MindSkills Workout Topics: 1. Delegation AND 2. Stress Busters

Date: Tuesday 7 February 2006 (#13)

Venue: The Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5ED

About this event - TWO inspirational 90 minute bite-size MindSkills Workouts chosen from more than 70 behavioural topics, competencies and skills were presented. Workouts are easily digestible learning chunks presented face-to-face in group coaching sessions. Further, they deliver many times the impact, in far less time, at a fraction of the cost, of conventional one-day (or more!) executive learning, training or development events. The two topics presented were: 1. Delegation and 2. Stress Busters:

1. Delegation - building trust that is resilient and robust enough to deliver consistent results

Despite understanding the issues involved in effective delegation and the consequences of ineffective delegation. Typically managers understand the problems and know what they need to do. But don't know how to find practical solutions that will enable them to build the trust necessary for people to reliably and consistently deliver the results they promised, on time and within budget. This Workout is sharply-focused on delivering some very specific, well-proven and practical skills and capabilities. That will enable you to quickly become an accomplished and successful delegator, no matter how good or bad you are at present.

2. Stress Busters - surviving and thriving in an environment of relentless change, uncertainty and pressure

This Workout will give you practical techniques designed to enable you to handle ever more demanding challenges, deadlines and change, and avoid or mitigate the effects of stress, energy loss and potential burn-out. Pretty much all the stuff we hear and read about is how to identify the sources of stress and recognise it's characteristics. Virtually nothing about HOW to develop the capabilities and skills of dealing with it successfully. I'm sure you are familiar with the standard legal, H&S and national statistics (days lost and costs, etc.) justifications. This Workout will not be about any of this. Interesting and persuasive though some of it is. It will be about developing the practical skills for calming, centring and balance together with quietening and focusing the mind for improved concentration, creativity, learning and performance.