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Micro-learning: Mastering Meetings and Groups

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Micro-learning: Leading with Stories

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Micro-learning: Critical Thinking

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Micro-learning: Natural Networking

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Micro-learning: Influencing Well

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Design (and share) your If > Then statements, for a purposefully prompt towards action

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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

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Skills and mindsets for making mentoring meaningful

Setting mentoring relationships up for success

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The impact of coaching, and it's distinction from mentoring

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

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Growth Mindset Mantras

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First person perspectives: How it feels to be neurodivergent at work

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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

Neurodivergent Perspectives Lexi Keegan in conversation with Dr Anne Cockayne low

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

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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)

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Course Pack: Purposeful presenting

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Course Pack: Behavioural Insights

Course Pack: Rethinking Resilience

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Course Pack: Charm School

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eCourse: Go with the GROW model

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eCourse: Neurodiversity and Neuroinclusion — A purposeful primer

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eCourse: Are you listening?

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eCourse: Meaningful Mentoring

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eCourse: Leadership Styles, a primer

eCourse: Charm School

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eCourse: Owning Feedback

eCourse: Practicing a Coaching Approach

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eCourse: Get SET with your Goals

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eCourse: Time Management and Prioritisation

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eCourse: Mastering Delegation

eCourse: Strengths to Influence

eCourse: Visual Collisions

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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

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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

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Course Pack: Decision Lab

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Course Pack: Micro-Habits

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Intentional Interruption: Calling Out vs. Calling In microaggressions

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Course Pack: Managing Up

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Course Pack: Owning Feedback

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Course Pack: Effective 1-1s

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What's your team's CAMPS score? Get a snapshot of engagement levels.

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Course Pack: Are you Listening?

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And-But-Therefore — Try out a tested storytelling technique

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Course Pack: Strategies for Stress

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Course Pack: Mastering Meetings & Groups

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To.... So That. A snappy structure to define the purpose of any meeting

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The voice in your head, and how to harness it — with psychologist Ethan Kross.

Think Again, by Adam Grant

The Art of Gathering, by Priya Parker

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Root, Stem, Branch — An organic approach for telling your own story

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Never Split the Difference, by Chris Voss — Key ideas and takeaways from the best-selling-book on negotiation skills.

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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

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Course Pack: Delegation. Done

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Course Pack: How to have Ideas

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25 recommended books on creative thinking, courtesy of Saboteur creative director Nick Eagleton

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Course Pack: Defining Problems

Burnout Reflections

Talking about burnout — a useful reflection tool

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Course Pack: Constructive Conflict and Difficult Conversations

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Course Pack: Influence IRL

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eCourse: Better Breathing

Neuroworkplace

The Neuroinclusive workplace — a thought-provoking visual guide

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Using 'I statements' to challenge bias

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Create your personal user guide with a Manual of Me

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Course Pack: Presence and Gravitas

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Chatter: Practical tools to apply, and harness the voice in your head

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Course Pack: Microaggressions

eCourse: A Brand called You

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Course Pack: A Brand called You

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Encourage diverse perspectives, with Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats

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Mitchell on Meetings — What we learned and where it led

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Round Robin Brainstorming — An inclusive tool for inviting (and building on) everyone's ideas

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Course Pack: Building Confidence

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Course Pack: Conscious Inclusion

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Course Pack: Educating Managers about Burnout

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Experiment with a 'Scaling Question' to better connect, learn and influence

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Discover and apply the SEEDS model, to defeat bias in everyday decisions

Course Pack: Writing Well

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Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shares powerful, actionable insights on the impact of our body language

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Watch Sheila Heen explain why we need to be regularly asking for feedback, and what stops us from doing so.

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Listen to former hostage Chris Voss share practical insights on better negotiation.

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Experiment with Timeboxing for more focus and productivity

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Build your time awareness, and reveal ways to boost productivity, with an Activity Log

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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

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Great questions to ask in coaching conversations, 1-1's and other curious contexts

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Course Pack: Navigating Negotiation

Course Pack: Making Time

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Six steps for finding focus and flow, with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in mind

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Practice the principles of persuasion from 'Godfather of Influence,' Robert Cialdini.

