People and Team Skills Workshops | Blue Heron Training

According to Linkedin research, 89% of new hires fail within the first 18 months due to poor soft skills. What impact are your people having on your customers and each other? Are people working well together? Are your teams working effectively? Strong Interpersonal and communication skills are the building blocks of an effective organisation – your business is, after all, a collection of people working together!

We want to make training and skills growth as simple and effective for you as possible. That’s why we have used our years of experience to tailor a small but highly impactful range of powerful, practical and engaging workshops. All our workshops are highly interactive and outcome orientated so you can develop your skills in a safe environment ready for the workplace!

Release the potential of your people, improve communication, and set your teams up to succeed with our range of targeted interpersonal skills programmes.

Elevate your Communication.
How to communicate with impact and intent and build great relationships.

Great communication is more than just exchanging information; it is the fuel that will propel your business forward, building trust, rapport, and influence in the process. In this workshop, you will learn how to ‘close the loop’ in your communication by challenging commonly held assumptions and ensuring clarity, alignment, and consistency. You will also discover how to use emotional intelligence, active listening, rapport building and assertiveness to enhance your communication style and build positive relationships at work.

Available as a half day, 1-day or 2-day workshop

Transformational Conversations.
Master critical conversations and create a culture of great feedback.

Feedback is essential for learning, improvement, and performance, but it can also be challenging to give and receive. In this workshop, you will learn how to master critical conversations and deliver constructive feedback that motivates and inspires others. You will also learn how to receive feedback gracefully, overcome defensiveness, and use it as an opportunity for growth. By creating a culture of great feedback, you will boost trust, collaboration, and accountability in your team.

Available as a half day or 1-day workshop.

Achieve more with less.
How to prioritise your workload and master your time management.

Do you feel overwhelmed by competing demands and endless distractions? Do you struggle to manage your time and energy effectively? In this workshop, you will learn how to prioritise your tasks and goals based on value, urgency and importance, using tools such as the Eisenhower matrix and the Pareto principle. We will use a range of effective models to enable you to make the best use of your time, reduce or eliminate low-value activities, delegate efficiently, and create a realistic action plan.

Available as a 1-day workshop or perfectly combined with our Delegation Workshop over 2 days.

Empowering Leadership.
Empower and nurture your people with delegation and coaching skills

Delegation and coaching are key skills for leaders who want to empower and nurture their people. Delegation allows you to leverage the strengths and talents of your team; while coaching helps you develop their potential and performance. In this workshop, you will learn how to plan your delegation, delegate brilliantly (using our 7-step model) and how to adapt your leadership style to better fit your people and situation (the situational leadership framework). You will also learn how to coach your people using the GROW model and powerful questioning techniques.

Available as a 1-day workshop or perfectly combined with our Time Management Workshop over 2 days.

Deliver Successful Change.
Understand, support and lead your people through change

Change is inevitable and constant, but it can also be stressful and disruptive for your people. As a leader, you need to support and lead your people through change, by helping them understand the vision, the benefits, and the process. In this workshop, you will learn how to apply impactful models to facilitate successful change initiatives. You will also learn how to plan your initiative, get buy in and address resistance, communicate clearly, build stakeholder influence, mitigate risk and close out projects.

Available as a 1 day or 2-day workshop and can be combined with Motivational Maps to get a true reading on your team’s receptiveness to change (highly recommended).

Breaking silos.
Transform team dynamics with psychological safety and collaborative working

Silo mentality is a common problem in organisations, where teams or departments operate in isolation and lack cooperation. This can lead to inefficiencies, conflicts, and missed opportunities. In this workshop, you will learn how great teams operate with connection, purpose and a deep sense of psychological safety. You will learn how to create a safe environment where people can speak up, share ideas, and learn from mistakes. You will also learn how to build collaboration across teams, share knowledge and resources and create cross functional working groups.

Available as a half day, 1-day or 2-day workshop

Presence in presentation.

Presenting is a vital skill for any professional, whether you need to pitch an idea, persuade an audience, or inform a group – we are doing it all the time! In this workshop, you will build your confidence and in a safe environment and learn how to be more impactful by using your stage, your voice and your body to great effect. By using simple yet effective models, live practice and coaching, you will build your skills and develop your own authentic ‘presence’.

Available as a 1-day or 2-day workshop. Our 1-day workshop works perfectly as an addition to our Communication Workshop.

Leading great meetings.

Meetings are an essential part of work, but they can also be a waste of time and energy if they are not planned and facilitated well. In this workshop, you will learn how to lead great meetings that are engaging, productive, and action-oriented. You will learn how to define the purpose and agenda of your meeting, invite the right participants, and use facilitation techniques to encourage participation, creativity, and consensus. You will also learn how to manage common challenges, such as conflicts, distractions, and disagreements.

Available as a half day or 1 day workshop.

We can run these workshops in house for you and as part of the service we will discuss your needs and required outcomes to tailor the programmes for you. We also regularly run these as open programmes – look out for our updates on where and when we are running them.

They are brilliant as standalone sessions and are also designed to fit perfectly with together for a mor holistic package. We can support them with standalone or also be supported with team and 121 coaching to help further embed the skills and get the right outcomes for you.

Please do contact us to discuss pricing and to ask any questions – we are here to help!