Personal Impact – letting your best you shine through!

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Personal Impact:

Letting your best you shine through!

 

22 January 2019

Making a good first impression is often top of our personal impact wish list – making sure that when we enter a room, we create the ‘right’ vibe about who we are and what we are capable of. And of course there are other ways in which we might want to have an impact and influence others’ impressions of us:

– what we are known for

– what we are liked for

– what we are trusted for

But how often do we feel frustrated that we are not being seen the way we want to be seen? That we are not recognised for having a strength or skill that we know we’ve got, but somehow others miss in us?

In this first session of 2019, Ginette took us through an evening of discovering our personal impact score and working out strategies to increase our scores through practical and fun exercises.

 

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Ginette Tessier

Ginette is an internationally certified NLP Trainer (neuro-linguistic programming) and uses NLP to influence her training programmes, both face to face and online, where she helps other freelance trainers to add online training to their business portfolio.

Most importantly, Ginette uses NLP principles in everyday life for her personal self-awareness, development and growth.

She has directly experienced the benefits of understanding how our inner self-talk influences our outer demeanour and impact upon others.

Date:                           Tuesday 22 January, 6.30-8.30pm

Venue:                        Woodpecker Café, Queens Park Pavilion, Queen’s Park West Drive, Bournemouth BH8 9BY

Event Cost:                 £16 (includes drinks and light refreshments)

Parking:                      Plenty of free parking on site next to the venue (2m vehicle height restriction)

Doors open at 6pm for drinks and food before we start at 6.30pm.

Dealing with Difficult Conversations

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Dealing With Difficult Conversations

16 October 2018

There’s a very good chance we’ve all had to deal with a difficult, awkward or downright embarrassing conversation at some point! So what makes one conversation more difficult than another? Why do some of us squirm while others seem to be able to plough on regardless?

In this practical and interactive session, Ginette unpacked the elements of a difficult conversation and helped us to understand what and how we can influence and change things for the better (and our own comfort!).

We walked away with:

  • an understanding of the core elements of a difficult conversation
  • which of those elements specifically apply to you
  • how you can influence them before, during and after a conversation
  • how to approach, hold and walk away from a conversation feeling great about it – even if the subject matter is ‘tricky’
  • and our own copy of the PEACEOUT framework to use in the future!

From the event:

“Ginette is such a great presenter = honest, easy to discuss topics with and share feedback”

“Very interesting to listen and also great getting involved”

“PEACEOUT framework is new to me. Really clever and useful tool!”

“Don’t put off coming to a session because they are fab and add massive value to my day to day!”

“Very helpful for my day by day situations – so much better prepared”

“I was looking for something different to Susan Scott’s Fierce Conversation, so it’s made me think differently”

“Great tips on how to approach and stay engaged in difficult situations. The anchor was a very useful tool”

“I think listening on how other people analyse the stages on the sheet was very insightful and have learnt a few golden nuggets to use”

“Walking away more confident to face more difficult conversations”

“Great session, thank you. Some great discussions with the ladies on my table which really helped too”

“Great to meet new people and have a focus on the communication – not worrying about ‘giving a pitch’ but rather having relevant, informative discussions in a relaxed environment”

“Really valuable personal development in a friendly and open environment”

 

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Ginette Tessier

Ginette is a freelance trainer who provides face to face training in management and communication skills and online training in how to deliver effective and engaging virtual training! She is the inventor of the ‘PEACEOUT’ framework, which she uses to help people understand how to Deal with Difficult Conversations.
Date:                           Tuesday 16 October, 6.30-8.30pm

Venue:                         Woodpecker Cafe, Queen’s Park Pavilion, Queen’s Park, Bournemouth

Event Cost:                  £16 (includes drinks and light refreshments)

Please note that the booking fee covers the cost of organising the event which includes light refreshments and a finger buffet, plus small donation to a charity that supports women.