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How to be a meaningful mentor, insights from a purposeful podcast

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Mindful breathing — the foundation of focus and flow

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Get clear on control with a Clarity Clap

Setback

Smarten your approach to setbacks, by trying out a Setback Story

To Think

Don't forget to diarise thinking time — experiment with a 'To Think' list

Silent Meeting

Make your next meeting a Silent Meeting

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Immediately build your confidence, with a 'Can-If' statement

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Build belief by recognising small wins — Try a 'Done List'

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Add some friction to your most common distractions

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Channel that fly on the wall. Try some purposeful self talk to mitigate moments of doubt

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Micro-learning: Keeping a coaching mindset

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Micro-learning: Setting Better Boundaries

Micro-learning: Effective Allyship

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Micro-learning: Building Confidence

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Micro-learning: Feedback fundamentals

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Micro-learning: Purposeful Presenting

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Micro-learning: Finding Focus and Flow

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Micro-learning: The Art of Noticing

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Micro-learning: Writing Well

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Micro-learning: Experiments for Resilience

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The 4Ds. A practical framework for acknowledging microaggressions

Coaching Criticism

Find the Coaching in Criticism. Things to try when feedback doesn't quite land

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Course Pack: Natural Networking

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Course Pack: Storytelling

Tone Policing - What it is, why it's unhelpful and how to helpfully notice it.

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Experiment with a Springboard Story to communicate your change idea, and take people with you towards it.

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Evolve your 'inner mentor' — a short reflective exercise to focus your development, and the ways you can better support others

Do Story

Practical storytelling principles from Bobette Buster's book — Do: Story

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Homework for Life: A ten-second daily ritual for noticing, capturing and practicing stories

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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

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Experiment with the BRAIN model for confident decision making and problem solving

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Course Pack: Voice Gym. Building your vocal confidence

A three minute mindset exercise, to support a coaching approach

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Course Pack: Effective Allyship, with Abi Adamson

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Try the 5 Whys to invigorate your problem solving and add depth to your decisions.

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Smart ways to frame questions in your next mentoring session

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Try out the CAR technique, and upgrade your understanding when interviewing someone.

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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

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Solve problems before they happen with pre-mortems

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eCourse: Conscious Inclusion

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A checklist for checklists — five things to tick off when developing a checklist

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Share genuinely useful feedback with the BID model

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Seven things to avoid when writing at work

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Finding fortitude, and follow on experiments

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eCourse: Confidence Mastery

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Daniel Goleman's Six Leadership Styles, explained by Louise Hedges

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Six Leadership Styles, your desktop background

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A coaching conversation around strengths

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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

Create your personal user guide with a Manual of Me

Originally conceived by Ben Dattner and developed further by the bright minds at Leapers, a Manual of Me is a really useful tool for showing people how they can best work with you. A Manual of Me creates positive conversations among teams about strengths, differences and inclusive collaboration. We reference the tool regularly in our training sessions on neurodiversity, and this resource shares some more context for those keen to experiment with a Manual of Me, as well as some advice from those who already have.

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Download a template

The Manual of Me is a tool to help you gather and share insights about how you work. It’s a personal user manual, so people can understand how best to work with you, quickly.

It's been an especially purposeful reference in our work around neurodiversity — because as a tool it gets everyone sharing around their unique strengths and differences.

The process of creating your Manual of Me will combine coaching style questions, and reflection - you will build up a better understanding of what motivates you, where and when you work best, how you engage best with others, and much much more.

And once you've collected your thoughts, you'll have a handy guide to share with others - so they get to know you better, quicker.

Questions and prompts you might include...

• How I like to receive feedback...
• My quirks are...
• It drives me nuts when...
• Something you might not know about me...
• Things that energise me include...
• Things that drain me include...
• My ideal working space looks like...
• The skill I'm most keen to build is...
• The basics you should know about me are...
• The things that prevent me from doing my best work are...
• I'm really looking forward to...

Good to know

• At the Leapers Manual of Me site you can find a free and interactive template for creating your Manual of Me, and other smart team tools.

• What If You Had to Write a "User Manual" About Your Leadership Style? Reflections on a similar process from Adam Bryant

• More on our NeuroAware, our neurodiversity awareness training programme.

More Resources

Spark more ideas with the Related Worlds tool

Warm up exercises for your groups and meetings

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Growth Mindset Mantras

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First person perspectives: How it feels to be neurodivergent at work

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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