Antoinette Oglethorpe

Leadership challenges often stem from communication gaps—feeling like you're not getting through, or perhaps not tuning in enough to others' needs. Attend our "Leading from Within" leadership coaching programme, rooted in Nonviolent Communication and Positive Psychology, to learn how to harness empathy for better understanding and more effective interactions. Start speaking the language that lifts and unites. #NVCTraining #PositiveLeadership #Leadership #Communication

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“When a leader adopts a coach approach, it prompts a transformation across the organization that offers an exponential return on the minor investment required to begin.” This is what we help organisations do at Work Stories Coaching Would you like your organisation to experience the rewards of coaching in an accessible, affordable way? Then let’s chat! #coachingculture #leadership

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Compassionate leadership is turning out not to be just a feel-good, optional practice. It’s becoming a strategic imperative – significantly enhancing organisational performance, psychological safety, employee engagement and wellbeing, as well as overall business outcomes. This is what I observe in leaders who bring a different attitude to themselves and others. It's all about mindset and relationships (to self and others). How can it be otherwise ? #compassionateleadership #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #consciousleadership #mindset #relationships #wellbeing #engagement

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Busy HR Directors are facing unique challenges in today’s business landscape - developing resilient, successful and harmonious workforces - delivering compelling employee value propositions - protecting the organisation from external change and challenge - embedding HR strategies that contribute to long-term sustainability and growth In this fast-paced ever-changing environment it’s critical that teams are emotionally resilient, mentally focused, engaged and high performing. That's where I come in! With 20 years’ experience in leadership and people development roles, I’ve seen many of the challenges of modern-day workplaces - stress, burnout, change, disengaged teams and lack of leadership trust. Like you, I’ve experienced programmes that seemed promising on the surface, but often failed to create a lasting meaningful change. People don't have the time to fully embed and embrace essential growth. Mindful approaches in the workplace create a foundation for sustainable change by working from the inside out, helping individuals acquire skills and tools to be their best selves at work every day - to be more resilient, emotionally intelligent, effective and focused. Are you intrigued? If so, please come along to my FREE webinar this week where you can try out brain based tools and practices that can help you to combat stress and burnout, and build your resilience at work. You'll learn tools you can immediately start using using, both in your professional and personal lives, to create positive and meaningful change for yourself and your teams. Here are all the details: What: Transform your workplace culture - unlock the power of brain based tools to combat stress and build resilience. When: Monday 30 September at 3.30 pm BST Where: Online on Zoom How much: It's FREE! How: registration in the comments!

If you are an experienced coach, I highly recommend this programme. It is hard work, and full on, requiring significant amount of time outside the sessions to practice, try out and become competent using the principles and tools. And, it is worth the effort. My clients are really benefitting from the skills I’ve added into my tool bag. #Resilience #coaching #team #leadership #change #transitions

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🔍 HR Professionals: Your Voice Matters! Are you navigating the challenges of organisational transformation? Whether you’re driving cultural change, supporting strategic initiatives, or adapting to new ways of working, your insights are invaluable. 🌟 At The Hive Change Consultancy Ltd. in partnership with Aston University, we’re conducting research to understand the evolving role of HR in leading and supporting transformation. We know that HR professionals often play a pivotal role in these efforts, whether alongside senior leadership or stepping in to lead change themselves. This is your opportunity to: ✅ Share your experiences and challenges ✅ Help us identify the skills and support HR leaders need ✅ Shape the future of HR training and development We’re inviting HR professionals to participate in confidential interviews or surveys as part of this important project. Your input will directly influence the development of solutions designed to empower HR leaders like you to succeed in a rapidly changing world. 💬 Want your voice heard? Click below to learn more and express your interest: 👉 https://lnkd.in/geth-ywE Let’s work together to ensure HR professionals have the tools, resources, and recognition they need to lead impactful change. 🚀 Feel free to share this post with your network – the more voices we hear, the greater the impact! 🙌 #HumanResources #Leadership #OrganisationalChange #HRLeadership #Transformation #Research #TheHiveChangeConsultancy

