Tag: Diversity and Inclusion

Loss and Grief: A Path to Enhanced Workforce Productivity with Eva Nabunya

This lived experience and informational session is given by Eva Nabunya who works in Data and Analytics at NHS England.

Eva recounts – completely head on with grief when I went through multiple miscarriages and as a woman with a yearning for motherhood, the weight of the losses left me feeling adrift, where I questioned my self-worth. My journey led me to finding a solution to my emptiness where I attended a grief programme Edu- Therapy from which I have earned certification.

Grief is a universal human experience, which ends up permeating our professional spheres, often unspoken yet it quietly gnawing away at the workforce productivity. But here’s the truth: grief extends far beyond mourning the loss of a loved one. It’s a complex web of emotions that can stem from various sources, such as job changes, company restructuring, breakups, migration, loss of income, and even the collective grief caused by a global crisis like a pandemic.

Within our workplace, these unspoken emotions act like silent saboteurs, eroding both productivity and the overall well-being of employees. When employees carry the weight of unprocessed grief, it hampers their ability to perform at their best.

The remedy lies in demystifying grief. It starts with embracing those difficult conversations that have been deferred for too long. In doing so, we create a compassionate and supportive environment where employees can share their experiences without fear of judgment.

This transformation isn’t just about empathy; it’s about the bottom line. A compassionate workplace is a productive one. Employees who feel valued and supported are more likely to be engaged, resilient, and motivated.

In this session I will be sharing some tips on coping with grief, the myths around grief and loss and what not to say to a griever. I will leave you with this quote.

“All healing is first a healing of the heart.” — Carl Townsend

Grief, when addressed openly and compassionately, can become a catalyst for healing and enhancing workforce productivity.

Who can attend this event

This event is open to anyone within the NHS with an interest in the topic.

Please Note:

If you need any special requirements with regards to accessibility, either during, or after the event, then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to assist.

We will send an email with details of joining instructions for the day to all participants, prior to the date.

In order to participate you may need a webcam and a headset.

Your computer will need to have the sound function on so you can hear and speak at the webinar.

You will need to be connected to the internet for the duration of the webinar.

 

Protected: VLN Members only – Influencing without formal authority

About the session: 

The session will be delivered virtually 

Focussed on providing participants with an understanding of how to influence and lead when they lack formal authority or the feeling of power, to build participants confidence to understand the power and influence they have and arm them with practical tools to take back to their teams. 

What will be covered: 

This virtual workshop provides some protected ‘headspace’ and ‘thinking time’ to consider: 

  • How can I grow my confidence to use my power and influence, even if I don’t have formal authority? 
  • What are the differences between leading in a hierarchical context and influencing across teams and wider networks? 
  • Which aspects of my work are best achieved through a conventional management approach and which aspects require a more networked approach to leadership? 
  • How do I decide when a formal or more informal approach to influencing might work best? 
  • What are my key challenges in influencing beyond my sphere of authority? 
  • How do I apply this learning to my everyday work? 

 Who is this session for: 

Only for members of the Visible Leaders Network invited to attend. 

Book your Place: 

We are holding two sessions of this masterclass on the following dates:- 

6th December 2022 – 1500-1630

9th March 2023 – 1300-1430

Registration is required to attend these events and ae password protected.    

Once registered to attend if you are unable to attend any of the sessions please let us know on [email protected] 

About the facilitator 

The workshop will be facilitated by Dr Jeanne Hardacre, Founding Director of Impact4Health, which is a specialist leadership, OD and culture change consultancy. Jeanne has 25 years of experience working alongside health and social care practitioners, clinicians, leaders and managers to develop behaviours and cultures which support high quality care 

Please Note:-

If you need any special requirements with regards to accessibility, either during, or after the event, then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to assist.

We will send an email with details of joining instructions for the day to all participants, prior to the date.

In order to participate you may need a webcam and a headset.

Your computer will need to have the sound function on so you can hear and speak at the webinar.

You will need to be connected to the internet for the duration of the webinar.

