I’ve run a lot of government team planning days, and every time I ask people what their major takeaway was. There are some pretty clear themes of what people enjoy and find valuable – here are three of them. 3 things people takeaway from government planning days 1. Being together […]
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When you’re spending the time and money to bring your whole team together – sometimes that’s an entire Divison of 100 people! – then you need to make sure it has an impact. Here are five tips for making your planning day as effective as possible. 5 tips to improve
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Lots of teams decide to self-facilitate team planning days. And look, it won’t be a complete disaster if you do that, but there are some very clear benefits to having a facilitator in the room with you. How facilitators add value 1. You get to focus on content 2. The
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When you spend the time and money to bring the whole Brand or Division together for a planning day, you want to make sure you’re heading from everyone in the room. Diversity of thought leads to increased performance and innovation, so you need to make space for every person and
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Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Karoline* was supposed to be on leave the week we chatted but had spent each day online chasing things from her leadership team to meet a deadline. It’s not the first time she’s worked beyond
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Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Edwina* has one 20 month old boy, and works a nine day fortnight, taking every second Friday off We talked about the difficult choices of working motherhood, the ‘manager lottery’, and how individuals and workplaces
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Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Cathy* has two kids aged 12 and 14, and works full time. She has a really positive outlook on life, and I think that has a bit to do with what she says no to
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Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Courtney* has one 9-year-old daughter with her long term partner. After working for a decade in one of the big banks, she took redundancy and joined the family business. When you no longer belong (and
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Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Anna* has twin girls who are 6, a 3 year old boy, and works full time – talk about hectic!! She’s in an HR people partner role, working with a segment of the executive team
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Women at work, beyond the 9 to 5: The untold realities of working mothers’ lives. Charlotte has two girls aged 18 months and 6 years. She’s married and works a “greedy job” in consulting. We talked about what it’s like trying to parent when both parents work big jobs. Spoiler,
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