Business Skills : Bite Sized Sessions Makingthelink.co.uk

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Multi-day training events are great, but in today’s face moving, results orientated businesses and with the flow of information so much wider and faster we find regular bite-sized sessions a really powerful way of supporting behavioural change.

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“Having spent a lot of my career delivering multi-day training events, over the last few years it has become clearer that organisations find that this is a luxury that is difficult to justify unless they are seeing a huge return on their investment. It plays out in the training room too, with people wanting to constantly check messages, emails and remain ‘at work’ whilst trying to learn new techniques and approaches. It doesn’t always add up.” Says Mike Ponting the founder of Making the Link Ltd.

Making the Link is a boutique training company with International connections, they pride themselves on working closely with customers to help them deliver business improvement. In it’s tenth year of operation projects have included keynote speeches, conference sessions, training events, team development events, strategy workshops, and executive coaching using Emotional Intelligence tools and Mindfulness techniques.

We help individuals, teams and businesses develop performance using the latest thinking from the fields of Emotional intelligence and business skills training, to ensure that their success is sustainable in the long term. If you are experiencing a higher than normal turnover of staff, stress related illnesses and absence due to performance pressure, we are here to help. Our approach to each client reflects the challenges they face and delivers truly customized solutions.

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For Making the Link one thing is really clear, people’s attention spans are shorter. Training and development options need to pack a good punch and be 100% relevant for those attending. That’s why our focus over the last year has been to design and deliver bite-sized sessions- it enables people to learn two or three approaches without getting to training overload.

What our customers are saying…

“We’ve partnered with Making the Link over the last four years and every year we have over-achieved our targets. This year we have seen a 48% improvement in revenue generated” -Richard Devereux, Head of Fundraising at the RNLI

“If you want to create a team that can move mountains, then speak to Making the Link.” -Anne Krogh Nielsen KAM Project Manager Vestas A/S.

“They take the time to understand their clients and this is clear in the way they are able to work with participants across different levels within an organisation.” –Amy Hanson, Talent Development Manager at Markel International

“The conference session was spot on- brilliant for my team and the future of the business” Morteza Esteki, Sales Director at RES Software

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Emotional Resilience: Accelerating support for high performers

This bite-sized session on Emotional Resilience is to bring awareness of self and peer support approaches to improve performance. If you or your team are experiencing high stress levels and feeling high pressure to perform this can lead to the following symptoms;

- Higher than normal sickness absence

- Greater employee turnover/attrition

- Increased cases of ‘burn-out’

Here’s how we can help…

We know that the human brain can re-set itself and learn new ways of thinking very quickly. New neural pathways give clarity and help us get better results where before you have been diverted by old ways of thinking and old patterns of behaviour.

During this workshop we explore and uncover innovative new ways to accelerate positive behavioural change for those wanting to perform at their best.

Drawing from the fields of “Mindfulness” and “Emotional Intelligence” the session explores these topics through lively & fun simulations, group tasks and plenary discussion. Those attending will leave feeling refreshed, energized and with have practical strategies to help them be the best.

Session Overview

• Welcome and Introductions

• What’s new in brain-science for high performers

• My reality

• Who’s the hero?

• Ownership of the hero’s journey

• Action planning and Close

Maximum number: 8 participants Duration: 90 minutes

According to Personnel Today the private sector lost a median of 5.1 days per employee per annum to

sickness in 2014

Employee turnover can be costly. Various sources estimate it can cost anywhere

from 30 to 400% (the average being 150%) of an employee’s annual salary to replace

them, depending on their level, experience, & skill set.

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Emotional Resilience

Using the latest research that demonstrates ‘neuroplasticity’ we explore techniques that enable participants to identify their own approaches that build emotional resilience and leave them better able to deal with the challenges they face.

Managing stress in a positive way

Based on the five day programme “The Human Element” by Dr Will Schutz, we reveal an approach that enables partcipants to explore strategies to jump start and thrive in a high performance environment.

Vitalize and Visualise

Developing the core strength of your mind to help you to take practical steps that help you become happier and more successful. During this session we explore the key elements of “mindfulness” and the power of the visualization process and bring them into everyday use.

Identifying and Over-coming barriers to performance

During this session we map out significant barriers to business and personal performance and identify actions that will help over-come them. Based on The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Prof. Stephen Covey.

Emotional Intelligence: Snaphot Each participant is invited to complete an online questionnaire before attending- and the session helps each individual explore and interpret their own ‘emotional intelligence’ in a work context using the best in Ei profiling tools.

Making the Link between fast tracking the mind and delivering on business challenges. Our bite-sized sessions are designed for the busy professional to accelerate business performance.

Making the Link Ltd www.makingthelink.co.uk Facebook.com/Makingthelink

Tel: 0203 475 3305

Email: info@makingthelink.co.uk

Kelvin Heard Mindfulness, Business and Personal mentor Kelvin was described by one CEO as having “more energy than the average nuclear reactor”. A full-time mentor, meditation and mindfulness trainer since 1996, Kelvin works with teams and individuals, taking them on a powerful journey of self-discovery to bring out hidden creativity and focus it on ground-breaking business solutions. “The exceptional power of Mindfulness to produce a more healthy and inspiring working environment that directly benefits the bottom line is now widely recognised by world-leading authorities from Harvard to the United Nations and the British Department of Education” He says. Kelvin has worked in the USA, South Africa, Canada, Europe and Australia in diverse corporate environments, as well as with many ‘high-worth’ individuals in the fields of business, the arts, music and fashion. His extraordinary work has been featured in the Sunday Times, The Times and The Daily Mail, among many other media programmes worldwide.  

Mike Ponting Managing Director, Organisational Development Consultant Mike's management consulting background, coupled with his international charity experiences - running environmental projects deep in the jungles of South America and Central America - give him a unique blend of skills that he now uses to help people develop exceptional business performance. Known for his engaging and inspiring training courses and team events, Mike brings huge levels of enthusiasm and a keen understanding of people that enables companies to achieve significant business improvement. Mike has designed and delivered training courses and team development events for a broad range of companies across multiple sectors and around the globe. Using the latest thinking and research into and neuroscience and behaviour, Mike ensures that participants are thoroughly engaged, and real results follow.