NEXT-GEN SKILLSTACK PLATFORMWe’ve mapped the performance moments that matter most for today’s work and assembled the brightest minds on each to teach the skills to perform in those moments. Designed for Hi-Potential Individual Contributors and Managers to develop Emotional Intelligence, Power Skills, Team Skills, and Communication Skills for greater individual and team performance.
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this session, you will hear Neil O’Brien (Author & HP Coach) talk about resilience, mental toughness and grit. Neil will share stories, examples and strategies from his 30 years of coaching business leaders, elite sports people and others in the area of recovery from setbacks and being strong enough to keep on going. He will also share some of his own setbacks in business and life, the impact they had, and what he did to recover and move forward.
Learning ObjectivesOne of the best measurements of peak physical performance is the ‘recovery rate’ after performing. It’s likely, therefore, that the recovery rate is also a great measurement of mental performance. During this SkillStack, you will learn that there are different types of resilience. You will learn that effortless, easy resilience is available for everyone. You will hear that resilience can be practised before there is a setback, thus ensuring that the setback is not so damaging. After viewing this lesson, you will be given practical ways to ‘practice resilience’.
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this SkillStack you’ll hear leading Communications & Leadership Consultant Sarah Geraghty – share stories, techniques and lessons learned from the world of business & research.
Sarah is the lead trainer on The Communication Clinic’s flagship leadership programmes and provides executive coaching to leadership teams internationally. Sarah will share stories and techniques, she has taught throughout her time coaching 1000’s of professionals on how to become more effective communicators in order to influence others.
Learning ObjectivesPersuading and influencing is part of our day-to-day experience, whether it’s with colleagues or family and friends. In this video Sarah shares the universal principles of impactful influencing and shows you how to apply them to your own circumstances.
It aims to give people the ability to communicate with clarity and confidence, explain the significance of key recommendations to various stakeholders and have a plan to influence and persuade key decision-makers.
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this lesson you’ll hear former Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Bertie Ahern share stories, strategies and lessons learned from negotiating the Peace Process in Northern Ireland.
He’ll share stories of taking personal and political risks in meeting with paramilitary groups in secret, navigating contentious issues such as prisoner release programmes, lessons learned from former US President Bill Clinton and what it took to change decades long rhetoric of “Ulster says No” to “Ulster says Yes”.
He’ll share insights from key moments in negotiating the Good Friday Agreement, tactics he used to nudge sides closer during one of the most intense periods of the conflict in Northern Ireland and how it achieved enduring peace for the people across the island of Ireland.
Learning ObjectivesLife is a negotiation and we do it in all aspects of our life, every day often without realising it. Negotiation should always be seen as a collaboration, never a zero sum game and always seek a win win. In this skill stack you will learn tactical approaches, practices, strategies and techniques for collaborative negotiation and how to navigate the four C’s: Common interests, Conflicting interests, Compromise and Criteria.
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this session you will learn why it is important to have goals, how to set them, and how to achieve them.
After almost 30 years of coaching individuals and teams Neil (Author & HP Coach) believes that having a sense of direction is a vital component of greater achievement and success. Indeed this is evident in the worlds of mental health and wellbeing too.
As you are about to learn though a sense of direction and goal setting can take different forms and approaches. Also, in turbulent times it is likely that the orthodox way of goal setting is not as effective in unorthodox times.
Learning ObjectivesYou will learn that direction is more important than speed and why it is good for your mental health. You will learn how to set goals that are future proof: that stand the test of time and are unaffected by global recessions and pandemics. You will hear about the flaws in goal setting and how to avoid them. You will hear about the link between process and outcome and when to do which. You will also learn if there is a role for luck and happy coincidence
What You Will Learn What to expectAI can analyse and synthesize information, but it cannot replicate the depth of human cognition – interpret and make judgements. Critical thinking enables you to add your own perspectives, evaluate sources, and navigate the ethical considerations and biases that are inherent in AI technology.
In this SkillStack, Valerie Pierce (Author, Professor and Founder) will share some simple thinking techniques to enhance your thought process. These techniques will equip you to make sense of AI generated data, distilling fact from fiction and in turn make ethical decisions.
Learning Objectives1. Success in the workplace is knowing how to drive high performance behaviours with:
2. This SkillStack will help you understand what differentiates:
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this session, you will hear Neil O’Brien (Author & HP Coach) talk about resilience, mental toughness and grit. Neil will share stories, examples and strategies from his 30 years of coaching business leaders, elite sports people and others in the area of recovery from setbacks and being strong enough to keep on going. He will also share some of his own setbacks in business and life, the impact they had, and what he did to recover and move forward.
Learning ObjectivesOne of the best measurements of peak physical performance is the ‘recovery rate’ after performing. It’s likely, therefore, that the recovery rate is also a great measurement of mental performance. During this SkillStack, you will learn that there are different types of resilience. You will learn that effortless, easy resilience is available for everyone. You will hear that resilience can be practised before there is a setback, thus ensuring that the setback is not so damaging. After viewing this lesson, you will be given practical ways to ‘practice resilience’.
