“The time-of-day people most dislike, is the time they spend with their boss.

“This says something about the management style that we have been generating in recent years. There is too much rule by the creation of anxiety and fear, and not enough by motivation and enjoyment and inspiration. We need bosses who will inspire, and lead by inspiring, rather than by frightening people.”

Lord Richard Layard, Founder and Director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics

While it might be tempting to lay the blame firmly at the door of managers, in reality, we know only around 20% of organisations train their staff in the skills to effectively lead, inspire, and motivate their people. How can someone be expected to do well in a task or role for which they have no experience or training? Would we expect the same from a doctor or civil engineer?

It’s time support our managers and equip them with the right tools to do a good job.

Our highly effective People Manager programme is designed to ensure key learning combined with bespoke training dependent on existing skills, development needs and senior leader recommendation. In this way our People Manager programme is highly adaptable throughout businesses and organisations, irrespective of sector, role or seniority.

Here’s how…

Core Modules

The Assessment of Dynamic Adaptation^®: a robustly validated psychometric assessment that evaluates 14 factors (seven personal and seven organisational), that predict thriving at work.  For managers, it is recommended that their team members complete this assessment in order that managers are thoroughly informed about levels of thriving within their teams. Results would then form the foundations of the MindHealth for Managers training and support specific interventions. More on the Assessment of Dynamic Adaptation.

MindHealth for Managers^®: a one-day foundation training programme designed to empower managers to understand the factors that predict thriving at work. Already compulsory training for all managers in some organisations with which we work. More on MindHealth for Managers.

The Challenge of Change Resilience training^®: a highly regarded one-day intervention, evidenced to have significant impact on sickness absence and retention figures across a wide range of sectors, not just among individual who complete it, but also among the teams of managers who have received the training. Evidence also suggests that trained individuals are better equipped to manage conflict at work. Together with MHfM, managers will be well positioned to provide leadership characterised by motivation, inspiration and joy that Lord Layard identified as so sadly lacking. More on the Challenge of Change.

Additional modules

Managers can consider additional skills that they may wish to develop, that are implicated by the results of the ADA®, or that have been recommended by their own managers.  Delivered in 1.5 hr sessions or two 1.5 hr sessions depending on complexity, this list is not exhaustive and we can create  bespoke modules on request.

• Managing Challenging Interactions
• Assertiveness Training
• Listening Skills
• Motivational Interviewing Skills
• Organisational and Environmental Resilience
• What is Resilience?
• Mediation Skills
• Energy Mangement
• The Four Sights – Insight, Foresight, Hindsight, Oversight
• Emotion
• Intuition
• Cognitive Skills
• Professional Boundaries
• Compassion and Mindfulness

Creating a work place where managers are confident and equipped to build highly productive and resilient teams and individuals, improving productivity, staff retention and profitability, our Managing People programme is designed just that for your business.

Our People Manager programme is based on our extensive, proven experience in empowering people, underpinned by our Model of Dynamic Adaptation® (MDA).

Validated and evidenced based, the MDA provides a framework for individuals and organisations to understand what factors empower people to thrive at work and in life. Find out more within our free eBook Wellbeing in the Workplace.

Programme Delivery

You may wish to offer this training to discrete cohorts of managers. Cohorts could be prioritised according to criteria such as grade, experience and ADA® assessment results.

Alternatively, a programme could be published, and managers join as and when they can, or a combination of delivery methods.

We would be happy to advise if required.

• Core Modules will ideally be delivered face-to-face but can be delivered online with an interactive format
• Additional modules are all delivered live, online with interactive format
• Sessions may be recorded and made available via our website, accessible for the duration of the programme via a unique password*
• Some reflection and observation work between sessions will be required
• Recommended reading is offered, thought not compulsory

*Additional fees apply