HE employers are asking a lot of managers right now.

• You have to implement change programmes and consultation processes that you didn't ask for and might not even agree with.
• You have to keep your team on track when everything feels uncertain and you have to do more with less.
• Maybe your manager is unavailable or so stressed themselves that they're looking to you to be a quasi-therapist.
• You really want to support your team but they're becoming disengaged and productivity is dropping so you need to figure out how to be supportive AND motivational.
• You might even find that stress is leading historically collaborative colleagues to close ranks and you're struggling to get things done without a big fight.
• It's exhausting and it's not that you can't go on, it's that you're wondering if you should.

As a dedicated HE Management Coach I'm here to help you:

• reconnect with yourself. Your self-belief, your self-trust, your self-acceptance and your self-worth. 
• redefine your views, opinions and beliefs about yourself and your role as a manager and leader
• take stock of your team and identify strategies to strike the right balance of support and motivation
• implement boundaries that actually stick and protect your energy and your team.

If you're ready to find your confidence as a manager and leader and feel more in control as you manage through this period of intense uncertainty then this Special Edition of the Grounded Manager Programme is for you.

Become a sturdy, grounded manager

Unlike previous rounds of the Grounded Manager Programme there is no set syllabus or curriculum for this round. You are the syllabus. So bring your management and leadership challenges and aspirations along to the weekly group calls and we'll work through them together. I'll share frameworks and approaches where they're relevant but mainly it'll be about supporting you to find the best way forward for you: in your context, with your boss, your team, your stakeholders and your objectives. 

you'll also get dedicated 1:1 support

If you’re anything like me, there are some things you’ll want to explore privately, so you also get three 1:1 coaching calls with me. You can use them anytime—from the day you sign up until six months after the programme ends. It’s completely up to you and designed to be as supportive as possible.

PLUS you'll get these bonuses

access to the Management Conversations course 

This course forms part of one of my other programmes and it's designed to help managers tackle tough conversations head-on—without stress, second-guessing, or sleepless nights.

Inside the course, you’ll learn a structured framework for approaching a any management conversation with courage and clarity. It covers everything from how to delegate well to performance management conversations and I've included it in the Grounded Manager Programme because the skills are so interlinked. I don't think you can be a great manager without the skills of great management conversations.

AND...

access to the Who am I and what do I want now? mini-course

You'll get access to a mini-course containing a series of self-reflection exercises. They will help you to review where you are at this point in your life and career: what your strengths, drivers and values are and what you want out of life and work now. This won't be relevant for all of you but if you're reviewing your career options and thinking about your longer term plans then this will be a really good place to start.

Ready to join? The next group starts in May. 

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