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Explore strategies for enhancing your wellbeing and mental resilience. Improve your skills in communicating and engaging with others. Get more prepared for upcoming work transitions. Learn different techniques for working smarter.

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The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Learning AcademyÌýprovidesÌýtraining andÌýdevelopment opportunities for all staffÌýto support theirÌýpersonal skills. We offerÌýa blend of self-paced resourcesÌýand live online courses covering a range of essential skills.Ìý

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Training andÌýdevelopment opportunities by topic

Develop your communications and engagement skillsÌý

Assertiveness:ÌýEssential Skills for Being More AssertiveÌý(part 1)Ìý (live online)
Tips and techniques for being more assertive and using a more confident approach when developing productive working relationships.

Assertiveness:ÌýPractising Being More Assertive - Part 2Ìý (live online)
Following on fromÌýEssential Skills for Being More Assertive - Part 1,Ìýthis bite-sized practical session will support you in exploring healthy and unhealthy assertiveness in different scenarios that we often come across at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê

Coaching SkillsÌý(live online)
Coaching techniques to effectively developÌýpeople’s capabilities, effectiveness and productivity.

Courageous Conversations SeriesÌý (live online)
Enhance your influencing skills. Build emotional and supportive connections with colleagues.

Essential Skills for Handling Conflict - Part 1Ìý (live online)
In a busy working environment, internal conflicts can be detrimental to morale and business results. Learn essential skills and practical strategies for effectively resolving workplace conflict. Ìý

Practising Conflict HandlingÌý- Part 2Ìý Ìý(live online)
Following on fromÌýEssential Skills forÌýHandling Conflict,Ìýexplore different conflict scenarios, and identify good practice.

Manage work transitions

Making the Most of Hybrid WorkingÌý(live online)
Discover a more conscious approach to benefiting from hybrid working in both your wellbeing and performance at work.

Financial Wellbeing: FoundationÌý(live online)
Understand and take control of your daily finances including budgeting; taxation; borrowing; mortgages; and savings.

Financial Wellbeing: Investments & PensionsÌý(live online)
Improve your knowledge of Investments, risk, retirement planning and pensions in order to maximise your retirement income.

Pre-retirement Planning - FinancialÌýÌý(live online)
An introduction to the issues affecting your retirement. It will help you to plan financiallyÌýfor the next phase of your life.

Pre-retirement Planning - LifestyleÌý(live online)
Explore the life impact of retirement and plan a positive transition from working life.

Boost your wellbeing and resilience

Building Trust at WorkÌý(live online)
Explore how to build both cognitive and emotional trust with your colleagues at work to achieve higher collaboration and greater innovation.

Ìý(self-paced)
Techniques, tools and tips that may have a positive impact on your mental wellbeing.

Ìý(self-paced)
How do we help others? ExploreÌýthe common themes to considerÌýwhen supporting others with their wellbeing in the workplace.

Wellbeing Conversations: Leading Wellbeing ConversationsÌý(live online)
This session will give managers a greater understanding of mental health and wellbeing issues.

Ìý(self-paced)
Managing people requires a variety of skills.ÌýExplore the legal side of mental wellbeing and best practice approaches to starting conversations.

(self-paced)
Improve your understanding of menopause in the workplace and better support colleagues.

Working smarter

Ìý(self-paced)
Practical tools that can make a difference to the way you work. Auto enrol for all of the Working Smarter Series or select individual modules from the list below:Ìý

  • (self-paced)
    Tools to help you build an effective personal workflow and feel more in control of your time.

  • (self-paced)
    Manage your email more effectively, feeling in control of your work.

  • (self-paced)
    Tools to help you effectively prioritise your work, leaving space for the things which really matter.

  • Ìý(self-paced)
    Tools to help you have positive team conversations and develop personal strategies to control and influence things that concern you.Ìý

Introduction to Project ManagementÌý(live online)
An interactive online (3-part) course to introduce you to some of the essential skills and techniques of planning and managing projects.

(self-paced)
This self-paced course is designed to build broad awareness of project management principles and practice at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê, and is based on the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Project Management Framework.

Risk Management EssentialsÌý(live online)
An interactive online (3-part) course that will explain how to manage risk as part of your everyday work at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê.

Supporting Effective MeetingsÌý(live online)
A bite-sized online courseÌýwill help you if you are already used to running meetings and want to learn how to make them as effective as possible.

Goodbye PerfectÌý(live online)Ìý
This online bite-sized course will help you adjust your mindset if you have a tendency towards 'perfectionism' and procrastination.

Managing UpÌý(live online)
Strategies for having more productive outcomes with senior stakeholders where time is of the essence and differences in personalities and working preferences are at play.

Negotiating ChangeÌý (live online)Ìý
This online courseÌýwill support you to enable people to engage with change more easily.

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