactive session helps team members get to know each other better, raise individual and team confidence and build a positive ‘can-do’ culture. Working in pairs, small groups and as a plenary group, we look at ways to build positive thinking and emotions into everyday life at work, making it easier to work more effectively together and raising wellbeing and engagement.

Benefits
 Sow the seeds for a can-do culture.
 Discover hidden talents of your team members.
 Raise positivity in the work place.
 Improve working relationships.
 Encourage positive feedback.

Duration 2 hrs to full day, depending on content and group size.