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Resilience habits
Resilience habits

Post pandemic recovery prompts a pause and a chance ot idneitfy the actions that help maintian resilience habits. Plus I share my recipe for elderflower cordial.

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Coaching, WellbeingAmanda Dudmanwellbeing, resilience, neuroscience, Do Lectures, Stella Collins, elderflower cordial, recipe, tips, walking, nature, awe walk, habits, resilience habits, lockdown, 2020, post pandemic recovery, training, learning, positive psychology, webinars, gardening, baking, bread, foraging, flora, fungi, talking, listening, pillars of resilience, change, working spaces, coaching, perspective, plan, plan do review, photos, psychological state, citric acid, zestComment
Reflective and evaluative practice in coaching and mentoring
Reflective and evaluative practice in coaching and mentoring

Some reminders of why reflective practice is good practice for coaches and mentors. And how it’s different from evaluative practice. And that we need to do both.

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Coaching, MentoringAmanda Dudmancoach, mentor, coachee, mentee, reflective practice, evaluative practice, good practice, blog, development, learning, qualification, coaching skills, helping, self-reflection, feedback, model, supervision, analytical skills, success, measurement, comeptence, talent, succession planning, peer, peer mentoring, promotion, outcome, what does success look like, professional developmentComment
Resist resolutions
Resist resolutions

Resist resolutions in 2021. With continued challenges ahead, create a lasting personal blueprint for action to help you make your choices and intentions stick.

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Coaching, WellbeingAmanda DudmanNew Year resolutions, grit, Duckworth, choices, climbing, hunt the good stuff, wellbeing, blueprint, positive psychology, 2021, challenges, optimal functioning, evidence-based, blueprintaction, mindfulness, positive experiences, counter negativity, positive emotions, three good things, perseverance, resilienceComment
Who were the wellbeing pioneers and what we can learn from them
Who were the wellbeing pioneers and what we can learn from them

The origins of wellbeing show how it remains an organisational and personal priority in 2021.

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Coaching, Wellbeing, LearningAmanda Dudmanwellbeing, coal miners, Greymouth, Te Waipounamu, New Zealand, pioneers, resilience, Blackball, Waite, 8-8-8, strike, working day, lunch break, productivity, recreation, sleeping, work life balance, employment rights, psychological state, hungry, challenging day, energy, stress, managing stress, stay in balance, flexible, adaptable, use your time, tough situations, 24 hours, what works, coaching, webinars, workshopsComment
Help others to be resilient
Help others to be resilient

Some things that enable us to be resilient and to help others with theirs. Including what late actor Christopher Reeve had to say.

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Coaching, Wellbeing, TrainingAmanda Dudmanresilience, training, coaching., wellbeing, Christopher Reeve, Superman, horses, positive, experiences, understanding, listen, shallows, ocean, risk, accident, role model, champion, advocate, coping, grounding technique, stress, lockdown, offer support, ask for support, resilience techniques, resources, toolsComment
Three do-able resilience tips for this latest lockdown
Three do-able resilience tips for this latest lockdown

Three top resilience tips to help for this latest lockdown. Easy to try. Within your control. Here to help your wellbeing.

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Coaching, WellbeingAmanda Dudmanno plan survives, contact with the enemy, Gulf War, resilience, lockdown, we rise, ask for help, ask for support, positive attitude, three As, tips, tools, press pause, thinking skills, control, resilience tips, adapt, adaptability, wellbeing, wellbeing coach, coaching, learn, change, what went well, plan, fight or flight, over-ride, press pausethree things, evidence, challenging, tough times, do-able each day, conversationComment
Create a coaching culture to support resilience
Create a coaching culture to support resilience

If ever there was a itme to have a coaching culture and mind set, it is now.

Photo by Danielle MacInnes on Unsplash


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Coaching, WellbeingAmanda Dudmancoaching, mindset, resilience, wellbeing, values, Covid-19, pandemic, change, managing change, world of work, coaching culture, systems, organisations, recover, capacity, learning, bounce forwards, thinking skills, skills, staff, environments, processes, culture, command and control, training, courses, webinars, engagement, managers, confidence, mission, vision, strategic objectives, teams, intervention, call to action, core management skill, workshop, coaching to support resilienceComment
New normal. New catchphrase. New L and D challenges?
New normal. New catchphrase. New L and D challenges?

Are we experiencing a new normal - or is this just the next step on a journey of change for Learning and Development practitioners?

Photo by Alexander Gilbertson on Unsplash

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Coaching, Learning, Skills and Values, Training, WellbeingAmanda DudmanL and D, new normal, WFH, remote and flexible working, wellbeing, stress, pandemic, demography, coaching, learning, managers, challenges, VUCA, volatile, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, induction, up skilling, virtual learning, blended learning, on demand learning, skills needs, behaviours, capabilities, methodologies, performance dips, mental health, manager as coach, demographymillenials, flexibility, making virtual learning stick, interventions, classroom, outcomes, agile working, agile learning, experiential learning, feedback, value, language, training, trends, CPD, organisational performance, culture change, pioneers, change agents, collaborationComment
Is there a role for coaching as the psychological fall out of Covid unfolds
Is there a role for coaching as the psychological fall out of Covid unfolds

Here are four ways that coaching can help post pandemic.

Thanks to Toa Heftiba for sharing their work on Unsplash.

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Coaching, Skills and ValuesAmanda Dudmancoaching, mentoring, resilience, wellbeing, change, The Guardian, therapies, joblosses, lonliness, grief, counselling, psychological, coronavirus, pandemic, Covid-19, Samaritans, mental health, career, re-deployed, redundant, listening, questions, feedback, options, coachee, mentally well, boundaries, transition, support, guide, stuck, unstuck, sharpen, skills, furloughed, confidence, lockdown lifeComment