The Feedback Fiesta

Welcome to the Feedback Fiesta, where honest conversations are the life of the party, and appreciation for your team is the main event! In this blog, we’re diving into the world of feedback, exploring how to make your team feel truly appreciated, and unravelling the mysteries of a stellar performance management framework. So, grab your party hat and let’s get this celebration started!

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The Power of Appreciation

In our ever-changing working environments, the importance of employee engagement cannot be underestimated. A key focus of nurturing engagement is creating a workplace culture where employees feel appreciated, valued and heard. A significant element of our employee engagement surveys reflects on appreciation, communication and recognition. As learning and development consultants, we understand the pivotal role that appreciation via effective feedback plays in shaping this culture.

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Can you feel the love …. of coaching?

Ah it’s February, are you feeling the love yet? We are here at Pro-Development HQ – the love for all the leaders we have developed and coached in the last year, how we have worked with them and the testimonials and referrals we receive. It’s great having someone to talk to isn’t it. And sometimes even we are just not enough and people need even more support. Winter can be a tough time of year too, more on that later.

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Self-Love and Boosting Your Self-Esteem

February for us, always feels like the month of love, and with that in mind, we’ve been talking a lot about how important it is that this starts with self. And so we’ve been thinking about what it is that gets in the way of self-love and self-esteem and some strategies to help.
We often receive requests from our clients about building confidence. But what is it that affects how confident we feel about ourselves or more importantly our own self-esteem?

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New Year – New Look for leadership

As we approach the end of the year, it felt like a great time to reflect on sone of the successes and challenges of 2023 and what we are looking forward to in 2024.

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2023 Looking back and into 2024

As we approach the end of the year, it felt like a great time to reflect on sone of the successes and challenges of 2023 and what we are looking forward to in 2024.

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A season of change and my Journey So Far

With this month’s blogs all about the season, and Autumn being the season of change, it’s the perfect time to start a new job.  As the leaves turn golden and the air gets crisp, it’s a perfect time to embrace new beginnings and take on new challenges.

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Preparing for Growth and Renewal

I come bearing great news! Spring is in the air. Well, maybe not, but if you are a human being of the solar powered variety like me, you will want to cast your mind forward to the warmer days, new shoots, the sense of renewed energy in the world around us and maybe this blog can give you some ideas of things to look forward to, to at least put a spring in your step over the coming colder months!

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Letting go of the old to make room for the new

We have been chatting recently in the team about drawing a metaphorical connection between the changing seasons, specifically the leaves beginning to fall and the arrival of some first signs of winter, and the concept of using this time to take stock, off board tasks and objectives in a professional context and making space for new plans.

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