Personal Effectiveness

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Micro-learning: Influencing Well

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Micro-learning: Natural Networking

Critical Thinking

Micro-learning: Critical Thinking

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Micro-learning: Leading with Stories

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Micro-learning: Mastering Meetings and Groups

If Then New

Design (and share) your If > Then statements, for a purposefully prompt towards action

Catherine Allison

How to influence decisions and boost gravitas with your voice

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Upping your gravitas by silencing your inner critic and amplifying your inner coach

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How to check your writing for clarity

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Using the 'Rule of Three' to communicate memorable ideas

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How to pause when presenting

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Working with eye contact

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The power of plain language in presentations

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The power of 'You' in writing

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What designers need to know about microcopy

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Skills and mindsets for making mentoring meaningful

Setting mentoring relationships up for success

Liz

The impact of coaching, and it's distinction from mentoring

Practical pointers for authentic leadership

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Coaching, and creating coaching cultures

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Vocal confidence warm up exercises

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Vocal techniques for clearer articulation

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Growth Mindset Mantras

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How to command an on-screen presence

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How to start writing

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The secret to a successful Tone of Voice

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How to write with authority for brands

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Keep it simple. Quick and effortless copywriting

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Writing in the active voice

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Resource Pack: The art of saying No (and how to say Yes)

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Resource Pack: Purposeful Presenting

Behave

Course Pack: Behavioural Insights

Charm

Course Pack: Charm School

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eCourse: Go with the GROW model

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eCourse: Are you listening?

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eCourse: Meaningful Mentoring

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eCourse: Leadership Styles, a primer

eCourse: Charm School

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eCourse: Owning Feedback

eCourse: Practicing a Coaching Approach

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Resource Pack: Everyday Coaching

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Resource Pack: Self-Determination Theory

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eCourse: Get SET with your Goals

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eCourse: Time Management and Prioritisation

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eCourse: Mastering Delegation

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eCourse: Mastering Meetings and Groups

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eCourse: Presence and Gravitas

eCourse: Strengths to Influence

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Better Briefing: A bitesize guide from Baxter & Bailey

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Clear and simple copy

MBT

Get your team talking to each other with a practical take on the Myers-Briggs personality test

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Knowing me, knowing you

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Resource Pack: How to Decide

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Resource Pack: Goals and Habits

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Course Pack: Managing Up

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Resource Pack: Owning Feedback

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Course Pack: Effective 1-1s

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What's your team's CAMPS score? Get a snapshot of engagement levels.

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Resource Pack: Are you Listening?

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And-But-Therefore — Try out a tested storytelling technique

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Resource Pack: Mastering Meetings & Groups

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To.... So That. A snappy structure to define the purpose of any meeting

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The voice in your head, and how to harness it — with psychologist Ethan Kross.

Think Again, by Adam Grant

The Art of Gathering, by Priya Parker

RSB

Root, Stem, Branch — An organic approach for telling your own story

Diff

Never Split the Difference, by Chris Voss — Key ideas and takeaways from the best-selling-book on negotiation skills.

Daniel

Mastering (Virtual) Presence, coach and facilitator Mike Sagun in conversation for the Conversation Factory

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Decoding Difficult Conversations — Sheila Heen unpacks the layers within those conversations you're probably avoiding.

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Course Pack: The Business Model Canvas

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Resource Pack: Delegation. Done

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Course Pack: Defining Problems

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Course Pack: Constructive Conflict and Difficult Conversations

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Course Pack: Influence IRL

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Resource Pack: Presence and Gravitas

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Chatter: Practical tools to apply, and harness the voice in your head

eCourse: A Brand called You

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Resource Pack: A Brand called You

MOM

Mitchell on Meetings — What we learned and where it led

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Course Pack: Building Confidence

Scaling

Experiment with a 'Scaling Question' to better connect, learn and influence

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Resource Pack: Writing Well

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Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shares powerful, actionable insights on the impact of our body language

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Watch Sheila Heen explain why we need to be regularly asking for feedback, and what stops us from doing so.

Diff

Listen to former hostage Chris Voss share practical insights on better negotiation.

