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eCourse: Strengths to Influence
This 10-minute tool is based on an exercise in our Influence IRL live session. You can use it to consider your strengths and how to use them more authentically and intentionally to influence those around you.
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Micro-learning: Mastering Meetings and Groups
Micro-learning: Leading with Stories
Micro-learning: Critical Thinking
Micro-learning: Natural Networking
Micro-learning: Influencing Well
Design (and share) your If > Then statements, for a purposefully prompt towards action
How to generate more ideas (and get to the good ones) with Nick Eagleton
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A three-step approach to finding your ‘Why’
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How to influence decisions and boost gravitas with your voice
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Upping your gravitas by silencing your inner critic and amplifying your inner coach
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Spark more ideas with the Related Worlds tool
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How to check your writing for clarity
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Using the 'Rule of Three' to communicate memorable ideas
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How to pause when presenting
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Working with eye contact
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The power of plain language in presentations
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The power of 'You' in writing
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How writing a letter can breed gratitude
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Filling your day with excitement and gratitude
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What designers need to know about microcopy
Video
Skills and mindsets for making mentoring meaningful
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Setting mentoring relationships up for success
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The impact of coaching, and it's distinction from mentoring
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Practical pointers for authentic leadership
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Coaching, and creating coaching cultures
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Vocal confidence warm up exercises
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Vocal techniques for clearer articulation
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Warm up exercises for your groups and meetings
Tool
Growth Mindset Mantras
Tool
First person perspectives: How it feels to be neurodivergent at work
How to set your ideas on fire
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Taking your concept into the real world
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Neurodiversity know-how. Dyslexia with Dr. Anne Cockayne
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Neurodiversity know-how. ADHD with Dr. Anne Cockayne
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Neurodiversity know-how. Autism with Dr. Anne Cockayne
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Neurodiversity explained, with Dr. Anne Cockayne
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Neuroinclusion at work: Thinking about adjustments
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Neurodiversity know-how: The Spiky Profile explained
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Neurodivergent Perspectives. Lexi Keegan in conversation with Dr. Anne Cockayne
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Perspectives on privilege, with Abi Adamson
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Privilege reflections. With Abi Adamson
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Diversify your feed. With Abi Adamson
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What's your Privilege Pledge? With Abi Adamson
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Effective Allyship. With Abi Adamson
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Mentors, Sponsors and Champions. With Abi Adamson
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From discos to black holes: a game that unlocks creativity
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The first thing you should do when receiving a new brief
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How to command an on-screen presence
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How to start writing
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The secret to a successful Tone of Voice
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How to write with authority for brands
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ADHD, work and leading teams — a first person perspective
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How to run a project retro with your team
Tool
Keep it simple. Quick and effortless copywriting
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Writing in the active voice
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Course Pack: Neurodiversity
Course Pack: The art of saying No (and how to say Yes)
Course Pack: Purposeful presenting
Course Pack: Behavioural Insights
Course Pack: Rethinking Resilience
Course Pack: Charm School
eCourse: Go with the GROW model
eCourse: Neurodiversity and Neuroinclusion — A purposeful primer
eCourse: Are you listening?
eCourse: Meaningful Mentoring
eCourse: Leadership Styles, a primer
eCourse: Charm School
eCourse: Owning Feedback
eCourse: Practicing a Coaching Approach
eCourse: Get SET with your Goals
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eCourse: Time Management and Prioritisation
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eCourse: Mastering Delegation
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eCourse: Strengths to Influence
eCourse: Visual Collisions
Better Briefing: A bitesize guide from Baxter & Bailey
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Why you should work standing up
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Clear and simple copy
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Breathing for productivity
Video
Get your team talking to each other with a practical take on the Myers-Briggs personality test
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Knowing me, knowing you
Tool
Course Pack: Decision Lab
Course Pack: Micro-Habits
Intentional Interruption: Calling Out vs. Calling In microaggressions
Course Pack: Managing Up
Course Pack: Owning Feedback
Course Pack: Effective 1-1s
What's your team's CAMPS score? Get a snapshot of engagement levels.
Tool
Course Pack: Are you Listening?
And-But-Therefore — Try out a tested storytelling technique
Tool
Course Pack: Strategies for Stress
Course Pack: Mastering Meetings & Groups
To.... So That. A snappy structure to define the purpose of any meeting
Tool
The voice in your head, and how to harness it — with psychologist Ethan Kross.
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Think Again, by Adam Grant
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The Art of Gathering, by Priya Parker
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Root, Stem, Branch — An organic approach for telling your own story
Tool
Never Split the Difference, by Chris Voss — Key ideas and takeaways from the best-selling-book on negotiation skills.
Book
Mastering (Virtual) Presence, coach and facilitator Mike Sagun in conversation for the Conversation Factory
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Decoding Difficult Conversations — Sheila Heen unpacks the layers within those conversations you're probably avoiding.
