Choosing the Right Support
Choosing who to work with for your corporate wellbeing and development, and the type of assistance and support that might be right for you, often comes down to how well you can work together and whether there is a connection. This site will hopefully help you establish whether I may be able to help.
Corporate Training and Support
Organisations – and their owners – need themselves and their staff functioning at their best. Not just for business development, sometimes just to survive. This might be about improving how the owners and staff feel, or it could be about increasing skill levels. Not just the skills needed for what the organisation does, but the softer skills such as communication and emotional regulation. Corporate wellbeing and development can improve the daily interactions that build performance and working relationships. It also helps to reduce stress and increases the ability to think calmly in a crisis.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) can be useful training to have, but what happens next? Corporate wellbeing and development can be the bridge between MHFA and using softer skills to build your business.
My Corporate Background
I have worked in business for over 35 years, first as an employee and manager working predominantly in marketing and project management, then as a self-employed marketing consultant specialising in small and micro-businesses, especially sole traders. I wrote the book Marketing for the Micro-business* available via Amazon and am also a teacher of business-related subjects for professional qualifications such as those for the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Association for Project Management and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.
My qualifications include an MSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy and as well as teaching mindfulness meditation (through Mindfulness Now), coaching, mentoring and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT).
* links to books and other materials to purchase are via Amazon and I receive a commission payment from any purchases made via the links as an affiliate. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
How I Can Help Deliver Corporate Wellbeing and Development
I will build something specific to your needs based on your requirements. I can develop packages and approaches for individuals in an organisation, or a team approach such as group mindfulness sessions or coaching, or bespoke training sessions on particular areas. Sessions can be either a one-off (such as a training course) or alternatively a structured programme to suit your needs such as for ongoing coaching support.
A common approach is to have an initial training session either as a full-day or split into several smaller sessions, followed by individual coaching sessions. These could be a regular frequency such as weekly or monthly, or when required. I would have an initial discussion with you to see what might work best before putting a programme together.
Some of the things that can assist include:
Softer Skills and Communication Training
How we communicate with the people around us is crucial for organisational success but we’re rarely trained in how to do it well. I can build programmes to help communicate more effectively with other staff and customers.
Coaching and mentoring
To help with development of individual members of staff or a team. The principle here is establishing goals and what improved performance looks like, then building the skills and overcoming the barriers necessary to achieve it.
Emotional intelligence skills training
This can incorporate mindfulness skills, coaching and cognitive behavioural therapy techniques to develop understanding of how we feel, how and why others are reacting the way they are, and what we might do about it.
My Journey of Finding Peace
I’ve always been drawn towards writing and journalling and found it a big help in my own journey. I’ve written a book about my experiences but it also contains guidance on ways to live and thinking patterns. Creating it has helped me and reading it may also help you too.
Contact Form
I have premises in Shavington near Crewe but can work anywhere in the UK including daytimes, evenings and weekends, with flexibility around session times and lengths.
You can get in touch using the form below or my contact details.
