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Wulvern Housing approached us to engage with staff to explore their current framework for values and behaviours in the organisation, The Wulvern Way, and to propose a new version of this that staff would find easier to use in their day to day work and have meaningful conversations around, within their performance review system.
We devised a series of interactive workshops to seek views from right across the business, finding out what people liked and didn’t like about the current framework and asking them to articulate what “The Wulvern Way” meant to them.
We were then left with a huge amount of input that required analysis and further discussions till finally we were able to present to the Executive Team. The new Wulvern Way refined into a core values statement supported by 4 key behaviours aligned with their vision statement of providing “Brilliant Social Housing”:
We were able to:
"No Guru were able to give an unbiased perspective to the Wulvern Way project that for us reinforced to colleagues that our new behaviours are a true reflection of the feedback given by them and based on what they believe it should be like to work in our organisation."
It has been a really rewarding couple of weeks here at No Guru with new work and wonderful new clients added to our portfolio.
This week we met with the Senior Team at Irwell Valley Homes who have commissioned a project in support of their new brand. (more…)
No Guru now working with University of HuddersfieldQuarter 1 has started off with brilliant news, a newly commissioned programme of delivery for the University of Huddersfield to deliver ‘Strategic Thinking in Higher Education’ as part of an ambitious programme of development for Senior Managers. This leads to a recognised qualification from the Chartered Management Institute. Head of Staff Development, Daniel Benton explains (more…)
Coaching for Results: Event with Professional LiverpoolWe are delighted to be partnering with Professional Liverpool to deliver a FREE seminar on Monday 5th March (3pm to 5pm).
This explores the role of Coaching (and Mentoring) in helping staff deliver business results. The session will be run by John Drysdale and will be a chance to find out how you can coach more effectively and perhaps consider a role in Coaching and Mentoring through our ILM Programmes.
To reserve your place click here. (more…)
(But) TED is a tough, pressured, hugely stressful gig, even for experienced public speakers, and I’m not that. Standing in the wings waiting to go on, I told the stage manager that my heart was racing uncontrollably and in an act of great kindness, she grasped both my hands and made me take breath after breath. And what you don’t see in the video – deftly edited out – is the awful, heart-stopping moment when I forgot a line, followed by another act of collective kindness, a spontaneous empathic cheer as I composed myself and found my cue. “That’s when the audience came onside,” an attendee told me. “You were human. That’s when you won them over.” Guardian April 2019
This from Carole Cadwalladr, a journalist at the Guardian who has in this last year investigated the role of tech corporations and their platforms in influencing the workings of our democracy. What makes her TED talk so compelling is because here she is facing those very same technology giants on their turf. And speaking truth to power.
Coaching: Deep ImpactThis week I had the chance to attend a seminar at the Leeds Coaching Network featuring renowned coach, writer and speaker Julie Starr. You may be familiar with some of Julie’s work including; ‘The Coaching Manual’, ‘The Mentoring Manual’ and ‘Brilliant Coaching’ and the session was everything you expected it to be. (more…)
The Immortal Memory: Robert BurnsAddress to The Liverpool Athenaeum 2nd February 2018
I was delighted to be asked by club President Sir David Maddison to deliver The Immortal Memory at The Athenaeum Burns evening which I attended with my wife Fiona. This is a huge honour for any Scot and I hope I did it justice. Burns provides such a rich tapestry I found it a real challenge to be succint and speak in a way that would connect with the audience – I chose to set Burns against the universal themes we recognise today and in the challenges we face in uncertain times. I hope you enjoy it. JD
The Immortal Memory – Robert Burns 1759-1796
The Athenaeum 2nd Feb 2018
President, ladies and gentlemen, fellow proprietors and distinguished guests. I am honoured to propose the Immortal Memory this evening.
To one Robert Burns who lived between 1759 and 1796.