Posts tagged skills
10 things that went right in 2020
10 things that went right in 2020

How 2020 will be remembered is up to you. I will look to the upside.

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Experiences, Learning, Skills and Values, WellbeingAmanda Dudmanresilience, IOEE, SFEDI, Covid-19, mentoring, rapid response mentoring, star gazing, Comet Neowise, Great Conjunction, constellations, jam, chutney, elderflower champagne, garden, weather, bluebells, walking, awe walk, nature, Green Day, Good Riddance, I hope you had the time of your life, Jacinda Ardern, Aotearoa, New Zealand, empathy, communication, listening, values, kindness, habits, 2 meters, social distance, mask, wear a mask, skills, knowledge, reading, webinars, virtual learning, wellbeing, leadership, techniques, summer, canal walks, flora, fauna, digital life, remote working, working from home, B Corps, volunteering, VCSE sector, 2021, Comet, Neowise, perspective, SEO, personal resiience workshops, Covid, enterprise mentoring, quiz, microbusiness, a fork stuck in the road, turning point, time grabs you by the wrist, music, thank you, 2020Comment
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
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
What has happened to L and D in this corona virus crisis?
What has happened to L and D in this corona virus crisis?

Inital thoughts. L and D is important and integral to helping us all in the new world of work post covid-19.

Image by Hans Peter Gauster @sloppyperfectionist in Unsplash

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Learning, Training, Skills and ValuesAmanda Dudmanlearning, learning and development, training, coaching, management development, managers, organisations, L and D, lockdown, Covid-19, corona virus, gardening, capabilities, motivation, skills, values, confident, business, webinars, digital, furlough, pivot, knowledge, flexible, adpatable, resilient, agile, remote working, beneficiaries, organisational performance, performance management, outcomes, CIPD, skills at work, survey, employers, behaviours, zoom, zoom fatigue, online learning, meeting practices, 2020, work quality, trends, onboarding, induction, WFHComment
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
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
Mentoring A to Z
Mentoring A to Z

As National Mentoring Day approaches, I’ll be offering some daily blogs on mentoring practice sharing, books & articles, skills and tools and more.

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Learning, MentoringAmanda Dudmanmentor, mentee, mentoring, A to Z, listening, boundaries, code, ethics, questioning, toxic mentor, Clutterbuck, skills, training, mentor champion, IOEE, SFEDI Awards, supervisor, National Mentoring Day 2018, practice sharing, insight, verbal communication, non verbal communication, wisdom, Humour, Boundaries, Feedback, Guidance, qualification, self aware Comment
Increasing personal confidence - boosting personal resilience
Increasing personal confidence - boosting personal resilience

Increasing personal resilience for some people involves increasing their confidence. My experience as a trainer and coach has revealed more learners want to be more confident than other aspects when it comes to boosting their resilience. Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash

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Learning, Skills and Values, TrainingAmanda Dudmanpersonal resilience, confidence, Robertson Cooper, training, workshops, reframe, competence, beliefs, social support, adaptability, purposefulness, Grotberg, skills, personal effort, peaks, troughs, self esteem, capability, human capacity, learn, personality, positive and negative emotions, thinking patterns, ok, outcome, capable, increasing confidence, achievements, emotions, positive, negativeComment
International Women's Day - stand up and say something
International Women's Day - stand up and say something

On International Women's Day I've picked the theme of 'standing up for yourself' as a relevant topic for work and life, for men and women.  Women stood up for my rights in the past.  I'm responsible for finding the courage to do the same.

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Coaching, Learning, Skills and ValuesAmanda Dudmancourage, fear, assertiveness, listen, listening, Cabot, cocaching, skills, values, International Women's Day, say something, attributes, Lisenby, behaviour, support, resilince, sense of purpose, woman, sexism, harassment, prejudice, empathy, respect, emotional intelligence, resourcefulness, conflict, re-frame, fair, adult suffrage, responsibility, accountability, changeComment