Bullying and Harassment
Brace yourselves, because we’re about to tackle a tough topic head-on—the nightmare of dealing with bullying and harassment in the workplace. Dealing with toxic staff members who unleash this unacceptable behaviour on colleagues is not easy. But complacency is not an option if we want to have healthy workplaces. Through our Forum Theatre workshops we […]
Would you like your team leaders to manage conflict effectively?
Much of our work includes supporting managers and team leaders to manage conflict effectively. Conflict resolution is a skill which can be learned. Here’s 7 ways Forum Theatre workshops can support skills development, self awareness and empathy – in a safe space – leading to improved conflict resolution skills: 1. Increased awareness: Forum Theatre allows […]
Forum Theatre Workshop about Hybrid Working
We really enjoyed delivering our hybrid working forum theatre workshop at the Essex & Ipswich CIPD event. Massive thank you to everyone who attended and for all the brilliant questions and comments from the audience. As always the audience participation, which is a key element of forum theatre, created powerful learning as we worked through […]
Leaving a Team
Welcome to the Jungle, a multichannel media company that aims to inspire every individual to thrive in their professional lives, interviewed me recently for an article on their site. They were keen to learn about my experience when I was Head of Workforce Development in an NHS Trust. The interview focused on managing and ultimately […]
WEDNESDAY 28TH APRIL VIRTUAL FORUM THEATRE EVENT
We are running a forum theatre workshop on 28th April focused on performance management conversations for our Academy members. During the session we will run a live scene in which the ever popular Maxine takes on the task of performance managing one of her staff and attempts to get to the bottom of an issue […]
L&D December 2020 What Matters Now?
Back in June we did some research with L&D professionals to find out what was top of their agenda. Six months ago there were 3 consistent themes that emerged from our question What Matters? 1. Wellbeing of staff Top of the agenda was the health and wellbeing of staff and the desire for that to […]
The Multi-generational Workforce – review of our Zoom chat
The Multi-generational Workforce Last week we hosted a Zoom Chat about the benefits and challenges of age-diverse teams. Our millennials provided some reverse mentoring on the call and we all learned a bit more about ourselves and the world of work from other perspectives. Here’s some feedback from a couple of participants First up, Chartered […]
Wed 5th August: Virtual Forum Theatre Event: Refusing to Return to Work and other COVID-19 issues
As we move into this next phase of working, with some employees being asked to return to offices and other workplaces, a new set of challenges emerges. It is vital that managers approach these conversations in the right way because there are serious potential consequences if we get it wrong. Join us on Wedneday 5th […]