This webinar may be recorded.

Please also note that there will be a short evaluation form for you to complete at the end of the session – it is so important to us to get your feedback on each intervention we produce.  We want to ensure we continue to meet the needs and demands of the NHS.

Protected: VLN Members only – Influencing without formal authority

About the session: 

The session will be delivered virtually 

Focussed on providing participants with an understanding of how to influence and lead when they lack formal authority or the feeling of power, to build participants confidence to understand the power and influence they have and arm them with practical tools to take back to their teams. 

What will be covered: 

This virtual workshop provides some protected ‘headspace’ and ‘thinking time’ to consider: 

  • How can I grow my confidence to use my power and influence, even if I don’t have formal authority? 
  • What are the differences between leading in a hierarchical context and influencing across teams and wider networks? 
  • Which aspects of my work are best achieved through a conventional management approach and which aspects require a more networked approach to leadership? 
  • How do I decide when a formal or more informal approach to influencing might work best? 
  • What are my key challenges in influencing beyond my sphere of authority? 
  • How do I apply this learning to my everyday work? 

 Who is this session for: 

Only for members of the Visible Leaders Network invited to attend. 

Book your Place: 

We are holding two sessions of this masterclass on the following dates:- 

6th December 2022 – 1500-1630

9th March 2023 – 1300-1430

Registration is required to attend these events and ae password protected.    

Once registered to attend if you are unable to attend any of the sessions please let us know on [email protected] 

About the facilitator 

The workshop will be facilitated by Dr Jeanne Hardacre, Founding Director of Impact4Health, which is a specialist leadership, OD and culture change consultancy. Jeanne has 25 years of experience working alongside health and social care practitioners, clinicians, leaders and managers to develop behaviours and cultures which support high quality care 

Please Note:-

If you need any special requirements with regards to accessibility, either during, or after the event, then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to assist.

We will send an email with details of joining instructions for the day to all participants, prior to the date.

In order to participate you may need a webcam and a headset.

Your computer will need to have the sound function on so you can hear and speak at the webinar.

You will need to be connected to the internet for the duration of the webinar.

This webinar may be recorded.

Please also note that there will be a short evaluation form for you to complete at the end of the session – it is so important to us to get your feedback on each intervention we produce.  We want to ensure we continue to meet the needs and demands of the NHS.

Protected: VLN Members only – Leading Self – Outward Mindset Masterclass

Outline of the Programme 

The number one challenge of NHS and other care organisations is retaining and attracting colleagues in an already stretched service.  One overlooked solution is ‘interpersonal resilience’. This is the resilience we gain from the quality of our work relationships and our levels of civility in the way we interact with others.  Everyone can play their part by adopting an Outward Mindset that drives respectful relationship building behaviour: 

In this 60 minute masterclass, you will cover: 

  • What is interpersonal resilience and why its crucial to surviving such difficult times 
  • Understand the difference between an Inward & Outward mindset 
  • Why we build our relationships and interpersonal resilience through how we regard others (Outward Mindset drives civility) 
  • Self reflection and discussion where ‘I’ might be negatively impacting others and reducing others resilience 
  • Tools and ideas for how we can play our part to create a resilient team or culture 

 Delegates will receive: 

  • PDF of slides 
  • 8 page professional summary of best-selling book 
  • Access to further Outward Mindset resources 

 Who is this session for:  

Only for members of the Visible Leaders Network invited to attend. 

Book your Place: 

We are holding two sessions of this masterclass on the following dates:- 

17th January 2023  

15th February 2023  

Registration is required to attend these events and is password protected.   

Once registered to attend if you are unable to attend any of the sessions please let us know on [email protected] 

About the Facilitator 

Alec Grimsley has devoted 17 years of his life to understanding human relationships and the impact mindset has on civility, respect and resourceful teams. 28 executive teams have trusted him with facilitating some of their most difficult conversations (16 within the NHS) and over 12,000 NHS leaders and employees have attended his workshops. Alec is also an author and has written for the UK press. His book “Vital Conversations” reached number 1 in the leadership category of Amazon (UK). In one current project, Alec is supporting and developing seven Chief Executives, who are working on a multi-organisational collaboration programme to integrate health and social care. 