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this session you will hear Eoghan Tomás McDermott (Author & MD Communications Clinic) share stories, strategies and lessons learned from the world of business. Eoghan is also an Adjunct Teaching Fellow with Trinity College Dublin’s Business School, a Broadcaster and contributor to national media.
Public speaking can be many people kryptonite or a super-power. Eoghan works with people across that spectrum, advising on how to overcome that fear to nurturing some of the most accomplished presents in politics, sport and business, present on the world’s stage.
Learning ObjectivesFrom page to stage! This SkillStack will teach you how to become a better and more confident presenter. It will show you how to prepare in the most effective manner. It will give you the skills and structures to perform naturally and impactfully, it will teach you how to analyse the needs of your audience and therefore be interesting, understandable and memorable.
This SkillStack will teach you how to use PowerPoint and visual aids to enhance both your performance and the audience’s experience.
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this session you can expect AJ Thomas to breakdown what she has learned about effective feedback as Global Head of Talent at Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory. She has come to learn the difference between giving and receiving feedback and sharing perspectives.
You see, she doesn’t believe in feedback – and she’ll break down exactly why with just one small pivot in thinking a new and more impactful way for getting the desired outcomes in hard conversations isn’t as hard as you might think.
Learning ObjectivesShifting your mindset from traditional feedback framework to a more conversational and engaging path to work through hard conversations. In this SkillStack, AJ will teach you the three tools for synthesizing, simplifying, and making sharing perspectives sticky.
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this session you will hear Eoghan Tomás McDermott (Author & MD Communications Clinic) share stories, strategies and lessons learned from the world of business. Eoghan is often called in the middle of the night by CEO’s, Cabinet Ministers and sporting personalities at moments of crisis.
He is their go-to advisor to help them navigate moment of crisis and complexity, when the stakes are high. In this SkillStack, Eoghan has distilled what he has learned over the last 20 years, as one of the most sought-after communications advisors in Ireland.
Learning ObjectivesWe are communicating every day whether it’s with family, friends, or colleagues. It’s key to our relationships. In this SkillStack you will see that communications is as much about listening as it is about talking. Eoghan will share the tips and techniques he uses when advising political leaders, global CEO’s and elite sports professionals on enhancing their communication skills.
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this SkillStack you’ll hear leading Communications & Leadership Consultant Sarah Geraghty – share stories, techniques and lessons learned from history, business & life experiences.
Sarah is the lead trainer on The Communication Clinic’s flagship leadership programmes and provides executive coaching to leadership teams internationally.
Sarah will share stories and techniques that will help you proactively build strong relationships.
Learning ObjectivesBuilding strong, lasting and meaningful relationships with people is essential for anyone at any level. But you need a plan – and you need to stick to it. In this video Sarah will discuss how to become a proactive networker, how to build relationships through empathy and listening.
She’ll show people how to profile key stakeholders and put together a structured plan on how to develop relationships.
What You Will Learn What to expectAlastair Campbell is a celebrated writer, broadcaster, and political strategist—widely recognised as one of the most influential communicators of his generation. A bestselling author and co-host of The Rest is Politics, one of the UK and Europe’s top-ranking podcasts, Alastair brings decades of experience in shaping public perception at the highest levels. In this SkillStack, Alastair shares stories from building his award-winning podcast, the principles he and his co-host Rory Stewart abide by to create the space for award-winning conversations with global leaders through creating the space for active listening.
Learning ObjectivesBy the end of this SkillStack you will:
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this SkillStack you will hear Barbara Nugent share stories, strategies and lessons learned from the world of corporate leadership . Barbara, EQ expert and Founder, coaches executives around the globe, advocating for enhanced self-awareness & emotional intelligence, where you can tune in to your ability to respond to the situation at hand, rather than react.
Barbara will guide you through the science an art of becoming more self-aware, it’s impact on you and how you relate to others. Understanding your ability to influence great change for the better in your work environment, and indeed your personal world, striving to do better, be better and inspire better.
Learning ObjectivesKey to self-development as a leader or as a human being, is being self-aware. How can we improve of something we are not aware of? Understanding what self-awareness is, the benefits of being self-aware and simple steps to begin your journey into greater awareness is at the core of this session.
Distinguishing between internal and external awareness helps to identify the kinds of outcomes you want to achieve, and where you need to put your attention at any given time. Most importantly, learning how to respond rather than react and how that helps you to build good relationships in your workplace and beyond.
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this SkillStack you will hear Barbara Nugent share stories, strategies and lessons learned from the world of corporate leadership . Barbara, EQ expert and Founder, coaches executives around the globe, advocating for enhanced emotional intelligence, where you can tune in to your ability to respond to the situation at hand, rather than react.