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Psychological safety is being talked about a lot more nowadays. For me it’s the ‘must have’ for people to thrive in a workplace. We are offering a 1 day virtual training for leaders who would like to learn more about what it is and how to practically embed it into their teams and organisations. Still places left …. See link below

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I wrote this article for the Life Coaching Directory last year. It summarises the 5 most commonly identified challenges new directors or leaders brought to our coaching sessions. 18 months on: new clients, same challenges. I developed my Step Up programme for new and aspiring directors to address these challenges and much more. Drop me a message if you'd like to know more. I'll send you my Leadership Scorecard so you can see where you're starting from.

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Neurodiversity - Assessments to Support Reasonable Adjustments! In the workplace, assessments should focus on establishing efficient ways of working that reduce the impact of challenges. This webinar unpicks Diagnostic and Workplace Needs Assessments in the context of Access to Work and explores effective, evidence-based approaches with long-term implications. Join us for an informative session that goes beyond awareness to actionable strategies. Let's create workplaces where everyone thrives, leveraging the richness of diversity. Your journey toward a stronger, more inclusive team begins here. #neurodiversity #inclusion #diversitymatters #nhs #Equity https://lnkd.in/d-eAmRTZ

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Neurodiversity - Assessments to Support Reasonable Adjustments! In the workplace, assessments should focus on establishing efficient ways of working that reduce the impact of challenges. This webinar unpicks Diagnostic and Workplace Needs Assessments in the context of Access to Work and explores effective, evidence-based approaches with long-term implications. Join us for an informative session that goes beyond awareness to actionable strategies. Let's create workplaces where everyone thrives, leveraging the richness of diversity. Your journey toward a stronger, more inclusive team begins here. #neurodiversity #inclusion #diversitymatters #nhs #Equity https://lnkd.in/dbmhBsEx

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Neurodiversity - Assessments to Support Reasonable Adjustments! In the workplace, assessments should focus on establishing efficient ways of working that reduce the impact of challenges. This webinar unpicks Diagnostic and Workplace Needs Assessments in the context of Access to Work and explores effective, evidence-based approaches with long-term implications. Join us for an informative session that goes beyond awareness to actionable strategies. Let's create workplaces where everyone thrives, leveraging the richness of diversity. Your journey toward a stronger, more inclusive team begins here. #neurodiversity #inclusion #diversitymatters #nhs #Equity https://lnkd.in/dcfwKvCH

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Neurodiversity - Assessments to Support Reasonable Adjustments! In the workplace, assessments should focus on establishing efficient ways of working that reduce the impact of challenges. This webinar unpicks Diagnostic and Workplace Needs Assessments in the context of Access to Work and explores effective, evidence-based approaches with long-term implications. Join us and NATTC Ltd for an informative session that goes beyond awareness to actionable strategies. Let's create workplaces where everyone thrives, leveraging the richness of diversity. Your journey toward a stronger, more inclusive team begins here. #neurodiversity #inclusion #diversitymatters #nhs #Equity https://lnkd.in/duqrrmDT

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Ever felt like you're in limbo, waiting for a "new normal" that just won’t arrive? In these unpredictable times, leaders are struggling to find their footing in what academics call liminal experiences—moments of transition where the familiar breaks, but nothing fully replaces it. The ground keeps shifting, and many are left wondering: How do we lead when everything feels uncertain? Here’s a starting point: 1. Ask the Big Questions: • What do you truly value? Reflect on what really matters and consider what’s worth holding onto. • Where does your organisation stand? Without clarity in purpose, it’s hard to inspire confidence. • How can you guide your team forward? Liminal times can invite experimentation and adaptability. 2. Focus on the Fundamentals: • Step back and take stock. Reaffirm your organisation’s purpose amidst the noise. • Strengthen ties. In tough times, collaboration and connection anchor us. • Hold fast and stay true. In rough seas, knowing your course is key. These steps can offer stability and focus, even when the future is unpredictable. To dive deeper into navigating these turbulent times, read the full article on Vistage.

