As we move into the last part of this unsettling
year you may be finding it difficult to keep your spirits up, but we hope that that
you are managing to stay safe and well during these troubled times.
Everyone has been touched by the events and the
news about the Corona Virus pandemic which has devastated so many lives. It has certainly made us think more deeply
about living and dying well. We
have included a Transition Meditation which was written for a friend who was
dying. He found it helpful when he was
unable to sleep, and at a recent online workshop people also found it useful.
Our next Wisborough Conscious Leadership Programme will
not be until Spring 2021. If you want to
be a more self-aware leader who has the resilience and emotional intelligence
to create the best conditions for your team go to Conscious Leadership and find out more about the Programme.
At this time there is an even greater need for love
and compassion, and we have been involved in a project in Ireland that takes
this approach to the wellbeing of healthcare workers. The approach helps staff to feel grounded in their own professional and personal wisdom, whilst
acknowledging their innate capacity to feel deeply, connected, and congruent
with their values and beliefs.
Our Wisborough Positive & Powerful Leadership Programme has been put back until Spring
2021. It is a good blend of skills and
knowledge that uses current work situations to develop more positive
conversations and skilful leaders who can bring out the best in their
teams. It may be just what you are
looking for to help you be the best you can be.
Their will be a free leadership workshop on 18th March 2021 in West
Sussex.
As usual there is a reminder about our Wisborough Conscious Achievement Coaching and
lastly in Musings Over Breakfast - having the courage to keep trying.
What's
in this "Latest News"?
· Living and Dying Well
· New dates for the Spring 2021 Wisborough Conscious Leadership Programme to help
you be a more mindful and successful leader
· Restorative and Conscious Care
· New dates for the Spring 2021 Wisborough Positive & Powerful Leadership Programme to help you motivate yourself and your team
. Free leadership workshop in West Sussex 
· Coaching - How the Wisborough approach could
help you be true to yourself and be the best that you can be
· Musings over breakfast – having the courage to keep trying
why choose Wisborough?
Living and Dying well
Recently we did an online dialogue and workshop
supporting healthcare professionals; especially for those in the caring
professions, palliative care and hospice workers, GPs, Chaplains, undertakers,
grief counsellors, and those who are caring for dying friends or family. This was organised by the Janki Foundation
for Global Healthcare.
A Peaceful Death
People often have different thoughts about
where and how they would like to die.
What most would agree is that they would like to have a peaceful
death. What does that mean and how can
we prepare ourselves to make that easier.
We explored how we can live and die well.
Following our conversation, we shared a
Transition meditation to settle people in readiness to share, in small groups,
their thoughts about living and dying well.
Here is the transition meditation.
It was written for a friend who was dying. He recorded Chrissie saying the words so that
he could listen to them when he couldn’t sleep at night. He found it soothing and uplifting.
Transition
Meditation
We
call on our Guides, our unseen friends, and our guardian Angels to be with us,
and to surround us with love this afternoon as we share this transition
meditation.
As
you settle gently into your body, just become aware of your breathing … the air
drifting in and the air drifting out, gently and peacefully … There is no hurry
… you have all the time in the world as we sit here together ... And as you do
so you are drawn to a beautiful space inside your body, it may be in your heart
or in your tummy … in that space you know that there is only peace and calm and
stillness … you are safe here. You are
very safe. You are always safe … This is
your own special place where you are always safe and connected to the deepest
part of your Being …. Just feel it, so calm and peaceful, restful, and still.
This
is a place where sound and shapes have a special meaning for you ... This is
your own inner sanctuary … Here you can be your own true self … and connect
with that mystical and spiritual part of your inner being … the part of you
which is always light and free and at peace … For that space is timeless and
infinite … and full of love, unbounded, infinite love …. And that love is for
you ... that love is you … and that love surrounds you ... So, you can let go
into it and feel it, experience it and know that you are safe ...
In
this safe space of love and deep connection you can surrender … you can
surrender any misunderstandings … any judgements … any regrets, … just let them
go … you can surrender any concerns that you have … begin to let them go … you
can surrender any fears that you have … let them go … allow all these concerns
and fears to be transformed with compassion into pure love …
Know
that you have served your family well … that you have served your friends well
… you have served the world well … know that you have made a positive
difference to the world … Know that you are loved and appreciated … feel this
love and appreciation … for now it is time to let go of any need for action and
service to others … this is time now just for you … let go and draw closer to
the light and love … it is time to just be … Just let yourself rest in love …
you are safe … May this peace surround you
May this light shine within you and guide you on
your way.
May your soul be held in love as you reach the light.
And may you know the deep, deep joy of having
passed this way.
We give thanks to our Guides, our unseen friends, and our
guardian Angels for your gentle love surrounding and holding us all this
afternoon.
If you would like to
explore living well, dying well or being present as someone makes the
transition contact us
or email info@wisborough.com or call us on (44) 01798 872 266.