Please Note:-

If you need any special requirements with regards to accessibility, either during, or after the event, then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to assist.

We will send an email with details of joining instructions for the day to all participants, prior to the date.

In order to participate you may need a webcam and a headset.

Your computer will need to have the sound function on so you can hear and speak at the webinar.

You will need to be connected to the internet for the duration of the webinar.

This webinar may be recorded.

Please also note that there will be a short evaluation form for you to complete at the end of the session – it is so important to us to get your feedback on each intervention we produce.  We want to ensure we continue to meet the needs and demands of the NHS.

Protected: VLN Members only – Leading Self – Outward Mindset Masterclass

Outline of the Programme 

The number one challenge of NHS and other care organisations is retaining and attracting colleagues in an already stretched service.  One overlooked solution is ‘interpersonal resilience’. This is the resilience we gain from the quality of our work relationships and our levels of civility in the way we interact with others.  Everyone can play their part by adopting an Outward Mindset that drives respectful relationship building behaviour: 

In this 60 minute masterclass, you will cover: 

  • What is interpersonal resilience and why its crucial to surviving such difficult times 
  • Understand the difference between an Inward & Outward mindset 
  • Why we build our relationships and interpersonal resilience through how we regard others (Outward Mindset drives civility) 
  • Self reflection and discussion where ‘I’ might be negatively impacting others and reducing others resilience 
  • Tools and ideas for how we can play our part to create a resilient team or culture 

 Delegates will receive: 

  • PDF of slides 
  • 8 page professional summary of best-selling book 
  • Access to further Outward Mindset resources 

 Who is this session for:  

Only for members of the Visible Leaders Network invited to attend. 

Book your Place: 

We are holding two sessions of this masterclass on the following dates:- 

17th January 2023  

15th February 2023  

Registration is required to attend these events and is password protected.   

Once registered to attend if you are unable to attend any of the sessions please let us know on [email protected] 

About the Facilitator 

Alec Grimsley has devoted 17 years of his life to understanding human relationships and the impact mindset has on civility, respect and resourceful teams. 28 executive teams have trusted him with facilitating some of their most difficult conversations (16 within the NHS) and over 12,000 NHS leaders and employees have attended his workshops. Alec is also an author and has written for the UK press. His book “Vital Conversations” reached number 1 in the leadership category of Amazon (UK). In one current project, Alec is supporting and developing seven Chief Executives, who are working on a multi-organisational collaboration programme to integrate health and social care. 

Please Note:-

If you need any special requirements with regards to accessibility, either during, or after the event, then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to assist.

We will send an email with details of joining instructions for the day to all participants, prior to the date.

In order to participate you may need a webcam and a headset.

Your computer will need to have the sound function on so you can hear and speak at the webinar.

You will need to be connected to the internet for the duration of the webinar.

This webinar may be recorded.

Please also note that there will be a short evaluation form for you to complete at the end of the session – it is so important to us to get your feedback on each intervention we produce.  We want to ensure we continue to meet the needs and demands of the NHS.

Protected: VLN Members only – The Art of Being Brilliant

About the session: 

 When the world’s doing its worst it’s doubly important that you know how to be at your best! THE ART OF BEING BRILLIANT helps you shine by reconnecting you with you. 

 It acts as the cornerstone of any personal or organisational change programme. We use cutting edge research but have surgically removed the big words and replaced them with simple, do-able principles that are applicable at work and home. We like to think of it as a personal upgrade that allows you to thrive no matter what the world throws at you. 

 THE ART OF BEING BRILLIANT is your competitive advantage. In plain simple English, we want this to be the best training you have ever had. Whisper it quietly, but it might even change your life? 

