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On-demand resources, in-demand skills

An ever growing community of coaches, faciliators and designers and subject experts — designing and delivering learning experiences and resources that make a real impact on your business challenges.

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Coach Kate Lloyd and people-manager Catherine Ollington share their take on the importance of deliberate pausing, and resisting the temptation to fill silence, when holding space for quality conversations.

Kate and Catherine on pausing, for conversational space

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Coach Kate Lloyd and people-manager Catherine Ollington share perspectives on the art of listening — and the immediate impact listening well has on the relationships that matter most.

Kate and Catherine on intentional listening

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Coach Kate Lloyd and people-manager Catherine Ollington share perspectives on what makes for powerful questions, and how a bias to curiosity can be one of the most purposeful perspectives when managing teams.

Kate and Catherine on questioning well

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Time blocking is a time management technique where you intentionally schedule your time across a day, one block at a time. It challenges you to distinguish different kinds of work, and this worksheet will help you to quickly practice it and share it with others too.

Worksheet: Time Blocking

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Coach Kate Lloyd and people-manager Catherine Ollington share perspectives on the opportunity for managers to take a coaching approach — and the benefits that abound when they do.

Kate and Catherine on the coaching opportunity

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In this short film, Matteo from Cubitts shares some reflections on the coaching skills he's just learned in a Peer Coaching workshop, with facilitator Matt Cook. You can deepen your own skills in this space, by taking a look at the eCourse that follows the film below.

Matteo's coaching reflections

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In this short film, Kas from Cubitts shares some reflections on the listening and questioning skills he's just learned in a Peer Coaching workshop, with facilitator Matt Cook. Deepen your own skills in this space, by taking a look at the eCourse that follows the film below.

Kas's reflections on listening and questioning well

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Productivity lover Matt Cook introduces the concept of Time Blocking, and how being more intentional (and visual) about the ways we plan our days helps us to get more of the right stuff done.

Time Blocking, and bringing some colour into your calendar

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This purposeful one pager recaps on the BID model, enabling you to keep the feedback you share rooted in observed Behaviours, clear on Impact and rooted in future-facing Dialogue.

Worksheet: Owning Feedback

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Coach-facilitator Kate Lloyd introduces Daniel Goleman's Six classic Leadership styles, and makes the case for modern leaders deliberately combining them to support different team-members at different times — and keeping that flexibility deliberately in mind.

Making the case for situational flexibility as leaders

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This punchy, practical eCourse sets out to shift perspectives on the concept of a 'difficult conversation' before offering a series of proven tools and techniques to test in conversations of your own.

eCourse: Difficult Conversations

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Abi creates some distinctions between the different types of allyship available to us — and advocates for those that really see us intentionally advancing opportunities for others in the day-to-day.

Mentors, Sponsors and Champions. With Abi Adamson

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Here Abi, founder of The Diversity Partnership, demystifies the idea of allyship; adovcating for its importance at work — and drawing a distinction between being an ally and being a saviour.

Effective Allyship. With Abi Adamson

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"No-ones looking for a grand gesture". In this short film The Diversity Partnership founder makes the case for us all being able to identify our privilege and to practically use it in the service of others.

What's your Privilege Pledge? With Abi Adamson

Recently added resources, ready to try and apply

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In this punchy, practical and experimental eCourse, we'll rethink what we mean by delegation; learning purposeful and practical approaches for lightening our own loads while creating clear development moments for others.

eCourse: Mastering Delegation

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In this fittingly punchy eCourse we'll work through core content covered in our workshops on Time Mastery, Productivity and Prioritisation — pausing with purpose to enable some powerful reflection — and arming you with some proven tools to experiment with right away.