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New dates for the Spring 2021 Wisborough
Conscious Leadership Programme to help you be a more mindful and successful leader
The Conscious Leadership Programme will help you question what is
important to you as a leader. It will
increase your emotional intelligence, make your relationships more effective,
and help you be authentic as you use your values to deal with difficult
situations with integrity.
The
Conscious Leadership Programme, run by Chrissie McGinn & Richard Hewitt,
uses new concepts of leadership to develop successful leaders. This is a
cutting edge programme for managers to discover their natural leadership
qualities and to learn skills to enhance them. Each workshop is limited to six places to ensure
maximum benefit to each delegate.
“The course offers a unique opportunity for deep and intense
work in a small group of fellow professionals, and stresses both personal and
professional development. It is a combination of lectures, group dialogue, and
experiential exercises, as much a deep and life-transforming experience as a
training course.”
The new dates for
the Conscious Leadership Programme
The Conscious
Leadership Programme is
divided into 3 modules to give you time to embed the learning in the workplace
and see the results as you go along. The
dates are:
Using your Emotions to Create Success – 15th
& 16th April
Making & Maintaining Positive
Relationships – 6th & 7th May
Influencing with Integrity – 27th
& 28th May
The
cost is £2200 or £1950 if booked six weeks before the first module. If you think it’s time that you became not
just a good leader, but a great one come on the Conscious Leadership Programme. Go to contact us or email info@wisborough.com or call us on 44 (0)1798 872 266 to find out more or
to book your place. For more info click here
Restorative and Conscious Caring
Self-Care
Champions
We
have been working on a project in Ireland to help self-care champions promote
restorative care in healthcare.
Self-care is not a selfish approach to life, but a way of enhancing life
so that you have more to give to others.
Mary Prendergast, a Director of Nursing, Innovation & Research has instigated a Restorative Conscious Caring Programme for Staff in the Health
Service Executive (HSE).
This
on-going project is overtly founded on compassion and love. Over the last ten years, Mary Prendergast has
organised an annual conference on compassion in healthcare. This has led to an accreditation of
healthcare centres and hospitals that can show a sustainable culture of
self-care and conscious caring. A Programme has been introduced for all levels of
staff and many different disciplines. The programme consists of a 1-day 12
Steps of Restoration Programme, the 3-day Conscious Caring Programme and the
training and development of self-care champions. Teams are also offered the opportunity to do restorative
practice as part of their training days. Restorative
& Conscious Caring Programme
The programme aims to facilitate staff to
feel grounded in their own professional and personal wisdom, while exploring
their innate capacity to feel deeply, and understand their values and beliefs. It aims to help staff think clearly and act
with integrity, while demonstrating high standards of professional care and
behaviour. It supports physical and emotional health to ensure restorative
self-care needs are met
Benefits
to Staff Well Being
The focus is on understanding the nature of
stress and increasing awareness of stress management, resilience and self-care.
Staff are introduced to concepts, models and techniques of collaborative
solution focussed self-development and nurture.
It supports, motivates, and sustains staff to
initiate appropriate change by encouraging staff to maintain and restore
themselves using the techniques and tools offered in the programme. The focus therefore encourages staff to take
responsibility for their own wellbeing with the support of the organisation.
Benefits to the Organisation
The Programme is now seen as a valuable
training resource which can be used to improve recruitment and retention of
staff by using self-care champions and initiatives to create restorative
working environments. A service
accreditation process has been introduced and the first awards were given this
year. There is a bronze, silver, and gold
level of accreditation.
Completing
the various stages of the accreditation journey enables a real recognition of
services and their achievements in restorative practice as examples of best
practice both within their own organisation and beyond. The Restorative Practice Accreditation process has been
shown to be relevant for staff wellbeing, as well as governance &
management.
Accreditation
provides a reward to the service area for their commitment to promoting and
facilitating the practice of self-care management. Organisations and service areas provide
evidence that the programme is established, ongoing and sustainable in their
organisations. They can also provide data of any other wellbeing and
restoration programmes they feel have credibility and would like the
accreditation team to consider.
We
think that this approach to staff wellbeing is essential during the difficult
times and stresses that healthcare is currently facing. We’d like to say “thank you”, and congratulate Mary Prendergast on her vision
and determination to establish such a caring and sensitive approach to meet the
wellbeing needs of healthcare staff at
the moment. If you would like to know more about the
Restorative Conscious Caring Programme give us a call on 44 (0)1798 872266 or contact us or e-mail info@wisborough.com
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How
the Wisborough
Positive & Powerful Leadership Programme could help motivate you and your team - new Spring 2021 dates are 9th
& 10th & 26th March
Leadership is about hearts and minds. It is about
consciously helping people to really engage with their work and the success of
the company. As a leader you need to have the resilience and interpersonal
skills to create the right conditions to help your people build a better
future.The Wisborough Positive & Powerful
Leadership Programme will give you the insights and skills you need to help
everyone give their best performance, and achieve the results you want. Every Programme is tailored to meet
individual and organisational needs.