By submitting your details at ticket purchase, you consent to receiving email marketing messages from Aspiring Women. If you wish to unsubscribe, please follow the unsubscribe option at the bottom of the emails, or tell us at the event.
Payment on the door:  Many times we need to ensure that we have numbers of attendees and names before the event begins (for catering / training / location security).  In exceptional circumstances we may accept payment on the door, but this is by prior arrangement and agreement only!
Cancellation/refunds: we completely understand how sometimes things come up at the last minute!  Although we will do our best to accommodate your inability to attend after booking/payment, we ask that you please let us know as soon as possible either by email or phone (we always provide a phone number in the joining instructions sent on the day).  However, please bear in mind that refunds can only be made if you cancel before the day of the event:
  • Before the day: refund or payment put towards future event
  • On the day: payment put towards future event
  • No show without notice: no refunds or future event reservation – you lose your money – sorry!

 

Marie, Kelly and Ginette

The Aspiring Women Dorset Team

Building Resilience and Confidence Through Self-Awareness

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Building Resilience and Confidence Through Self-Awareness

17 October 2017

Jo Kane took use through an evening of understanding the nature of resilience. Here’s the pre-event information:

We have all heard about resilience and know how important it is to foster it and every year more and more organisations are investing in this area to build the resilience of their people and especially their leaders. However there’s a common notion that resilience is all about ‘bounce back’ and whilst it is crucial now more than ever to be able to ‘recover’ from setbacks , it’s powerful to be able to put yourself in the driving seat and build your personal resilience so that you can access peak performance states and create success that’s sustainable and sustains you. There’s so much more to resilience than ‘toughing it out’ and cultivating the right mindset. To be a resilience superstar you need to adopt a more holistic approach that includes mind , body , spirit and emotion. When you can strengthen across all those domains then real transformation occurs.

This session will give you the chance to explore  these four domains and gain some insight into where you could benefit from some focus and development. You will be introduced to some leading edge tools that will help you become a resilience superstar yourself and enjoy the sort of success that fuels you as opposed to drains you. These are techniques that can take you from breakdown to breakthrough. That’s the hallmark of the transformative resilience.

From the event:

“Great event and speaker. Feel very inspired!”

“Really enjoyed this. Great presentation. Very useful.”

“It was a very valuable session, made me think about resilience from a different point of view.”

“Jo Kane was fab – so engaging and easy to connect with – good balance of sharing expertise and getting you to think.”

“Really good event – I am leaving feeling more confident and excited about what I can achieve.”

“Useful questions and coaching got me thinking. A lot covered.”

“Hearing inspirational stories from other women is incredibly energising for me right now.”

“Great hints and tips I can easily adapt to my life. Jo is really easy to listen to, thoroughly enjoyed the session! Thank you.”

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Jo Kane

Joanna is a highly experienced UK and international executive coach who has been working with individuals and senior management teams to help them fulfill their potential and leverage their strengths for more than 12 years. Joanna’s style is energetic, open and inspirational and she likes to work with people to help them reconnect with what is really important to them so that they can truly unlock their potential. Joanna firmly believes that real change happens from the inside out.

Joanna is also co-author of ‘The Suited Hippy And The Stress Junkie’ ( Reed McKenna)

Date:                           Tuesday 17 October, 6.30-8.30pm

Venue:                         Rock Recruitment Solutions, Austin House, 43 Poole Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH4 9DN

Event Cost:                  £16 (includes drinks and light refreshments)

Parking:                       Plenty in car parks close by

Doors open at 6pm for drinks and food before we start at 6.30pm.

Please note that the booking fee covers the cost of organising the event which includes light refreshments and a finger buffet, plus small donation to a charity that supports women.

By submitting your details at ticket purchase, you consent to receiving email marketing messages from Aspiring Women. If you wish to unsubscribe, please follow the unsubscribe option at the bottom of the emails, or tell us at the event.
Payment on the door:  Many times we need to ensure that we have numbers of attendees and names before the event begins (for catering / training / location security).  In exceptional circumstances we may accept payment on the door, but this is by prior arrangement and agreement only!
Cancellation/refunds: we completely understand how sometimes things come up at the last minute!  Although we will do our best to accommodate your inability to attend after booking/payment, we ask that you please let us know as soon as possible either by email or phone (we always provide a phone number in the joining instructions sent on the day).  However, please bear in mind that refunds can only be made if you cancel before the day of the event:
  • Before the day: refund or payment put towards future event
  • On the day: payment put towards future event
  • No show without notice: no refunds or future event reservation – you lose your money – sorry!

