Posts tagged practice
Reviewing WFH - the good and the bad and actions for post lockdown
Reviewing WFH - the good and the bad and actions for post lockdown

Good and bad have come out of WFH. What next for organisations and workers as they look at new ways of working.

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Leadership, Learning, Skills and Values, WellbeingAmanda Dudman70-20-10, learning, WFH, remote and flexible working, R and F, Learning and development, practitioners, strategists, classroom, whole 100, outcomes, performance, deficit model, consultancy, business partner, OD, HR, Covid-19, pandemic, remote, adpatable, social learning, peer learning, performance at work, theory in use, blog, lockdown, wellbeing, resilience, team, digitalisation, technology, leadership, benefits, zoom, values, kindness, behavioural values, social media, not oging back, commuting, meetings, presenteeism, work life balance, office, ways of working, children at home, key worker, furloughed, grieving, change, coping with change, Burns, transition, business models, collaboration, mental health, reserch, boundaries, time, time management, noise, distractions, interruptions, resilient thinking skills, listening, empoyers, policy, practice, ways of workingdevelopment, teams, targets, L and DComment
Mentoring A to Z series blog: active listening, or as Ernesto Sirolli would say, "shut up and listen"
Mentoring A to Z series blog: active listening, or as Ernesto Sirolli would say, "shut up and listen"
Learning, Mentoring, Skills and ValuesAmanda Dudmanlisten, active listening, mentor, mentoring, Ernesto Sirolli, enterprise, National Mentoring Day, mind chatter, inner voice, mentee, listening habits, body language, practice, listen well, delete and distort, subjective experience, emotional censorship, unconscious bias, TED, TED Talk, communicate, aid work, respect, engagementComment
Mentoring A to Z series blog: reflective practice
Mentoring A to Z series blog: reflective practice

The second in my series of daily blogs for National Mentoring Day on 27th October. A practice share and some ideas on reflective practice in mentoring.

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Learning, MentoringAmanda Dudmanmentor, mentee, reflective practice, questioning, timeline, mentoring, skills, National Mentoring Day 2018, benefits, CPD, continued professional development, volunteer, learning, learning styles, David Kolb, Honey and Mumford, practice, professional standards, growth, outcomes, value, learn how to learn, questions Comment
Beating stress, creating calm
Beating stress, creating calm

Latest surveys continue to show work is the number one stressor for us.  The biggest factor is how we view it.  Our perspective plays a huge part.  And thus much of the solution is in our control.

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Learning, Motivation, Skills and Values, TrainingAmanda Dudmanstress, calm, resilience, training, learning, workshops, programmes, Peter Drucker, culture, straegy, wellbeing, beating stress, practice, say no, conflict styles, behaviour, assertive, facilitating, public sector, work stress, sleep, stress at work, work based survey, anxiety, engagement, coachees, motivation, culturetime, support, influence, reframe, habits, well formed outcomeComment
Effective questioning in coaching and mentoring
Effective questioning in coaching and mentoring

From an early age we are curious and ask questions.  And we are encouraged to give answers too.  But we are rarely taught how to phrase and ask the 'right' question.

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Coaching, Learning, MentoringAmanda Dudmancoaching, mentoring, coachee, mentee, Padesky, SFEDI Awards, questions, questioning, killer questions, enterprise mentoring, effective questioning, intuiition, practice, outcome, practitioner, find asnwers, process thinking, psychological, seamless approach, listening, global listening, guided discussion, goal, journey goal, session goal, answers, summarise, truthful answers, responsibility, challengeComment
Holding an effective performance conversation - improving managers' confidence
Holding an effective performance conversation - improving managers' confidence

Recognising the challenges in implementing performance management - helping managers with skills and confidence to hold effective performance conversations.

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Learning, Skills and Values, TrainingAmanda Dudmanperformance conversations, performance, performance goals, performance management, effective performance, managers, skills, feedback, 70-20-10, peer learning, knowledge, measurement, SMART, outcomes, goals, landscape, confidence, performance management systems, learning, learning styles, NLP, challenges, time, tough, difficult behaviour, resources, customers, elected members, public sector, expectations, choice, mandatory training, buy-in, crucial conversations, practice, up-skilling, classroom, peer, elements, 1-2-1, development, positive intent, value-added, constructively Comment
Coaching using GROW - focus on the W
Coaching using GROW - focus on the W

Exploring some ideas about coaching the W of GROW

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CoachingAmanda Dudmancoaching, GROW, Whitmore, Sir John Whitmore, W, coachee, coach, framework, REALITY, OPTIONS, GOALS, performance, managers, action, action plan, wrap, relationship, focus, intervention, process, practice, methodology, skill, coaching practice, self awareness, responsibility, self belief, explore, qulaified, practitioner, approaches, questions, questioning, support, commitment, scaling question, on a scale of 1 to 10Comment
Coaching using GROW - focusing on the R
Coaching using GROW - focusing on the R

Ideas for how to manage the "R" of the GROW model when coaching along with some good questions to ask.

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Coaching, Skills and ValuesAmanda Dudmancoaching, GROW, goals, relaity, reality check, Whitmore, Sir John Whitmore, questions, questioning, objectivity, judgments, disortions, prejudices, practice, coaching practice, insight, awareness, coachee, coachee's, FEEDBACK, paraphrasing, summarising, ask, honesty, reifne, re-framing, information, focus, purpose, R, story, checklist, managing, values, self limiting beliefs, beliefs, language, what have you tried, outcomes, self assessment, resistance Comment