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February 8, 2019 in True Strength, Resilience, My thoughts

Time to Talk – My perspective and personal experience

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My experiences of the value in making time to talk, both on resilience workshops that I run as well as my personal experiences whilst dealing with grief.

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November 13, 2018 in True Strength, Resilience

Outputs from #cipdACE World Cafe session on ‘Reducing Stress and Supporting Mental Health at Work’

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At this CIPD Annual Conference session on Thursday 8th November 2018, Nicky Ingham spoke about her own personal story of struggling with this, Ian Pettigrew spoke about the need to address organisatio ...

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May 26, 2018 in True Strength, Strengths & Weaknesses, Intent, Mindset, Action, Resilience, Truth, My thoughts, True Strength Podcast

Jennifer Hulme – True Strength Podcast – Episode 12

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As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Jennifer Hulme. The interview has lots of insights into how Jenn su ...

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January 14, 2018 in True Strength, Truth, My thoughts

The truth can set you free

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Feedback is key to improvement for both people and teams, but seems to be an elusive commodity at times. My model of compassionate truth helps to make sense of what needs to be said.

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January 8, 2018 in True Strength, Strengths & Weaknesses, My thoughts

Why playing to your strengths isn’t like competing in the decathlon or heptathlon

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Helping people play to their strengths has been a major part of my work for over 10 years and - as a Gallup-certified strengths coach - I spend a lot of my time helping people work with their strength ...

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June 15, 2017 in Strengths & Weaknesses, True Strength, Intent, Mindset, Action, Resilience, Truth, True Strength Podcast

Claire Haigh – True Strength Podcast – Episode 11

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 As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Claire Haigh. The interview has lots of insights into how Claire s ...

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May 20, 2017 in Strengths & Weaknesses, Intent, Action, My thoughts

Dear HR

Ian Pettigrew, 2 Comments

(A poem that I wrote for a CIPD Merseyside and North Cheshire branch event): Dear HR,   It is great to be with you tonight but I need to start with a confession.... You know those peo ...

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February 2, 2017 in True Strength, My thoughts

Case Study – IT Leadership Programme for Salford Royal NHS FT

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A case study of an IT Leadership Programme developed and delivered by Kingfisher Coaching for Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, helping leaders to get the best of themselves and others.

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February 1, 2017 in True Strength, Strengths & Weaknesses, Truth, Events (live blogging)

Global Recognition and Engagement

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A session by Jeff Birk (O.C. Tanner) - @jtbirk @octanner - about recognition, appreciation, and engagement.

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January 26, 2017 in Strengths & Weaknesses, True Strength, Intent, My thoughts

Many leaders are ‘ineffective’ at crucial people management skills (CIPD HR Outlook survey)

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The latest CIPD HR Outlook survey highlights how people-related Leadership skills are much-needed and sorely lacking. In this blog post, I share my experiences of how we can change that.

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December 13, 2016 in Strengths & Weaknesses, True Strength, Intent, Mindset, Resilience, Truth, My thoughts, True Strength Podcast

Gary Cookson – True Strength Podcast – Episode 10

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As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Gary Cookson. Gary is a HR Director, speaker, and blogger. The inte ...

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November 29, 2016 in Strengths & Weaknesses, True Strength, Intent, Mindset, Resilience, True Strength Podcast

Cormac Russell – True Strength Podcast – Episode 9

Ian Pettigrew, Comments Off on Cormac Russell – True Strength Podcast – Episode 9

As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Cormac Russell of Nurture Development. Cormac is an expert in Asset ...

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