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Leading through change, without losing your team (Skills Booster)
When priorities shift, structures change, and new expectations keep appearing, teams look to their manager for clarity.
But many managers are navigating the same uncertainty themselves. Without the right approach, change can create confusion, resistance and a drop in morale.
In this Skills Booster with Grace Marshall, we’ll explore practical ways to lead teams through change with clarity and confidence. You’ll learn simple techniques for how to keep clear communication open during times of change, maintain trust and help your team stay focused when the ground keeps moving. It’s about more than managing change. It’s about leading people through it.
The Accidental Project Manager (Skills Booster)
Because most people leading projects were never actually taught how.
If your projects feel reactive, messy or harder than they should be, you’re not alone.
This free 30-minute Skills Booster gives you simple, practical ways to manage projects with more clarity, momentum and less stress.
Ideal for anyone juggling deadlines, stakeholders and competing priorities.
The Cost of Unkind Leadership (Skills Booster)
When kindness goes, trust and morale go with it.
In tough times, kindness is often the first thing to go. Learn how to lead with kindness in difficult moments and embed it into your team’s culture.
The Decision Bottleneck (Skills Booster)
When every decision has to pass through you, nothing progresses until you’re free. Your team waits, momentum stalls, and the small calls pile up alongside the big ones until sign-off itself becomes the bottleneck. In this session, you’ll learn a simple way to sort which decisions genuinely need you and which ones your team is already equipped to make. Save your seat and start the year without being the hold-up.
Smarter work with Copilot – Skills Booster Session
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The Manager's Balancing Act – Skill Booster Session
Managers are pulled in every direction; targets to hit, teams to support, and pressure from above.
Without balance, the role quickly becomes overwhelming.
In this webinar, Lindsay Calder Recknell will guide you through the three essentials every manager must balance: tasks, team, and individual.
You’ll learn how to spot when you’re off-kilter, adapt your style, and protect your own wellbeing while leading others. This is about managing without burning out and thriving in the process.
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00:00 Introduction, Host Introductions, and Session Overview
02:47 Session Purpose and Initial Engagement
04:52 Discussion on Manager Qualities and Common Challenges
08:53 Leadership Skills: Listening, Empowerment, and Feedback
13:31 Managing Tasks, Team, Individuals, and Unexpected Needs
20:39 Exploring Management Styles
26:34 Feedback Essentials and Kind Leadership
29:53 Manager Self-Care and Well-being
32:53 Q&A, Action Planning, and Additional Resources
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Energized Teams, Real Results – Skills Booster
When energy drops, performance follows. A team running on empty can’t innovate, collaborate, or deliver their best. But energy, positivity, and motivation are just as contagious as stress.
Grace and David will share how managers can spark trust, belonging, and motivation, even in tough times. You’ll leave with practical ways to boost morale, build resilience, and create a team culture that lifts performance rather than drags it down.
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00:00 Introduction to Engagement Puzzle
15:20 Impact of Fear on Team Performance
30:41 Overcoming Meeting Anxiety
5:51 Strategies for Remote Participation
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Focus in a Distracted World | Deep Work & Productivity Strategies for Better Focus
Constant interruptions, shifting priorities, and digital noise are now the norm. The cost? Shallow work, rising stress, and never-ending days.
This skills booster with Lee equips you with strategies to cut through the clutter and reclaim deep focus. You’ll learn how to protect your best hours, set boundaries without guilt, and design your environment for concentration.
Attention is today’s most valuable resource; this webinar shows you how to defend it.
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00:00 Introduction to Productive Skills
15:03 Digital Stealth and Distraction Management
30:24 Focus Techniques: Eat the Frog and Pomodoro
45:36 Managing Energy and Session Conclusion
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Feedback Without Fear – Skills Booster
Managers avoid them, or rush them, and employees walk away defensive rather than inspired.
In this webinar, Grace will show you how to create safety and clarity when giving feedback.
You will explore how to frame messages that land, receive feedback without shutting down, and use these moments to build stronger relationships. Done well, feedback doesn’t just fix problems – it fuels growth and performance.
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00:00 Welcome & session overview
02:29 What is feedback (and why it feels hard)
10:11 How we feel about giving and receiving feedback
19:43 Fear and its impact on feedback
27:48 Kind feedback: principles and practical tips
39:25 Q&A and next steps
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