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Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood

Leadership and People Management coaching and mentoring by Great Managers® founder / MD, Sandra Wood.

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05:46

POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH: How to Build the Resilience of...

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2020/11/16

Sometimes life throws you a curveball; something that knocks you for six, that makes you wonder whether life will ever be the same again…Exposure to traumatic events can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder. (There's been quite a lot in the press about that lately). Several recent developments in the trauma field have led to significant changes in how PTSD is diagnosed and treated. Martin Seligman has done some significant work in this area and has found from his research that people who had

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10:15

The 6 Essential Skills for Effectively Managing...

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2020/05/19

Having Virtual or Remote staff is not a new concept. Many organisations have had teams working remotely for a very long time. But today, this is no longer just a trend, it’s a necessity! As a leader, it is vital you adapt quickly to this change and take advantage of its benefits… whilst mitigating its risks and challenges. When the topic of remote work comes up, it’s quite common for people to be doubtful about how to get it to work best, particularly those with newly remote workers. One of the

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04:37

6 Personal Habits For Building Resilience and Staying...

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2019/12/20

Keeping up with the relentless pace of change is part of our world and organisational life today… and it’s not going to slow down any time soon. This fast pace can take its toll on everyone, so it makes good business sense to develop yourself and your people in a way which strengthens them from the inside out. This preview of a recent Great Managers MasterClass will strengthen you so that you don’t just cope with our fast-paced world, you FLOURISH! Flourishing is about wellbeing, heightened

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06:20

How to Deal With Defensiveness

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2019/10/30

Sometimes the hardest thing about managing people, particularly in relation to performance conversations and providing feedback, is dealing with defensiveness… the other person’s and your own! While defensiveness is a ‘normal’ human behaviour it can get in the way of our ability to communicate with others and achieve our desired outcome. It can feel like we’re going around in circles… or backwards even. It can be incredibly frustrating! However, if you know how to identify Defensiveness, understand

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03:55

How to Make Better Decisions in 4 Simple Steps

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2019/09/03

What tough decisions do you need to make right now at work or in your life? How are you going to make them? Every day, whether we like it or not, we have to make many decisions. We have to make choices that can impact ourselves, our organisations and others. Our choices have consequences. Self-knowledge is critical for making the right decisions. Some people know they are indecisive – they agonise about making decisions and can get paralysed in the grocery store due to the amount of choice. Others

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09:08

How to Become a Great Coach with 3 Clever Coaching...

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2019/05/03

Starting from today, you can be significantly more effective as a manager by asking the right coaching questions to your team members. Great Coaching is one of the best ways in which leaders can increase the capacity and capability in their team, and help individuals and organisations reach their goals. Developing manager’s coaching skills has become even more important in these fast-paced times because organisations are increasingly calling on people to deliver more with fewer resources. In this

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04:25

5 Ways to Develop a High Performing Team

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2018/11/02

Successful teams are not formed overnight, nor are they achieved in a seminar or weekend retreat. Teams that are pieced together with little planning, few resources, and little support are going to be high-maintenance rather than high-performing and will not result in any organisational advantage. Dysfunctional teams drain time, money and energy away from you, and your organisation. In this extract from a recent Great Managers MasterClass we look at: - The benefits of a High Performing Team -

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07:44

How to Build a Compassionate Workplace (Dealing with...

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2018/08/31

It’s likely that you, or someone you know has experienced grief and loss. Death, illness and challenging times are a part of life, but many of us are not equipped to communicate skilfully with others at these times, particularly in the workplace. Let’s face it, having conversations about death, tragedy, illness and challenging times are not easy or comfortable, but at some point, we’ll all face a situation when we’re going to need to do so. In this extract from a recent Great Managers MasterClass,

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05:27

How to Build Courage in Teams

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2018/05/18

Leadership is not a place for the timid. Leaders must summon their will to deal with a whole range of complexity and unknowns, and create workplaces that are motivating and safe for others, even in changing and turbulent times. They must summon their will to take risks, and face things the average person shies away from. Leadership requires Courage, in fact, it could even be described as Courage in Action. We know that a lack of Courage can derail a leader’s success. Courage is one of those big,

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04:37

How to Say NO... 2 Techniques to be More Assertive

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2018/05/18

Many people have great difficulty saying NO to others. Even people who are quite assertive, in some situations might find themselves saying yes to things that they really don't want to do! Listen to this MasterClass for 2 techniques to be more confident saying NO.