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Experiment with Timeboxing for more focus and productivity

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Build your time awareness, and reveal ways to boost productivity, with an Activity Log

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Time in tomatoes: build productivity and focus with the Pomodoro technique

Six practical tools for building confidence and self-belief, shared by brain expert Ian Robertson

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Great questions to ask in coaching conversations, 1-1's and other curious contexts

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Course Pack: Navigating Negotiation

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Resource Pack: Making Time

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Practice the principles of persuasion from 'Godfather of Influence,' Robert Cialdini.

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How to be a meaningful mentor, insights from a purposeful podcast

Breathman

Mindful breathing — the foundation of focus and flow

Setback

Smarten your approach to setbacks, by trying out a Setback Story

To Think

Don't forget to diarise thinking time — experiment with a 'To Think' list

Silent Meeting

Make your next meeting a Silent Meeting

Can If Go

Immediately build your confidence, with a 'Can-If' statement

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Build belief by recognising small wins — Try a 'Done List'

Friction

Add some friction to your most common distractions

Fly

Channel that fly on the wall. Try some purposeful self talk to mitigate moments of doubt

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Micro-learning: Keeping a coaching mindset

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Micro-learning: Setting Better Boundaries

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Micro-learning: Building Confidence

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Micro-learning: Feedback fundamentals

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Micro-learning: Purposeful Presenting

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Micro-learning: Finding Focus and Flow

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Micro-learning: Writing Well

Coaching Criticism

Find the Coaching in Criticism. Things to try when feedback doesn't quite land

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Course Pack: Natural Networking

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Course Pack: Storytelling

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Experiment with a Springboard Story to communicate your change idea, and take people with you towards it.

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Evolve your 'inner mentor' — a short reflective exercise to focus your development, and the ways you can better support others

Do Story

Practical storytelling principles from Bobette Buster's book — Do: Story

Homework

Homework for Life: A ten-second daily ritual for noticing, capturing and practicing stories

Hear

Try this deep listening exercise for deeper connection and better conversations

Discover the impact a five minute favour can have on your relationships, and network building

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Experiment with the BRAIN model for confident decision making and problem solving

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Course Pack: Voice Gym. Building your vocal confidence

A three minute mindset exercise, to support a coaching approach

Good Qs

Smart ways to frame questions in your next mentoring session

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Try out the CAR technique, and upgrade your understanding when interviewing someone.

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Five powerful questions for adding impact and insight to your next interview.

Five tactics for influencing those more senior

Micro-learning: Getting into a Growth Mindset

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Solve problems before they happen with pre-mortems

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A checklist for checklists — five things to tick off when developing a checklist

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Share genuinely useful feedback with the BID model

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Seven things to avoid when writing at work

Meetings

Finding fortitude, and follow on experiments

Confidence Ecourse

eCourse: Confidence Mastery

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Time Blocking, and bringing some colour into your calendar

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Kas's reflections on listening and questioning well

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Matteo's coaching reflections

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eCourse: Difficult Conversations

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Worksheet: Owning Feedback

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Worksheet: Time Blocking

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Raul Aparici on mitigating impostor syndrome

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Book Club: New Methods for Women — With Sharmadean Reid MBE

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Resource Pack: Tools for Trust

Resource Pack: A Brand called You

Here you'll find core content and related resources that support our Brand called You workshop.

Personal Effectiveness

Management & Leadership

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A Brand called You

In our virtual Brand called You workshops we work through the content on a Miro board together.

See the board here

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This short eCourse recaps on our core workshop content, and takes you through the flow of defining a 'leadership brand'.

See the eCourse

More Resources

Influencepaperplane

Micro-learning: Influencing Well

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Micro-learning: Natural Networking

Critical Thinking

Micro-learning: Critical Thinking

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Micro-learning: Leading with Stories

Micro-learning: Mastering Meetings and Groups

Design (and share) your If > Then statements, for a purposefully prompt towards action

Catherine Allison

How to influence decisions and boost gravitas with your voice

Screen Shot 2020 12 18 at 06 47 18

Upping your gravitas by silencing your inner critic and amplifying your inner coach

Screen Shot 2017 02 16 at 14 21 34

How to check your writing for clarity

Using the 'Rule of Three' to communicate memorable ideas

Screen Shot 2017 02 18 at 19 45 51

How to pause when presenting

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Working with eye contact