Investing in your people to create new outcomes & opportunities

Ready for a fresh injection of growth by Investing in your people to create new outcomes & opportunities together?

September & October are popular months for team workshops and development sessions.

• Generally, the team is all in after the summer holiday season.
• There is often a post-holiday refreshed ‘back to school’ vibe - creating new energy to unlock opportunities or tackle challenges.

So, why not take action on some of those great holiday ideas and fresh energy and take your team and business to a new level?

I expect you know at least one thing already, that would make a huge difference - take action on that.

Sometimes though fresh energy meets old processes (the way we’ve always done things) and quickly dissolves! Let's avoid that.

Perhaps, now is a great time for you and the team to try something different.? I’ll resist the obvious quote there - you know it already.

We believe that when getting your team together it's vital to have a clear purpose and or understanding of the issues and or opportunties. This is why all the workshops we facilitate follow a simple three-step process:

A) Pre we understand your needs and objectives.? We can help you identify your team’s opportunities as part of this stage.? We often find that if you have a problem you know about it, however many opportunities are often unseen or hidden in plain sight!

B) We devise and deliver a bespoke experience for you and your team.

C) We follow up with you after to ensure action is being taken as a result and you have all you need to keep the positive momentum going.

We recognise that you are not investing in a workshop, you are investing in your people and the transforming action they can deliver and great new outcomes for the business and the people in it.

“I contacted James initially to help us complete some DISC profiling work for our annual team event. He listened to our goals and some of the challenges we were trying to overcome and our discussion quickly grew into how James could join the event and help take our team to the next level by understanding our different styles of learning and communicating through practical exercises. James led a 2-day workshop for us with great energy, he kept the team focused and used relatable examples to highlight why we approach situations in different ways and how to get the best out of each other to become a high-performance team. James created a safe space and kept the content of our event upbeat, engaging and enjoyable, checking in with the leadership team along the way to ensure we were focusing on the right thing. We were able to celebrate our differences and learn an awful lot about ourselves along the way. I would highly recommend James to anyone who is seeking to take their team to the next level of greatness.” Kelly

Your challenges and opportunities will be unique to you.?

To give you a flavour here are some of the top reasons leaders like you engage with us to facilitate change: As you read through have a think about the latent opportunities in your business.

1. To transform/enhance communications - breaking down barriers and improving the clarity for more effective communications.
2. To enhance team collaboration - leveraging strengths and diversity to unlock latent team potential, building trust to uncommon levels.
3. To enhance team morale/motivation - digging deeper to understand drivers and behaviours that can be tweaked for profound results.
4. To reach new levels of team performance - moving past conflict and tension to enable teams to manage disagreements constructively, leading to a more harmonious and productive work environment.
5. To enable greater adaptability and openness to change - often helping leaders work through resistance.
6. To build leadership team competencies and enable them to unlock significant improvements and growth directly with their teams
7. To facilitate creative thinking enabling innovative solutions to business/market challenges and opportunities.
8. To unite a team behind a common vision and purpose - ensuring everyone is working towards the same goals and standards.
9. To align on the common behaviours to role model and uphold that become an integral part of your cultural competitive advantage.
10. To upskill the leadership and management team(s) in vital soft skills* - overcoming mindset barriers, unquestioned beliefs and sometimes unlearning unhelpful habits to enhance their effectiveness. (*I'm not a big fan of the term soft skills - I think of them more as human skills that enable competitive advantage - nothing soft in that)

Interestingly many of those we work with would score themselves highly already in many of these areas.? The reason they engage is what makes them successful - they are more open-minded, they are not satisfied with ok or market standard - they are the kind of people that strive for competitive advantage, best in class - they don’t have problems they explore opportunities and possibilities.

“James’ insights, strategies and thought-provoking techniques enabled myself and my team to better understand how and why well-catered communication methods are key to a great structured team. I would highly recommend James' services to anyone looking to improve their team’s communication, performance and overall strategy for harmonious working.” Marcus

We also act as ‘pure’ facilitators to enable, you to play a different and more active role in team sessions. This is especially valuable for strategy, planning and innovation sessions.

Our sessions are particularly effective when. we integrate new thinking, live co-working on real opportunities and clear action plans.? We’ll share the benefits of our experience (in strategy, Innovations, leadership and coaching) to help us devise together the optimal experience for you and your team.

We invite open-minded leaders/business owners to take action now by reaching out for an initial exploratory conversation - about your team and or business challenges and opportunities. ? We can then kick-start a new level of desired (or sometimes required) performance.

Feel free to connect / DM me on LinkedIn James Gentle ????????

or via the Alt P website www.altp.co.uk

“James demonstrated a great depth of knowledge and gave insight to how we can improve communications to get the best possible outcomes. Truly fascinating and inspiring. Thank you James” Paula

Additional resources that can add value for you:

The video blog Leadership Team Talk - where leaders share, and teams flourish.

• Candid conversation,
• Learnings from mistakes,
• Expert practical tips

All to help leaders like you grow themselves and their teams

A new episode is launched weekly - accessible on the AlternativePerspective YouTube channel via the Alt P website https://altp.co.uk/blog/team-talk/

The HR Leadership Project - An invitation to HR professionals.

The People Perspective - HR Questionnaire

Curated by two curious individuals intent on getting to the heart of the real issues facing human resources teams today. We want to ensure that the very people with leading roles in the development of our unique human talents and capabilities like you get the support and resources they need to serve their purpose. We believe in unlocking the potential of people and in celebrating the diversity that makes us uniquely human.

Please get involved or share with the leaders you know in HR: www.altp.co.uk/blog/resources/hrleadership

We are committed to helping those who tirelessly help others. We, as training and development professionals want to provide you - the HR professionals - with the tools and support you need to nurture talent, foster wellbeing, celebrate diversity and drive organisational success . Through collaboration and shared learning, we believe we can elevate the role of HR into a force for creating creative thriving, people-centric workplaces.

James & Neil

Ideas Fest, Tring

Will you be joining us at the event of the year for business owners and entrepreneurs, this September?

Discover more at www.altp.co.uk/events

Steven Bartlett recommends Ideas Fest

James Gentle Interviews Ideas Fest founder Francesca James