In the summertime

With July over, August is time for the Clear Thinking Summer School, a time when we pause to reflect on what we’ve loved about the year so far and when we think about the future we are creating and what will happen next. 

And here’s what we’re hatching plans for in the autumn, and beyond….we have lots for you to get involved in. Please do share our plans with anyone who you think would enjoy working with us too.

The Thinking Partnerships Retreat is coming to Blackpool

Because…“the quality of everything we do, depends on the quality of the thinking we do first.” – Nancy Kline

Bev will be hosting her first cohort of new Thinking Partners at the Thinking Partnerships Retreat in the autumn. We’ve got ambitious plans for enabling clients across the North West and further afield to dial up their innate capacity to think for themselves, and to inspire them to make it a daily practice at work and in life.

We’ve found a fabulous and inspiring venue to host the retreat and somewhere suitably quirky to stay for those who need a bed for the night.  We’ll run open Retreats 4 times a year as well as in-house programmes on request. #TimeToThink #ThinkingEnvironment #ClearerThinking

The Coaches Council Launches in September

We’re launching our online peer supervision group for coaches in September too. We did this many moons ago with the OCM and after hosting the Coaches Assembly for the past 18 months, we recognise the enormous value in creating a place where coaches at all levels of experience can come together to connect, discover, learn and practice. So we’re kicking off in September. Details are on our events page now. There’s an early booking discount too.
You’re wondering why it’s a picture of walnuts? Because they look like brains and Coaches Council is all about bringing brilliant brains together. Of course!

Meeting of the Minds

On the subject of minds…
Kate has been bringing brilliant minds together this year, in healthcare, higher education, financial services and local government. She’s supported them to deepen their understanding and appreciation of each other, to build interdependence and use it to boost performance. 

Meeting of the Minds is a short programme underpinned by the Emergenetics profile and explores thinking preferences and behavioural attributes so that teams can be flexible in how they connect more effectively with others. What emerges is an appreciation of the importance of unlocking cognitive diversity and a greater willingness to harness ‘team intelligence’ and collaborate. 

If you would love more of that in your workplace, we have capacity for just 6 one day sessions over the next 6 months. #Emergenetics #MeetingOfTheMinds #LeadershipDevelopment

Culture Club

This year, we’ve loved working on projects that focus on enhancing culture. We’ve been developing programmes that help teams evolve from their current state to where they aspire to be, by transforming how they think, interact with colleagues and engage with their work.

We’re now looking for four new teams who would like to work with us on a bespoke 12 to 18 month programme. If you lead a team and have ambitious plans for the rest of 2024 and beyond, and want to build a strong, supportive culture to ensure your success, we’d love to collaborate with you. 

You can book some Thinking Time in our diaries when you’d like to think it through.
Drop us a message in whatever way suits you best, and we’ll do the rest.
#ClearThinking #TeamDevelopment #Culture

One to One Coaching

We love to coach. We love coaching online and in person.
Being alongside someone who is going to the edge of their thinking, discovering what’s fresh, dreaming up possibilities and committing to action is an absolute joy.

Most of our clients work with us for a year or more, and we have a small number of 12-month Coaching Agreements available for leaders and senior managers, as a start point for achieving even more clarity, purpose and success in your role.  This year we’re ready to begin in September and October if you are!

How do you know you need this? Here are 5 situations you might recognise….

• Do you crave time and attention, just for yourself, rather than giving it all away to the people around you?
• Does the voice in your head say, “Argh, I have no time to think!” 
• Are you facing a huge and complex project? Do you want to think clearly about it and decide how to make it happen?
• Do you feel overwhelmed by your workload or circumstances at work?
• Maybe the work you are doing isn’t making your heart sing anymore?
• Or are you feeling stuck on how to work best with people in your team?
• Perhaps you’re going through a period of transition, navigating  a new role, a promotion, a career change, or you’re ready to create a whole new life?

Drop us a message if you’d like to discuss the possibility of reserving some of our best Attention, now or at some point in the future. #Coaching#LeadershipDevelopment#DecisionMaking

For a new daily practice this summer, this summer, you need Deckible!

We’ve recently realised (because we were a bit slow on the uptake ) that we are playing our part in the emerging card deck industry…in fact we were ‘in’ early doors. We launched our Cards for Clear Thinking way before Steven Bartlett released his, and they are sitting pretty on the Deckible app right now!

Card decks are the ultimate shortform media experience, a direction that you’ll be more than familiar with if you are interested in trends in learning and social media. We obviously love our deck, not just as a facilitation or coaching tool, but as an everyday resource. And we ’re fans of lots of other decks too.

Check out Cognitize by Scott Leiper  for limitless learning this summer.
And  The Playful Facilitator Deck by Cat Hase of you’re feeling, well, playful. 

If you are wondering what happened to Card School, the public sessions are ‘on holiday.’ We’re using the time to work on our Deckible adventures. That doesn’t mean you can’t talk to us about the cards. Just shout and we can grab a virtual cuppa!
#Deckible #ShortformMedia #CardDecks #CardsForClearThinking

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That’s a lot, right? We’re super-excited about our plans!
But for now, in August, we’ll take some holidays to rest and re-energise.
We’ll heap attention on family and friends.
We’ll celebrate some Birthdays! 
We’ll be by the sea and in the countryside.
We’ll enjoy exploring a little culture.
We’ll sing, enjoy some art and go to the theatre.
We’ll learn something new.
We’ll play.

Where will you be? And who will you be?
We hope you have a brilliant summer…
…and that we get to see you very soon!

P.S. In 2025 we’ll be launching the Transforming Meetings Programme, for individuals and teams. So if your meetings need a boost, keep us in mind and drop us a line and we’ll add you to our VIP list for sneaking peeks and early access.