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COVID-19 has created a great deal of uncertainty for individuals and businesses. This page contains resources specific to these uncertain times, which complement our other Workplace Wellbeing and Mental Health services.

Uncertain times overview sessions

These 90-minute face-to-face or online sessions have been developed in response to Covid19. They’ve intentionally been designed to keep participants active and engaged and to provide people with practical wellbeing strategies for action in these uncertain times.

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Boosting wellbeing in remote and dispersed teams

Many organisations have experienced a significant shift in how their people work since 2020. With organisations seeking to leverage the benefits of flexible ways of working, this overview is designed to get leaders to think about how their actions can promote a culture of wellbeing among team members working from dispersed locations.

Research suggests the need for managers to be intentional rather than spontaneous in their interactions with team members to more proactively support and engage with them. This key message will be highlighted throughout the session.

Session objectives:

Understand changes to the way we work, and individual differences in working preferences.
Recognise the benefits and challenges to remote working.
Learn practical strategies on how to best promote wellbeing in dispersed teams, including:
- Ways to effectively segment work from home
- Simple ways to promote social connections
- Recognising the importance of leadership communication.
Create an action plan to help you and your organisation follow up on this session.

Leading wellbeing during uncertain times

New Zealand organisations have had to adapt at rapid speed in response to the Covid19 crisis. This session has been specifically designed with people leaders in mind to help gauge where they are at in terms of their own wellbeing, recognise and normalise their own reactions to this situation as well as understanding what their people might be experiencing right now.

We provide a New Zealand model of wellbeing to centre our conversations on. Leaders can expect to come away with practical strategies to boost their own wellbeing as well as actively reflecting on how they best support their people right now, ‘walking the talk’ and leading effectively.

We also cover these practical wellbeing strategies:

Diaphragmatic breathing
Stop and Pause
Take control
Acknowledge your reactions right now
Boost positive emotions – for yourself and your people

Session objectives:

Understanding and normalising your people’s responses to this exceptional situation.
Understanding the science of stress and how it is likely to impact your people.
Introduce Te Whare Tapa Whā as a model to help spot signs of stress.
Use the four walls of Te Whare Tapa Whā to promote healthy habits for wellbeing with your people.
Leave with practical strategies to strengthen your own wellbeing during this time.
Create an action plan to help you follow up on the session.

Resilience during uncertain times

Overwhelmed, Surviving, Adapting and Thriving.

Together these four descriptors help people reflect on their resilience during this uncertain time and highlights that our resilience is fluid.

Our aim is to raise understanding of people’s responses right now and to normalise these. Using a New Zealand model of wellbeing, get ready to identify the things you are doing well at already and pick up new helpful strategies.

Diaphragmatic breathing
Stop and Pause
Take control
Acknowledge your reactions right now
Boost positive emotions

Session objectives:

Understanding and normalising people’s responses to this exceptional situation.
Understanding the science of stress.
Introduce Te Whare Tapa Whā as a model to help recognise signs of stress.
Use the four walls of Te Whare Tapa Whā to promote healthy habits for wellbeing.
Leave with practical strategies to strengthen your own resilience during this time.
Create an action plan to help you follow up on the session.

Leading your people to recover from the COVID marathon

As we recover from COVID-19, organisations and their people are anticipating an extended period of disruption, uncertainty and complexity.

This workshop is specifically designed for people leaders facing these challenges. It aims to get leaders to reflect on both their individual wellbeing, as well as the wellbeing of their teams. Leaders can expect to learn practical strategies to apply as we transition from an initial sprint, to a long haul.

Leaders play a vital role in helping people recover from the COVID marathon. The way they lead will have a significant impact on their people as we move forward. Remaining flexible and balancing competing demands on attention, energy and time will be fundamental to sustaining leaders in their wellbeing and capacity to thrive.

Practical strategies will include:

A simple grounding technique
A three step process to monitor your team’s wellbeing
A tool to help respond more intentionally and less reactively
Ways to identify leadership skills, values and strengths
Easy to use relaxation and calming skills

Session objectives:

Understand the impact that the current environment might be having on leaders and their teams
Identify helpful leadership qualities for this time
Introduce a model for balancing emotions right now
Learn practical tools for:

- managing stress
- sustaining motivation and drive
- maintaining relaxation and recovery

Develop an action plan to help put in place ideas from the session

Session time – 90 minutes.