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In an age where effective employee training is vital, some organisations are rethinking their approach by tapping into the power of the brain. By simplifying content delivery and using techniques like multimedia, chunking, storytelling, and spaced repetition, they're enhancing learning retention and reducing information overload. But as always I question is retention the answer or even the problem! Often when we are talking about soft skills or power skills it's not because people can't remember the model or process that they don't implement it. It's what's happening underneath the behaviour change iceberg - our thoughts, feelings, values, beliefs, fears, needs and identify hold us back. So much to chew over! #training #learning

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Sometimes, as change agents, we forget that organisations are social systems. While our brains desperately want change to follow a linear and standardised progression we know complex organisational change never has, and never will, work that way. Systemic Agility and Lean Change Management are an ever evolving collection of practices, underpinned by systemic principles, that facilitators, coaches and change agents can start using right away to transform their teams and organisations to be highly effective and adaptive to change. The Systemic Agility HIVEMIND is a 5- or 10-month online programme designed to accelerate your capacity to transform your teams and organisation to be highly adaptive to change while bringing everyone on board. Part 1, The Enterprise Agility Deep Dive with Lean Change Management is designed to equip you with the skills to deal with the most pressing challenges facing enterprise coaches and facilitators today. ❓ How can we facilitate organisational alignment for change? ❓ How can we adapt our organisational design for agility and adaptivity to change? ❓ How can we embrace and reduce uncertainty by iterating our way through change? ❓ How can we integrate change management to transition to agile ways of working in an agile way? ❓ How can we apply lean-agile practices to complex agile transformation programmes? ❓ How can we reframe resistance to change by changing how we think about change? Part 2, The Team Agility Deep Dive, is for anybody who wants to dive deeply into the DNA of what makes teams highly effective and how to transform a team from stuckness to agility and flow. 📅 Every Wednesday 7-9pm BST/GMT (UK/EU/Africa/US friendly timezones) starting 29 May. Trainers: Ryan Behrman with guest trainer Patrick Verdonk Here is everything you'll receive throughout the Deep Dives 💫 5 or 10 months of weekly, highly interactive online training (35 or 70 hours) 💫 Private online course portal and online community Plus receive up to 8 special bonuses 💫 Bonus #1: 3 Action Learning Set Sessions (worth £180) 💫 Bonus #2: StrongSuits® Team Insights Cards (worth £39 + VAT + postage) 💫 Bonus #3: StrongSuits® Team Insights PDF Digital Download Cards (worth £79+VAT) 💫 Bonus #4: StrongSuits® Online Self-Paced Training (worth £199+VAT) Plus Enterprise Agility Deep Dive bonuses 💫 Bonus #5: 1-year membership to the Lean Change Management Community (worth $108) 💫 Bonus #6: 1-year access to the Lean Change Agent Self-Study Training (worth $199) 💫 Bonus #7: Exclusive Q&A with Lean Change founder and author Jason Little Plus Team Agility Deep Dive bonuses 💫 Bonus #8: 2 x 1-1 tutorial/mentoring sessions with Ryan Behrman Costs The Systemic Agility HIVEMIND (both Deep Dives): £1,325 + Vat (GBP) The Enterprise Agility Deep Dive Only: £825 + Vat (GBP) The Team Agility Deep Dive Only: £750 + Vat (GBP) Click the link below to find out more or to sign up. https://lnkd.in/eKhiMH9a

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Thank you, JJ (Projjal) Ghatak for your contributions to the Balancing Act Podcast. Listen in as JJ helps us understand the difference between "improve feedback," and "celebrate feedback" and which type of feedback leads to better results. #BalancingActPodcast #Feedback #EmployeeEngagement

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What a treat! 🎁 When one of your fabulous clients invites you to a conference at the British Science Museum in London, to hear Simon Sinek, up close and personal! 🌟 Simon talks my language. One of authentic leadership with open and honest conversations. Where conflict is embraced as an opportunity for challenge and debate, instead of the threat that so many fear. Imagine what work could look like with leadership like this.. #Coaching #LeadershipCoaching #LeadershipDevelopment

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