Posts tagged relationships
WFH#3 - managing your personal wellbeing
WFH#3 - managing your personal wellbeing

The latest in a series of blogs about working from home, here are some practical actions and ideas for managing your personal wellbeing. The background image is a small part of the tree of life and seems apt.

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Learning, Skills and ValuesAmanda Dudmanwellbeing, stress, stress container, first aid, emotional first aid, resilience, pressures, time management, exercise, diet, hydrate, oxygenate, Covid-19, working from home, small business, relationships, holistic, mental, physical, emotional, good habbits, Action point, review, prioritise, purpose, reframe, self-fulfilling prophecy, change, meditation, yoga, breathing, bloood pressure, breaks, walk, sleep, calmness, superpower, communicate, thinking, anxiety, worries, tolerance, health, coping mechanisms, long hours, alcohol, smoking, coaching, mentoringComment
Making the most of downtime to boost wellbeing when you work on your own
Making the most of downtime to boost wellbeing when you work on your own

Ideas and tips blog. I write about making you - i.e. everyone who runs your own small/micro business - take time off for wellbeing, self development and some social responsibility.

Image from @_imkiran at Unsplash

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Learning, Skills and Values, Social ResponsibilityAmanda Dudmanwellbeing, stress, downtime, emails, time, relationships, time off, volunteering, skills, planning, development, freelancer, business, emotional investment, enterprise, balanced, risk, holiday, social responsibility, travelling, in-box, hobbies, pass times, red dot green dot, 9 to 5 Comment
Remote and flexible working - the issue of trust
Remote and flexible working - the issue of trust

Remote and flexible working - building trust.  Based on a recent project, here's what happened when we looked at ROWE and the types of trust needed.

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Facilitation, Learning, Local Government, Skills and Values, TrainingAmanda Dudmanagile, remote working, fleixble working, local councils, trust, open, honest, managers, teams, teamwork, communication, communication trust, contractual trust, competence, competence trust, relationships, work life balance, performance management, performance conversations, outputs, outcomes, measurable, information flow, communictae, empathy, challenge, maintain trust, skills, knowledge, ROWE, results orientated work environment, locaiton, workload, digital, toolkit, ways of workingComment
Recognising and celebrating mentoring
Recognising and celebrating mentoring

National Mentoring Day is a chance to recognise and celebrate mentoring and even volunteer to be a mentor yourself

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Mentoring, Learning, Skills and ValuesAmanda Dudmanmentor, mentoring, National Mentoring Day, rewarding, formal, informal, grow, flourish, enterprise, enterprise mentoring, recognising mentoring, celebrating mentoring, volunteering, October 27th, EMCC, change, develop, conversation, relationships, progress, Health, Social Housing, apprentices, mentoring apprentices, SMEs, micro business, mentoring skills, confidence, tools to go mentor, skillsComment
Creating the right environment for mentoring and coaching
Creating the right environment for mentoring and coaching

Creating the Right Environment as a Coach or Mentor.  Take the time to adopt good practice as part of your model of coaching or mentoring in the environment you build with clients.

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Coaching, Mentoring, Skills and ValuesAmanda Dudmanmentor, mentoring, coaching, trust, disclosure, environment, safety, emotional safety, mentoring location, human motivation, relationships, mentoring relationship, role of the mentorComment