Pete Cohen - The Virtual Speaker

Since the onset of Coronavirus, I have been working with organisations delivering powerful and impactful virtual presentations on supporting their people in this new world with performance, productivity, well-being, and psychological flexibility.

Organisations are increasingly becoming aware of the challenges that their people are facing.

The Institute of Leadership and Management surveyed 1,200 managers working remotely throughout May 2020. Almost a third said that the greater flexibility, lack of commute and thus more time with family had improved their mental health.

However, 20% said their mental health had deteriorated. As many as 44% of survey respondents said that they had been working longer hours than they would have done pre lockdown; only 67% of working mothers (without a support network) said that they had been able to take adequate breaks.

Feeling isolated was a particular problem - 42% of those surveyed said they had felt increasingly isolated during the first eight weeks of lockdown. 

If companies continue to introduce widespread remote working without due consideration of its impact on motivation, performance and wellbeing then there will be many more challenges and people's personal lives. 

“The switch to home working is not as simple as finding somewhere to plug a laptop in,” says Suki K Bassi, founder and chief happiness officer of HappyMaven Wellbeing in Business. “It is critical that employers not only meet health & safety obligations but also recognise and address the wider duty of care to their people’s mental and emotional wellbeing.”

While many companies have been celebrating their ability to adapt to remote working, the research shows that it leaves managers facing complex challenges. Kate Cooper, head of research policy and standards at The Institute of Leadership and Management. 

“More than ever before, managers need empathy, to manage according to individual needs, to understand the difficulties that their teams face on a personal level and to signpost anyone who needs additional support."

Some of the problems people are having are;

• Overworking
• Not switching off
• Lack of physical movement
• Less interaction with people

The good news these are skills that can be taught. We have been presenting a number of key areas of any person’s life that contribute to anyone performing better.

"Work is infinite," Conrado Lamas, head of marketing at Signaturit, says. "There is always something to be solved—and when you have an office routine, it's easier to leave what you do at the workplace. When you work from home, your office is where you live. So I'm constantly closing small pending tasks late at night before I go to bed or early in the morning when I really wanted to be reading the news."

Some of the outcomes we are are able to deliver are for people are;

• Better able to cope with the challenges in your life??
• Clearly understand how to maximise time and energy working from home.
• Having a clearer vision and clarity about themselves and how best to manage and look after themselves.
• Achieve more every day of the things that matter
• Be more productive more of the time. 
• More focussed and connected to the present moment 
• Able access the part of your brain that repairs and recharges your body, mind, and emotions
• Better able to cope with challenges and stress??
• Have increased capacity to do more and be more 
• Operate at optimum performance every day 

If you want to discuss what we can offer you in terms of supporting and inspiring your people then make contact and we can arrange a time to talk,

You will see some recent testimonials below from some events.