It's perfect for personal development — and also for managers keen to better support their teams.

eCourse: Time Management and Prioritisation

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In this bitesize and practical 15 minute eCourse, you'll discover, try and apply practical and proven approaches to goal setting — using our super practical SET framework (say goodbye to SMART goals), flexing it around something real to you right now. The eCourse works independently, or as a useful primer ahead of any YCN goal-setting workshop you may be attending.

eCourse: Get SET with your Goals

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In this bitesize and practical 15 minute eCourse, you'll discover, try and apply practical and proven approaches to keeping in a coaching mindset — to enable others in the conversations of the day.

eCourse: Practicing a Coaching Approach

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This punchy and purposeful 30 minute eCourse will help you to deepen your understanding of unconscious bias, reflect on where bias could be impacting decisions in your own working culture — and arm yourself with positive and practical steps to consciously counter it.

eCourse: Conscious Inclusion

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This personal, purposeful tool supports many of our leadership development programmes; as well as the Brand Called You session you'll discover in the open programme. It prompts reflection and creativity around our 'Leadership Brand' and the ways we want to intentionally 'show up' in our relationships with others.

eCourse: A Brand called You

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This 10 minute, self-directed course will get you putting a proven model for goal setting into play right away — with your own challenges front and centre.

eCourse: Go with the GROW model

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This 15-minute tool is intended to raise awareness, inspire curiosity and further conversation around the topic of neurodiversity — helping us all to think smarter about thinking differently.

eCourse: Neurodiversity and Neuroinclusion — A purposeful primer

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This short, self-directed course distills some of the key ideas and exercises from our Better Breathing workshop — inviting you to revisit, experiment, practice and share.

eCourse: Better Breathing

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We’ll explore the powerful shift that comes in all our relationships, when we intentionally and evidently listen to someone else — and share practical tools to try and apply right away.

eCourse: Are you listening?

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For those embarking on the journey of mentoring someone else — this bitesize course will set you up for success with practical tools and helpful behaviours to keep in mind along the way.

eCourse: Meaningful Mentoring

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A punchy primer on Daniel Goleman's Leadership Styles, that blends insights with reflection questions — and all you'll need is around 15 minutes, a quiet space to gather some thoughts and something to write them down with.

eCourse: Leadership Styles, a primer

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This short, online course supports our live workshop on the same topic. We'll dig into the behaviours of 'the charming ones', examining the things we can do to purposefully bring a bit more charm to our own relationships. And then you'll put it all into glorious practice.

eCourse: Charm School

Bite-size, behavioural and interactive courses

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In this short film, clinical psychologist and author of the bestselling Stressilient Sam shares some actionable insights on managing unhelpful thoughts.

How do you notice your thoughts? With Dr. Sam Akbar

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You’ve got a big presentation tomorrow and you’re panicking. Before you know it you’ve spiralling into that deep, dark place where you feel useless and you’ve forgotten what you’re going to say. Communication expert Catherine Allison has some practical tips for overcoming low self-esteem and boosting your confidence, so that people will listen to what you have to say.

Upping your gravitas by silencing your inner critic and amplifying your inner coach

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The way we speak is often just as important as what we’re saying. Communication expert Catherine Allison talks us through using our voice to convey authority, gravitas and impact.

How to influence decisions and boost gravitas with your voice

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We are often told to start with ‘Why’ when approaching new projects. But all that soul-searching upfront can be a difficult place to begin. Creative Director Nick Eagleton argues that starting with ‘What’ and ‘Who’ makes answering the ‘Why’ a whole lot easier.

A three-step approach to finding your ‘Why’

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Vocal Coach Ingrid Gray takes use through some simple techniques for better and clearer articulation.

Vocal techniques for clearer articulation

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Vocal Coach to the stars Ingrid Gray walks us through some warm up techniques to up our vocal impact in all kinds of situations. 

Vocal confidence warm up exercises

Putting the experts in your hand

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Has the urge to pick up your phone become an unavoidable, instinctive action? Do you feel like you should be scrolling less? This micro-learning course will challenge your thinking around digital minimalism, inviting you into five simple experiments — one a day, direct to your inbox across a working week from next Monday. Together, we're turning technology on itself; with focus, efficiency and harmonious new habits firmly in mind.