 Why this programme  

This programmes are based on the research findings of Dr Andy Cope. Andy flipped psychology and instead of looking at illness, he looked at wellness. His Loughborough PhD (the first in the UK) was about employee engagement, with a specific focus on elevated states of wellbeing. Andy examined those at the top of the wellbeing spectrum (at Art of Brilliance, we call them the ‘2-percenters’, the small group of staff who are flourishing) and sought to answer 3 questions: 

  • Who are the 2-percenters? 
  • What are they doing that allows them to flourish? 
  • What can we learn from them that we might apply to the wider staffing population, so they might flourish too? 

 The programmes take in the wider areas of Positive Psychology (purpose, strengths, resilience, self-care, etc), but Andy’s original research provides the DNA of our portfolio. This gives our programmes a strong academic grounding, but our ‘uniqueness’ actually comes from bringing the messages to life through humour, story-telling and common-sense principles. 

Who is this session for: 

Members of the Visible Leaders Network across health and care. 

The session will be delivered virtually 

About the facilitator 

This webinar will be facilitated by Jonathan Peach. 

 About Jonathan: Jonathan’s big passion is helping people achieve their dreams and believes that the only person stopping them from doing this is themselves. 

As a speaker, trainer and coach, he works with individuals and teams, sharing strategies for ridding people of limiting beliefs and being the best version of themselves that they can possibly be. 

Jonathan co-wrote the book ‘Leadership the Multiplier Effect’ with Andy Cope and is a regular trainer and coach on the online programme ‘Wellbeing Workout’ that streams on Facebook live each week 

Please Note:-

If you need any special requirements with regards to accessibility, either during, or after the event, then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to assist.

We will send an email with details of joining instructions for the day to all participants, prior to the date.

In order to participate you may need a webcam and a headset.

Your computer will need to have the sound function on so you can hear and speak at the webinar.

You will need to be connected to the internet for the duration of the webinar.

This webinar may be recorded.

Please also note that there will be a short evaluation form for you to complete at the end of the session – it is so important to us to get your feedback on each intervention we produce.  We want to ensure we continue to meet the needs and demands of the NHS.

Protected: VLN Members only – Rising Stronger

About the session: 

From mental health to mental wealth 

 The world has moved on and so must our thinking and behaviours. 

 This session is absolutely not about challenging you to up your game or work harder, it’s about nudging you to remember who you are at your best. That’s not only good for you. It creates positive ripples that impact on your family, your team and your customers. bouncing back is one thing, bouncing forward is quite another. RISING STRONGER has individual and team resilience at its core. 

 Why this programme  

Your wellbeing 6-pack 

RISING STRONGER is built around a wellbeing and resilience ‘6-pack’. 

Adaptability. With the new normal in charge, it’s important to be able to unlearn and relearn. 2021 will be challenging, so you may as well learn a mindset to match. 

 The power of NOW. The best way to inoculate yourself against stress is to calm your thinking. Therefore, we include a smidgeon of mindfulness like you’ve never heard it before 

Words create worlds. It’s so easy to slide back into old habits. We introduce a few words that will help you to rethink your thinking. 

Drop the guilt. A recurring theme of all our training is to do less and be more. To reboot, it’s often a matter of switching off and back on again. The same principle also applies to human beings. 

 Impact. We’re all superheroes pretending to be normal. Pants on the outside is a fashion faux pas so, instead, RISING STRONGER is about rediscovering your mojo. 

 Getting over it. We all carry mental baggage and it isn’t half easy to develop a habit of grumbling. To have your best year ever, you need to learn to let go 

Our programmes are based on the research findings of Dr Andy Cope. Andy flipped psychology and instead of looking at illness, he looked at wellness. His Loughborough PhD (the first in the UK) was about employee engagement, with a specific focus on elevated states of wellbeing. Andy examined those at the top of the wellbeing spectrum (at Art of Brilliance, we call them the ‘2-percenters’, the small group of staff who are flourishing) and sought to answer 3 questions: 

  • Who are the 2-percenters? 
  • What are they doing that allows them to flourish? 
  • What can we learn from them that we might apply to the wider staffing population, so they might flourish too? 