We’ve been running and developing this Programme for ten years and people are
always delighted with the results. Benefits of the Wisborough Positive & Powerful Leadership Programme Here are some comments from delegates about how the Wisborough
Programme has transformed the way they work.
“It has got me thinking completely differently about myself, and my
staff, and how I can manage them.” “It takes the theoretical to the practical in the
workplace.” “It has
shown me that a lot of time we do know how people feel, but we don’t
acknowledge it and so people think we don’t care.” “It has given us great skills to manage our
own different situations at work.”“It makes us be realistic about our feelings and how they affect our
decisions and our behaviour.” “This is thought provoking for everyone as it isn’t the way we usually
work with people. It develops a maturity
with everyday actions in the organisation.” How does
this transformation happen? Day 1: will identify your leadership qualities, show you
how to manage your emotions and build powerful relationships within your teams
by communicating in ways that create real understanding and action. Day 2: will help you understand how to motivate your team
to get the best long term results, and will give you time to practise your
skills with your real issues. Then you will have a couple of weeks to practise
your skills back at your workplace and see some great results ready for Day 3: to show you how to take your team with
you through times of change, how to resolve conflict, and how
you can use your power to influence as you continue to develop your
skills. 
The Programme uses the Wisborough
Positive & Powerful Leadership model to help you create a
harmonious and highly productive team and organisation. After completing the Programme you will
regularly review your progress with follow-up emails and questionnaires. Positive
& Powerful Leadership Programme in Sussex The Positive &
Powerful Leadership Programme in Coldwaltham, UK is on 9th & 10th & 26th
March. If you would like to know
more please give us a call on 44 (0)1798 872266 or contact us or e-mail info@wisborough.com headed "Positive & Powerful Leadership" |
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Free Conscious Leadership Skills Workshop in Sussex to help you manage
conflict with ease - 18th March 2021
When times are difficult do you just
react or can you be a Conscious Leader? Can you maintain your
integrity in difficult situations? Do you want to feel more confident?
If you want people to be motivated and to work
together more positively and productively, and you want your relationships to
work well for you, join us on the Wisborough Free 2 hour Conscious Leadership
workshop in West Sussex on 18th March 2021
“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures
of logic, but creatures of emotion.” Dale Carnegie
This seminar will help you to:
- Deal with difficult people and situations
more easily so that you can have those conversations
you have been avoiding
- Manage your feelings when they get in the
way
- Manage conflict
- Understand what is happening in your
relationships
- Use skills to improve your relationships and
get the best out of people
How to book your place on the Wisborough Free
Conscious Leadership Skills Workshop
Book
your free place with Chrissie McGinn & Richard Hewitt at Wisborough now. Please phone 01798 872266 or go to contact us or email info@wisborough.com headed "Free Workshop"
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How our approach to coaching could
help you be true to yourself and be the best that you can be
What do you want from a good coach? Someone to encourage and support you? Someone to help you transform your perception? Someone to help you clarify your goals?
How do you want your coach to work with you? You know that you want them to ask you questions. You know that you want them to really listen and understand what you are trying to say. Perhaps you would like to do some visualisations to really embed some new ideas.
When do you want to work with your coach? You would like to be able to meet or speak on the phone at a time to suit you, perhaps at the beginning or the end of the day. You would like to have time in between sessions to practise some new skills. You would like to have a set number of sessions, and then time to review the way forward.
"I wanted to thank you for your time today. I have come away with some very useful tools which will help me improve my way of handling those difficult situations/ people. I understood the model you used and can relate it to my own position in the lab. You were superb at explaining it all and I really felt that you understood my own situation. I will start practicing and know that one day it will become more of a habit."
What do you want to focus on with your coach? You would like to understand yourself better, learn some new skills, and be more confident. You would like to know how to get the best out of your relationships. You would like to solve some current problems, become less stressed, and be more successful.
If all this sounds like you, and what you would like from your coach contact us or call 01798 872 266 or email info@wisborough.com headed "coaching" Looking forward to helping you be more positive and
maintain that positivity throughout 2020.
Musings Over
Breakfast - Having the courage to keep
trying
At
the moment, people are finding it hard to keep going, and often feel that life
is too difficult. The mood can be
low. So, we thought you might find these
words helpful. Over the year we’ve used
the Serenity Prayer many times to help us rebalance our thoughts but we had
never seen the last lines of this until a friend recently sent us the
words. Hope that you find them
encouraging too.
Grant
me the Serenity
to
accept the things I cannot change,
the
Courage
to
change the things I can
and
the Wisdom to know
the
difference.
Grant
me patience
with
the changes that take time,
Appreciation
of all that I have,
Tolerance
of those with different struggles
and
the Strength
to
get up and try again,
one
day at a time.
We hope that you find
peaceful moments in your day to quiet and calm you, so that you can appreciate
all you have, and keep going during these difficult times.
Go well
Chrissie & Richard