Recovering from the COVID marathon

Thinking about what comes next as we recover from COVID-19, people and organisations are anticipating an extended period of disruption, uncertainty and complexity. Remaining flexible and balancing competing demands on attention, energy and time will be fundamental to sustaining both your wellbeing and capacity to thrive. As our response to COVID transitions from an initial sprint, to a long haul, so too our mindset and responses need to evolve.

This workshop draws on the science of wellbeing, and provides participants with a framework to understand and manage mental health and wellbeing, as well as practical strategies to apply.

Practical strategies will include:

– A simple three step process to monitor your wellbeing.

– A quick tool for reflecting in difficult moments.

– Identifying what will sustain you, personally.

– Easy to use relaxation and calming skills.

Session objectives:

1. Understand the science and impacts of sustained stress, including burnout.

2. Learn about our key emotional and behavioural systems and how they may be affected by the current environment.

3. Recognise when your current response patterns are becoming unhelpful.

4. Learn practical tools for:

managing overwhelm and anxiety
sustaining motivation and drive
maintaining relaxation and recovery.

5. Develop an action plan to help put in place ideas from the session.

We also offer a version of this workshop specifically for people leaders, with a focus on how to apply this knowledge and techniques to boost their own wellbeing and to best support their people.

Session time – 90 minutes.

Participant feedback…

“Loved the fact that woven throughout the knowledge was the practical application e.g. breathing, write down who you’re going to connect with now (time and date). The takeaway tools to use are also very powerful, personally as well as with my team.”

“The session was perfect for what we are all going through right now in lockdown. I think it was an important session to have particularly in these COVID-19 times where life is so different. Thanks for the opportunity.”

“I got a lot out of this course. The info was down-to-earth and the activities are something I can easily incorporate into my day. Will recommend to my colleagues.”

“It was greatly appreciated. So pleased our organisation invested in this / our people at this time. A great story to share later if the organisation is asked about some of the things it did for the people during lock-down.”

“Really impressed by the quality of the workshop, and the robustness of advice provided. Felt very secure in taking this information away and being confident that it will make a real positive impact.”

“Engaging and to the point training made it go fast and not drag at all. Having it scheduled for 90 minutes made it accessible.”

“Really useful insight and guidance on how to cope, not only during a period of dramatic change, but with life in general.”

“Thanks so much for signing me up for this session, I really loved it. Just what I needed, or what we all needed.”

“Will be referring to this material frequently to adopt throughout work and life experiences.”

“One of the best webinars I have attended – on any topic. I felt understood and got practical tips to tweak my resilience building skills. The exercises during the session worked well – helped it feel a bit more interactive/engaging”

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COVID-19 has created a great deal of uncertainty for individuals and businesses. This page contains resources specific to these uncertain times, which complement our other Workplace Wellbeing and Mental Health services.

Uncertain times overview sessions

These 90-minute face-to-face or online sessions have been developed in response to Covid19. They’ve intentionally been designed to keep participants active and engaged and to provide people with practical wellbeing strategies for action in these uncertain times.

Boosting wellbeing in remote and dispersed teams

Leading wellbeing during uncertain times

Resilience during uncertain times

Leading your people to recover from the COVID marathon

Recovering from the COVID marathon

“Loved the fact that woven throughout the knowledge was the practical application e.g. breathing, write down who you’re going to connect with now (time and date). The takeaway tools to use are also very powerful, personally as well as with my team.”

“The session was perfect for what we are all going through right now in lockdown. I think it was an important session to have particularly in these COVID-19 times where life is so different. Thanks for the opportunity.”

“I got a lot out of this course. The info was down-to-earth and the activities are something I can easily incorporate into my day. Will recommend to my colleagues.”

“It was greatly appreciated. So pleased our organisation invested in this / our people at this time. A great story to share later if the organisation is asked about some of the things it did for the people during lock-down.”

“Really impressed by the quality of the workshop, and the robustness of advice provided. Felt very secure in taking this information away and being confident that it will make a real positive impact.”

“Engaging and to the point training made it go fast and not drag at all. Having it scheduled for 90 minutes made it accessible.”

“Really useful insight and guidance on how to cope, not only during a period of dramatic change, but with life in general.”

“Thanks so much for signing me up for this session, I really loved it. Just what I needed, or what we all needed.”

“Will be referring to this material frequently to adopt throughout work and life experiences.”

“One of the best webinars I have attended – on any topic. I felt understood and got practical tips to tweak my resilience building skills. The exercises during the session worked well – helped it feel a bit more interactive/engaging”

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