Our programmes take in the wider areas of Positive Psychology (purpose, strengths, resilience, self-care, etc), but Andy’s original research provides the DNA of our portfolio. This gives our programmes a strong academic grounding, but our ‘uniqueness’ actually comes from bringing the messages to life through humour, story-telling and common-sense principles. 

 Who is this session for: 

Members of the Visible Leaders Network across health and care. 

The session will be delivered virtually 

About the facilitator 

This session will be facilitated by Andy Cope 

 About Andy: Andy is a qualified teacher, wellbeing expert and ‘recovering academic’. His Loughborough University thesis was 12 years in the making and the reward for grinding out his PhD is that he gets to call himself a ‘Doctor of Happiness’. 

The good doctor is lucky enough to work with some very large businesses, including DHL, Kelloggs, Hewlett Packard, Astra Zeneca, Lego, L’Oreal, Nationwide and UEFA. He has tailored his workshops to meet the needs of children and teachers and delivers to audiences from age 8 upwards! 

Andy writes the ‘Brilliant’ range of self-help books for adults and teenagers, and also pens the successful children’s ‘Spy Dog’ series for Puffin. 

His books are frequently on the best-sellers list. ‘The Happiness Revolution’ is just out and he’s currently working on a writing project with Bear Grylls. 

Please Note:-

If you need any special requirements with regards to accessibility, either during, or after the event, then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to assist.

We will send an email with details of joining instructions for the day to all participants, prior to the date.

In order to participate you may need a webcam and a headset.

Your computer will need to have the sound function on so you can hear and speak at the webinar.

You will need to be connected to the internet for the duration of the webinar.

This webinar may be recorded.

Please also note that there will be a short evaluation form for you to complete at the end of the session – it is so important to us to get your feedback on each intervention we produce.  We want to ensure we continue to meet the needs and demands of the NHS.

Protected: VLN Members only – Giving and Receiving Effective Feedback

About the session: 

Giving and receiving feedback is an essential part of any role, when done in the right way and with the right intentions, feedback can lead to outstanding performance. Giving feedback is a skill and like all skills, it takes practice to get it right. This 90-minute leadership espresso has been designed to support you to give feedback constructively and effectively across difference, for example race, gender, sexuality and disability. 

What will be covered: 

  • Explore and understand models for giving and receiving feedback 
  • Understand the issues of giving and receiving feedback across difference, for example race, gender, sexuality and disability 
  • Reflect on unconscious bias in the feedback process – barriers and enablers to effective feedback 
  • Consider the art of non-violent conversation 

An opportunity to practice the skills of giving and receiving feedback 

Who is this session for: 

Members of the Visible Leaders Network across health and social care. 

The session will be delivered virtually 

About the facilitator 

Dr Sandie Dunne, BA, MA, MSC  

Sandie is an Organisational Development Consultant, working with psychodynamic and systems approaches and accredited Coach, Henley Business School. Sandie has rich academic experience working on the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson programme in Cohort Tutor, Cohort Director, and Deputy Programme Director roles, EGA and GMTS, and as a visiting lecturer for the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust MA in Consultation (D10)  

She has a Professional Doctorate in Leadership and Organisational Development  ‘Consultation and the Organisation’, and her research thesis was on leadership and inclusion with a focus BAME leadership in the public sector. 

Please Note:-

If you need any special requirements with regards to accessibility, either during, or after the event, then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to assist.

We will send an email with details of joining instructions for the day to all participants, prior to the date.

In order to participate you may need a webcam and a headset.

Your computer will need to have the sound function on so you can hear and speak at the webinar.

You will need to be connected to the internet for the duration of the webinar.

This webinar may be recorded.

Please also note that there will be a short evaluation form for you to complete at the end of the session – it is so important to us to get your feedback on each intervention we produce.  We want to ensure we continue to meet the needs and demands of the NHS.

