AIMS Shop&Learn/Productive, Motivating and Energising 1:1 sessions

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Productive, Motivating and Energising 1:1 sessions

Learn to master any type of 1:1 sessions with your team members: feedback, raising engagement, performance appraisal / development, coaching for performance.

You can join the waitlist for the ''open'' format version of this course. For an ''in-house'' version, you can email us at aimslearning@tm.aims.ro for a customised quotation.

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Preparing for a 1:1 feedback session?

Learn ...

  • About the influence of individual brain wiring on how we receive feedback

  • To practice constructive feedback - Radical Candor (by Kim Scott) & B.I.A. (Behaviour – Impact – Action/Agreement) feedback models

  • A few rules about giving both positive and negative feedback

  • Brain science-based suggestions on how to improve feedback conversations - through The SCARF® Model (Neuroleadership Institute) – assesses the differences in people’s social motivation. Having SCARF needs (status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness, fairness) met creates trust and increases psychological safety.

  • How to create a ''radically candid'' feedback culture

Want to be more coaching-like with your team?

Learn from Michael Bungay Stanier and:

  1. Stay curious a little longer

  2. Rush to action and advice-giving a little more slowly

Practice the 7 essential coaching questions:

  1. Kickstart Question: What's on your mind?

  2. AWE Question - And What Else?

  3. Focus Question - What's the real challenge here for you?

  4. Foundation Question: What do you want?

  5. Strategy Question: If you're saying YES to this, what must you say NO to?

  6. Lazy Question: How can I help?

  7. Learning Question: What was the most useful or valuable here for you?

Practice other active listening skills and techniques (mirroring, emotional labelling, paraphrasing, summarising)

Performance appraisal coming up?

Oh, the dread! 😳

But don't worry, we'll walk you through the whole process, so you approach it with confidence.

Learn about:

  • The performance management process – an overview

  • Behaviour and skills appraisal

  • The manager’s role in the process

  • Preparing for performance appraisal discussion (analysing and understanding the performance evaluation questionnaire)

  • Conducting the performance appraisal discussion: asking thoughtful questions, active listening (mirroring, emotional labelling, paraphrasing, summarising)

  • Managing emotions during the performance appraisal discussion

  • Closing the process and dealing with consequences (e.g. individual development plans)

Engagement and motivation running low among your team members?

It's time to act.

Learn:

  • What is employee engagement and how to recognise it (what the employee feels and does)

  • About A.I.M.S. model and the 4 engagement dimensions

  • About the basic human psychological needs - through The SCARF® Model - assesses the differences in people’s social motivation. Having SCARF needs (status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness, fairness) met drives engagement.

  • In practice (via simulations / role plays) how to run a 1-1 session with the aim to raise engagement & motivation and rebalance SCARF needs. We'll provide you with a plug-and-play discussion guide, packed with impactful questions.

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Are your team members looking forward to another 1:1 session with you? NO?

Then learn to make these sessions more productive, motivating and energising.