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04:20

How to be More Assertive - Assertion Messages

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2017/10/17

The goal of Assertion Messages is to change behaviour which is intruding on or upsetting you. Learn these 3 key components of Assertion Messages and instantly become more Assertive as a leader.

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07:22

Overcoming the Struggle of Perfectionism

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2017/07/27

Perfectionism can lead to physical and emotional stress, both personally AND organisationally. If you want to move from the STRUGGLE of Perfectionism to STRIVING for excellence, here's how to disrupt your damaging thinking, language and behaviour patterns.

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07:08

Leading in a VUCA World - How to keep your...

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2017/06/09

How would you like a breathing technique that allows you to stay in positive performance mode, with the 'clever' part of your brain working for you, even under intense pressure?

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07:30

Learned Optimism - Upgrade your Thinking System with...

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2017/05/11

The ABCDE Model is a method for building Optimism by recognising and disputing pessimistic thoughts. This model is a proven method of upgrading your Thinking System and if you practise it, will not only make you a more inspiring leader but will significantly improve your personal life too!

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05:25

Celebrating Success - The Winning Formula to Stop...

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2017/04/10

In our super busy world, it’s all too easy to focus on the next task at hand, rather than to stop and acknowledge what has been achieved. This MasterClass will give you a Winning Formula to avoid making that mistake!

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03:39

Meet a Great Leader - Top CEO Shares her Fundamental...

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2017/02/08

Great Managers founder, Sandra Wood, conducted an interview with top Australian CEO who reveals her fundamental MUST-DO's for every successful leader. In this extract of the interview, Kim Anson shares these two invaluable tips.

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06:48

Upgrade your Culture with Tribal Leadership

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2016/11/02

This is the second in our 3-part "Building a Great Place to Work" culture series. In this MasterClass we are going to delve into the principles and “how to’s” of “Tribal Leadership” and how to use them to upgrade your team culture. Everybody loves an upgrade, right? A tribal leader is someone who: is actively upgrading the culture in their tribe. knows that culture is what makes the different and figures out their tribe's current culture. knows how to nudge their tribe from one stage to the

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04:04

How to Build a Great Place to Work: A 6-Step Culture...

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2016/10/05

Improving your culture can deliver huge benefits to your business: • Financial – the better the culture and employee engagement the better the bottom line results • You’re more likely to attract and retain talented staff • Morale is higher – staff are more energetic & enthusiastic • Responsiveness to change is better • There is more co-operation and teamwork • Productivity is higher • Physical and emotional safety improves – there tends to be fewer workers compensation claims and less grievances •

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07:26

Emotional Agility: Overpower Stress with 4 Simple...

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2016/09/02

Emotions play a big role in stress management. So, let's talk about the skill of emotional agility. Emotional agility is about knowing yourself and developing a greater level of control over your feelings and reactions. With greater emotional agility, you can maximise your confidence. You can turn negative emotions into positive thoughts, and respond resourcefully in a way that you may not even know that you're capable of right now, but you are. Emotional agility is one of the most valuable

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07:41

6 Steps to Pain-Free Performance Conversations

Great Managers® MasterClass with Sandra Wood ·

2016/07/20

Performance conversations aren’t easy. They are probably one of the most challenging parts of your role as a manager. Our third and final installment of the Painless Performance Conversations series is a 6 Step Performance Conversation Model to build your tool kit of skills and put them into action.

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