Protected: VLN Members only – Giving and Receiving Effective Feedback

About the session: 

Giving and receiving feedback is an essential part of any role, when done in the right way and with the right intentions, feedback can lead to outstanding performance. Giving feedback is a skill and like all skills, it takes practice to get it right. This 90-minute leadership espresso has been designed to support you to give feedback constructively and effectively across difference, for example race, gender, sexuality and disability. 

What will be covered: 

  • Explore and understand models for giving and receiving feedback 
  • Understand the issues of giving and receiving feedback across difference, for example race, gender, sexuality and disability 
  • Reflect on unconscious bias in the feedback process – barriers and enablers to effective feedback 
  • Consider the art of non-violent conversation 

An opportunity to practice the skills of giving and receiving feedback 

Who is this session for: 

Members of the Visible Leaders Network across health and social care. 

The session will be delivered virtually 

About the facilitator 

Dr Sandie Dunne, BA, MA, MSC  

Sandie is an Organisational Development Consultant, working with psychodynamic and systems approaches and accredited Coach, Henley Business School. Sandie has rich academic experience working on the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson programme in Cohort Tutor, Cohort Director, and Deputy Programme Director roles, EGA and GMTS, and as a visiting lecturer for the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust MA in Consultation (D10)  

She has a Professional Doctorate in Leadership and Organisational Development  ‘Consultation and the Organisation’, and her research thesis was on leadership and inclusion with a focus BAME leadership in the public sector. 

Please Note:-

If you need any special requirements with regards to accessibility, either during, or after the event, then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to assist.

We will send an email with details of joining instructions for the day to all participants, prior to the date.

In order to participate you may need a webcam and a headset.

Your computer will need to have the sound function on so you can hear and speak at the webinar.

You will need to be connected to the internet for the duration of the webinar.

This webinar may be recorded.

Please also note that there will be a short evaluation form for you to complete at the end of the session – it is so important to us to get your feedback on each intervention we produce.  We want to ensure we continue to meet the needs and demands of the NHS.

EDI Celebration Masterclass Part 2

We are please to offer a programme of learning, to support the celebration of what diversity and inclusion can bring to the workplace, and the value a diverse workforce can bring.

The focus is on how we Inclusively Lead our workforce by Improving knowledge, understanding, and developing skills a must for all our leaders.

From exploring what is equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging? Why it is important? What legislation sits around E, D & I?

 To looking at intergenerational teams and intersectionality and how we can create physiological safety within our teams to enable a sense of belonging for all?

 What it means to be an ‘ally’ at work – supporting all colleagues and friends. To increase our cultural awareness and understand difference, to create an Inclusive workplace.

 For you to explore things we can do to Lead with an inclusive lens and much more.

Most importantly its an opportunity to come together, to connect and talk about what matters.  A chance to learn and share our own lived experience, to learn from one another.

Andpartership – Rebecca Clarke ACIPD Senior Consultant.  Rebecca has over 20 years’ experience working in the retail sector, and has held senior leadership roles in management, consulting and business partnering across large international teams. Rebecca focuses on implementing inclusive, dynamic and hybrid solutions to keep up to date in our ever-changing world. Her passion is enabling others to be at their best, in any situation, by empowering individuals, teams and organisations to have ownership and be better than they thought they could be. She has experience in L&D, HR, Talent Development, Coaching, Engagement, OD, Change Management, Learning Design, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. Has a passion for Mental Health and Wellbeing.

Who should attend?

This masterclass is for VLN Members only.

Please Note:-

If you need any special requirements with regards to accessibility, either during, or after the event, then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to assist.

We will send an email with details of joining instructions for the day to all participants, prior to the date.

In order to participate you may need a webcam and a headset.

Your computer will need to have the sound function on so you can hear and speak at the webinar.

You will need to be connected to the internet for the duration of the webinar.

Please also note that there will be a short evaluation form for you to complete at the end of the session – it is so important to us to get your feedback on each intervention we produce.  We want to ensure we continue to meet the needs and demands of the NHS.