In Focus: Leadership Essentials – a programme for return to office leadership

This training will cover everything managers and team leaders need to know about all aspects of leading a team back into the office, or managing hybrid working. Led by experts from Hugh James, and Dr Gwenllian Williams of deWinton-Williams, this training will encourage discussion and debate, and is essential for team managers leading into the new normal. 

There will be two 2-hour sessions which will include facilitator input on what to expect, the psychology of the challenges and pragmatic advice on how to manage changes. The online training is for a small group of delegates, enabling group discussion and questions throughout the sessions. Delegates will also share ideas and solutions through group discussion and group coaching.

The course cost covers both sessions, as well as any relevant slides, notes and papers. All attendees also receive a certificate after the training.

The agenda is as follows:

Session One – May 10th, 3-5pm
This session will cover the first few weeks of return to office, how to manage the new normal, and the various reactions leaders might face. It will cover:

• The change curve and the five faces of returning employees
• Expectations of the new normal
• Managing less positive attitudes – resentment and anxiety
• How to set expectations for productivity and return to team-work
• How to avoid splitting a team while managing hybrid return to office
• Looking back and retaining the best of lock-down
• Creating a ‘new normal’
• Keeping calm when it feels like chaos

Session Two – May 12th, 2-4pm
This session will cover the skills of managing a team split between home and office working. It will cover:

• Setting team expectation for communication, collaboration and avoidance of conflict
• How to manage team meetings which are split between home and office
• How to manage equal sharing of responsibility
• Keeping a hybrid team feeling like a team
• Spotting team ethos-killers and stepping in quickly
• Managing team conflicts

* all sessions subject to change