Micro-learning: Setting Better Boundaries

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Micro-learning: Feedback fundamentals

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When we take a 'coach approach' to our relationships; whether that's members of our team, our bosses or boyfriends; we lead with curiosity, empathy and a willingness to communicate in a supportive and collaborative style. This short burst of micro-learning will help you practice a coaching mindset, through a series of six enticing and actionable nudges, served up over the course of two weeks.

Micro-learning: Keeping a coaching mindset

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Micro-learning: Purposeful Presenting

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Micro-learning: Building Confidence

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Micro-learning: Finding Focus and Flow

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Micro-learning: Writing Well

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Micro-learning: The Art of Noticing

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Micro-learning: Leading with Stories

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Micro-learning: Experiments for Resilience

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Developed alongside Abi Adamson at the Diversity Partnership; this new, positive and purposeful course of micro-learning is for anyone keen to deepen their understanding of the opportunity for greater allyship and advocacy, and to discover, try and apply and share practical and proven approaches.

Micro-learning: Effective Allyship

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Micro-learning: Getting into a Growth Mindset

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Micro-learning: Mastering Meetings and Groups

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Micro-learning: Critical Thinking

Bitesize and brain friendly experiments

Course Packs

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This curated collection of resources supports much of the content covered in our Conscious Inclusion workshops. Included is a link to the workshop's Miro board, for internal sharing and refreshing on key themes and ideas. A great way to embed learning is to teach something new to someone else.

Course Pack: Conscious Inclusion

Conflict

These curated resources, many referenced in our Constructive Conflict course, will help you to dig deeper into the topic and revisit some of the key concepts covered. We've shared the workshop slides too, for those planning to replay was covered among their teams. Embed your learning by sharing it with others!

Course Pack: Constructive Conflict and Difficult Conversations

Groups

These curated resources, many referenced in our courses and sessions on facilitating groups and meetings, will help to deepen your understanding of the topic, and make practical applications daily. We've shared the workshop slides too, so you can replay what was covered among your teams. Sharing learning with others is the best way to embed your own.

Course Pack: Mastering Meetings & Groups

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The tools and resources here, bring together and share much of what we cover in our How to Have Ideas workshop. You'll find session slides, digital gizmos and lots of recommended reading/listening and watching to further spark your mind.

Course Pack: How to have Ideas

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These curated resources, many referenced in our Decisions Lab and How to Decide sessions, should help you revisit and refresh what we covered together. We've shared relevant workshop slides, and Miro board links too, for those planning to replay and share what was covered among their teams.

Course Pack: Decision Lab

Charm

These curated resources, many referenced in our Charm School course, will help you to dig deeper into the topic of charm and revisit some of the key ideas and framing. We've shared the workshop slides too, for those planning to replay and share what was covered among their teams.

Course Pack: Charm School

Burnout

This curated collection of resources supports much of the content covered in our Educating Managers about Burnout workshops. Included are some snappy session slides, great for internal sharing and taking others through key aspects covered (there's no better way to embed your own understanding of something than teaching someone else).

Course Pack: Educating Managers about Burnout

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These curated resources, many referenced in our Micro-Habits session, should help you revisit and refresh what we covered together. We've shared the session Miro board link too, for those planning to replay and share what was covered among their teams. Teaching someone else is always the best way to embed your own thinking.

Course Pack: Micro-Habits

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This pack of resources supports much of the content covered in our Navigating Negotiation course. Included alongside a blend of curated resources are our session slides, for internal sharing and refreshing on key themes and ideas.

Course Pack: Navigating Negotiation

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Here you'll find core content and related resources that support our Brand called You workshop.

Course Pack: A Brand called You

Conf

This curated collection of resources supports much of the content covered in our Building Confidence workshops. Included also are our session slides, for internal sharing and refreshing on key themes and ideas.A great way to embed learning is to teach something new to someone else.

Course Pack: Building Confidence

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This pack of resources supports much of the content covered in our neurodiversity courses, both for managers and broader teams. Included also are our session slides, for internal sharing and refreshing on key themes and ideas.