 

Marie, Kelly and Ginette

The Aspiring Women Dorset Team

Mentoring Masterclass

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Mentoring Masterclass

19 July 2016

Mentoring Masterclass with Marie and Ginette

Marie and Ginette brought us a Masterclass on Mentoring: what mentoring is (and isn’t!), and how being a mentor or a mentee can help you in your career.

In this event we also talked more about being involved with the core Aspire Foundation mentoring programme, and helped everyone understand how mentoring can bring an added dimension to their personal development.

We also heard from others in the room who had experience of being a Mentor or Mentee – really interesting stuff!

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Marie Smith

My whole career has been focused on supporting people to be the best they can be benefiting not only themselves, but also the organisations they work for, or with, and their families and friends

During my thirty years in learning and development, leadership and coaching I have worked in and with private, public, higher education and not-for-profit sectors.  I feel very grateful and lucky to work with some amazing and inspirational people and organisations. I established my own leadership development and executive coaching business, SUCCESSMITH, in 2012. I continue to enjoy working with a variety of organisations and individuals to support and co-create transformational change.

My passion is supporting people to understand what success means to them and go for what they really want out of life. I specialise in coaching and facilitating the development of leaders in organisations, departments, and teams. I also work on a one-to-one basis with private individuals.

I particularly enjoy supporting all genders, and particularly women, to define and achieve their ‘life purpose’ by overcoming tangible or imagined obstacles.

I feel very privileged that through SUCCESSMITH and through my work with the Aspiring Women Groups, I am able to support others by ‘being the spark that lights the flame for transformational change’, and this is what makes me smile and gives me a reason to get out of bed in the mornings!

Ginette Tessier

After more than twenty-two years of corporate life, working in marketing and then insight for a variety of organisations, I took the plunge into self-employment in 2014 and set up Acuitas.Limited.

A key part of my decision to start my own business was learning how to increase choice in my life through studying NLP (neuro-linguistic programming: snappy, huh?!). I became qualified as an NLP trainer in 2014 and have since used my learning and experience to help other people turn their challenges into choices.

I run face-to-face training in Business and Management core skills for organisations in and around Dorset, career coaching and mentoring on a one-to-one basis and I also have a passion for online learning, which I explore through providing a professional quality review service for independent online course creators.

When Marie approached me to co-host Aspire Circles Dorset and now Aspiring Women Dorset, I jumped at the chance! Not only was it a great opportunity to work with Marie again (she was one of my interviewers when I joined the RNLI back in 1999!), but having been a volunteer mentor with the Aspire Foundation, I immediately understood the ethos and values of the group.

Apart from co-hosting the Dorset events, I also dabble in website design and build – so if you have any complaints about this website, it’s almost certainly entirely my fault! Feel free to let me know of any issues via admin@aspiring-women.co.uk

When I’m not running my business, I am usually found walking my rescued five-ish year old Jack Russell/Fox Terrier cross Scamp – who certainly lives up to his name! (That’s most definitely HIS stick, not mine!)

He runs the day-to-day time-keeping of the office when I’m not out delivering training and we’re found most days in Queen’s Park dodging the bad golfers ? Come and say hello if you see us!

Date:                           Tuesday 19 July, 6.30-8.30pm

Venue:                         Studland House, Bournemouth University

Event Cost:                  £16 (includes drinks and light refreshments)

 

Insights Discovery Profiling

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Insights Discovery Profiling

19 January 2016

The event was facilitated by Mark Simpson, of Potential Plus. By popular demand Mark introduced the Insights Discovery Tool that recognises an individual’s behaviour to help improve communication, decision making and performance.

The session used the Insights Discovery framework to uncover communication preferences and allowed us to connect even more effectively with the people around us.

We covered

  • Psychological Preferences – Which are yours?
  • Insights Discovery Colours – How preference relates to the Insights colours
  • Adapting & Connecting – How this helps us to connect with others

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Mark Simpson

Mark Simpson is an expert in Performance Psychology with over 20 years’ experience in people development and performance improvement for individuals and business.

Date:                           Tuesday 19 January, 5.30-8pm

Venue:                         Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University

Event Cost:                  £16 (includes drinks and light refreshments)