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Course Pack: The Business Model Canvas
Course Pack: Delegation. Done
Course Pack: How to have Ideas
25 recommended books on creative thinking, courtesy of Saboteur creative director Nick Eagleton
Course Pack: Defining Problems
Talking about burnout — a useful reflection tool
Tool
Course Pack: Constructive Conflict and Difficult Conversations
Course Pack: Influence IRL
eCourse: Better Breathing
The Neuroinclusive workplace — a thought-provoking visual guide
Using 'I statements' to challenge bias
Create your personal user guide with a Manual of Me
Tool
Course Pack: Presence and Gravitas
Chatter: Practical tools to apply, and harness the voice in your head
Course Pack: Microaggressions
eCourse: A Brand called You
Course Pack: A Brand called You
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Encourage diverse perspectives, with Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats
Mitchell on Meetings — What we learned and where it led
Round Robin Brainstorming — An inclusive tool for inviting (and building on) everyone's ideas
Course Pack: Building Confidence
Course Pack: Conscious Inclusion
Course Pack: Educating Managers about Burnout
Experiment with a 'Scaling Question' to better connect, learn and influence
Discover and apply the SEEDS model, to defeat bias in everyday decisions
Course Pack: Writing Well
Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shares powerful, actionable insights on the impact of our body language
Watch Sheila Heen explain why we need to be regularly asking for feedback, and what stops us from doing so.
Listen to former hostage Chris Voss share practical insights on better negotiation.
Experiment with Timeboxing for more focus and productivity
Build your time awareness, and reveal ways to boost productivity, with an Activity Log
Time in tomatoes: build productivity and focus with the Pomodoro technique
Six practical tools for building confidence and self-belief, shared by brain expert Ian Robertson
Great questions to ask in coaching conversations, 1-1's and other curious contexts
Course Pack: Navigating Negotiation
Course Pack: Making Time
Six steps for finding focus and flow, with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in mind
Practice the principles of persuasion from 'Godfather of Influence,' Robert Cialdini.
How to be a meaningful mentor, insights from a purposeful podcast
Mindful breathing — the foundation of focus and flow
Get clear on control with a Clarity Clap
Smarten your approach to setbacks, by trying out a Setback Story
Don't forget to diarise thinking time — experiment with a 'To Think' list
Make your next meeting a Silent Meeting
Immediately build your confidence, with a 'Can-If' statement
Build belief by recognising small wins — Try a 'Done List'
Add some friction to your most common distractions
Channel that fly on the wall. Try some purposeful self talk to mitigate moments of doubt
Micro-learning: Keeping a coaching mindset
Micro-learning: Setting Better Boundaries
Micro-learning: Effective Allyship
Micro-learning: Building Confidence
Micro-learning: Feedback fundamentals
Micro-learning: Purposeful Presenting
Micro-learning: Finding Focus and Flow
Micro-learning: The Art of Noticing
Micro-learning: Writing Well
Micro-learning: Experiments for Resilience
The 4Ds. A practical framework for acknowledging microaggressions
Find the Coaching in Criticism. Things to try when feedback doesn't quite land
Course Pack: Natural Networking
Course Pack: Storytelling
Tone Policing - What it is, why it's unhelpful and how to helpfully notice it.
Experiment with a Springboard Story to communicate your change idea, and take people with you towards it.
Evolve your 'inner mentor' — a short reflective exercise to focus your development, and the ways you can better support others
Practical storytelling principles from Bobette Buster's book — Do: Story
Homework for Life: A ten-second daily ritual for noticing, capturing and practicing stories
Try this deep listening exercise for deeper connection and better conversations
Discover the impact a five minute favour can have on your relationships, and network building
Experiment with the BRAIN model for confident decision making and problem solving
Course Pack: Voice Gym. Building your vocal confidence
A three minute mindset exercise, to support a coaching approach
Course Pack: Effective Allyship, with Abi Adamson
Try the 5 Whys to invigorate your problem solving and add depth to your decisions.
Smart ways to frame questions in your next mentoring session
Try out the CAR technique, and upgrade your understanding when interviewing someone.
Five powerful questions for adding impact and insight to your next interview.
Five tactics for influencing those more senior
Micro-learning: Getting into a Growth Mindset
Solve problems before they happen with pre-mortems
eCourse: Conscious Inclusion
A checklist for checklists — five things to tick off when developing a checklist
Share genuinely useful feedback with the BID model
Seven things to avoid when writing at work
Finding fortitude, and follow on experiments
eCourse: Confidence Mastery
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Daniel Goleman's Six Leadership Styles, explained by Louise Hedges
Video
Six Leadership Styles, your desktop background
Tool
A coaching conversation around strengths
Video
How do you notice your thoughts? With Dr. Sam Akbar
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Letting go of emotions. With Dr. Sam Akbar
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Making room for emotions (and the weather). With Dr. Sam Akbar
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Everyday mindfulness. With Dr. Sam Akbar
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Mindful toothbrushing. With Dr. Sam Akbar
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Anchor dropping. With Dr. Sam Akbar
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5,4,3,2,1 — a mindfulness technique. With Dr. Sam Akbar
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Urge surfing. With Dr. Sam Akbar
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Kate Lloyd's nudge, on the coaching leadership style
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Kate and Catherine on the coaching opportunity
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Kate and Catherine on questioning well
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Kate and Catherine on intentional listening
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Kate and Catherine on pausing, for conversational space
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Time Blocking, and bringing some colour into your calendar
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Kas's reflections on listening and questioning well
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Matteo's coaching reflections
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Making the case for situational flexibility as leaders
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eCourse: Difficult Conversations
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Worksheet: Owning Feedback
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Worksheet: Time Blocking
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Raul Aparici on mitigating impostor syndrome
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Book Club: New Methods for Women — With Sharmadean Reid MBE
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Increase your self-awareness with one simple fix
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