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Leadership Links Health and Wellbeing Festival

Leadership Links Health and Wellbeing Festival

Leadership Links Health and Wellbeing Festival

We have been listening to the leadership conversations happening about wellbeing and resilience and have heard many stories of people going ‘above and beyond’ in the health and social care response to the pandemic.  We recognise the importance of supporting people and teams to maintain their health and wellbeing now and in the future.

We are delighted to offer this health and wellbeing festival incorporating webinars and coaches offering live Q&A sessions. Our speakers will share different approaches to managing your own health and wellbeing and for supporting the people and teams that you lead.  Recordings will be made available to view in the Leadership Links library.

A summary of events is listed below.

Tuesday 12 January 12.00pm – 1.00pm

How do I restore myself back to inner peace when I have messed up? with Shona Cameron

Life is full of stressors already without the added pressure we put on ourselves when we make a mistake. This interactive and experiential webinar will offer a simple process for you to learn and keep in your tool kit for when you mess up. It will offer an introduction to how we work with the everyday events and lay the foundation for work with more difficult times.

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Friday 15 January at 12.00pm – 12.30pm

Resilience and wellbeing Q&A session with David Taylor

We are delighted to welcome David Taylor, Principal Lead, Project lift back to Leadership Links to continue his conversation about resilience and wellbeing.  David will answer your questions about your own and your team’s resilience and wellbeing. His coaching style focuses on improved personal and team performance.

For more information and to book

Monday 18 January 11.45am – 12.45pm

Put your own oxygen mask on first:  Self Compassion with Dorothy Armstrong

This webinar will explore self-compassion including the myths and evidence base. We will consider how to be more mindful of emotional overwhelm, the physiology related to fear and compassion and practical ways to meet ourselves with kindness. All of this is peppered with  practical tools that can be used and modelled at work and at home.

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Friday 22 January 2021 at 12.00pm – 12.45pm

Self Care through Self-Coaching Q&A session with Jeremy Hinks

Jeremy joined us to record his popular leadership links webinar on Self-Care through Self-Coaching in May which was fully booked. We are delighted to welcome Jeremy back for a further live Q&A session.

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Monday 25 January 12.00pm – 1.00pm

The Art of Brilliance with Darrell Woodman 

‘The Art of Being Brilliant’ provides an antidote to the crazy world that typifies modern Britain. This workshop uses cutting edge research to explore how you can be you, brilliantly. The aim is to share some of the ‘secrets’ of Positive Psychology, focusing on learning new habits of thinking and behaviour that will sustain personal ‘brilliance’. It is about the ‘whole you’ and, as such, is applicable in and out of work.

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Friday 29 January at 12.00pm – 1.00pm

The Role of work in our psychological wellbeing with Dr Chiara Amati

In this webinar we will explore the relationships between work and psychological wellbeing; discussing how to develop and sustain ‘good jobs’ and how to support colleagues and people in our teams when times are tougher.

We will explore psychological wellbeing from an individual and a team perspective, discussing how personality can affect resilience as well as common sources of stress in teams.

For more information and to book


December, 16 2020