Understanding your ability to influence great change for the better in your work environment, and indeed your personal world, striving to do better, be better and inspire better. Compassion and empathy are powerful ways to create deeper understanding, stronger relationships and trust.
Learning ObjectivesIn this SkillStack, you will learn:
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this lesson you’ll hear from Dr. Joanna Abeyie MBE CC, a multi-award-winning Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA) leader, pull from her pioneering work as a Civil Service Commissioner, a Common Councillor for the City of London, a Co-Secretariat of the Creative Diversity All Party Parliamentary Group and as former Head of Creative Diversity at the BBC.
Joanna’s lesson will include practical tools to understand your lived context, how to live your values, understand the true impact of your micro aggressions, how tackle bias head-on and how to be an authentic ally.
She will share stories, anecdotes, examples of effective practice and how to identify and challenge your own bias while being an ally for yourself and others.
Learning ObjectivesBusinesses are only as good as their people, and whether you are at the beginning of your career, experienced or a senior leader, inclusion, equity, accessibility, and diversity is your responsibility.
We are all accountable for ensuring psychological safety for our people to create an environment where all are treated with respect. In this skill stack, you will learn what EDIA means for you and your organisation.
How to live your EDIA values day-to-day, and how to lead inclusively through your actions and ensure equity for all top-down and bottom – up. We will address how to demonstrate anti behaviours to ensure the best talent can thrive with dignity.
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this SkillStack you will hear Emotional Intelligence Expert, Barbara Nugent share stories, techniques and methods to develop a Growth Mindset. Developing a Growth Mindset first needs to be understood, as we often don’t know if it’s a skill we possess and routinely practice.
Understanding your ability to influence great change for the better in your work environment, and indeed your personal world, striving to do better, be better and inspire better. A Growth Mindset can unlock a whole new world of progress for you and those around you.
Learning Objectives What You Will Learn What to expectIn this SkillStack you will hear Barbara Nugent share stories, techniques and lessons on how to build trust. Barbara, EQ expert and Founder, coaches executives around the globe, advocating for deeper relationships through creating trust.
Barbara will guide you through the research and practices that help build trust, the glue to creating meaningful relationships and connection.
Learning ObjectivesIn this SkillStack you will learn:
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this session you will hear Eoghan Tomás McDermott (Author & MD Communications Clinic) share stories, strategies and lessons learned from the world of business. At the core of all of Eoghan’s work is guiding people to connect through stories. Stories are ingrained in us and are part of our being.
They are fundamental to how we’ve shared learning, created the cultures we know today and ultimately how we’ve evolved as a species. But delivering stories aren’t innate in us, it’s a skill that needs to be developed and honed. In this SkillStack, Eoghan will teach you how to craft and deliver impactful stories to make others remember, believe and feel your intended message.
Learning ObjectivesStories are memorable, lasting, clear, understandable and essential. They are how we process information, how we remember key points, how we understand complex concepts and how we make sense of disparate points.
Regardless of the communication scenario, be it classic presentations, giving inputs during meetings, pitching for business or building long term relationships, the use of stories is essential. This SkillStack will give participants the ability to craft and deliver compelling stories and examples. And give you the confidence to use them to be more impactful and understandable every day.
What You Will LearnThis SkillStack you will learn how to structure stories that explain, through simple techniques and tactics:
What to expectStorytelling is the simplest way humans have discovered to pass on useful information. Every culture tells stories. When you’re not working, you escape into a story – gossip, a novel, news feeds or Netflix.
So why, when you sit down at your keyboard, does all that storytelling go out of your head? Why do you fail to tell stories about your work and bore everyone with endless lists of facts?
Steve will share insights and examples from the 20,000 stories he’s told in his career as a BBC TV journalist – and thousands of clients all over the world who ask his advice on telling their story.
Learning ObjectivesIn this SkillStack you’ll learn basic storytelling tactics that will help you explain your work in a way that grabs our attention, sticks in our memory and moves us to take action.
You’ll discover how to tell stories to allow others “see what you mean” – the most powerful method of creating understanding.
What You Will LearnThis SkillStack you will learn how to structure stories that sell, through simple techniques and tactics:
What to expectSteve is an author and former BBC TV journalist and world renowned storyteller. In this SkillStack, he will share what he has learned through his research into storytelling, study of narrative theory and psychology, to teach you effective ways to tell stories to influence and sell more effectively.
As a species, we are hard-wired to tune into and be influences by stories. So why, when we sell we often neglect to structure and tell impactful stories to influence others?
Learning ObjectivesIn this SkillStack you’ll learn basic storytelling tactics that will help you influence in a way that grabs our attention, sticks in our memory and moves us to take action. You’ll discover which stories to tell when you’re trying to sell and what kind of stories leaders use to set out a vision and build trust.
What You Will LearnThis SkillStack you will learn how to structure stories that lead, through simple methods and tactics:
What to expectSteve Rawling is a former BBC TV journalist, international author and business storyteller. His Storyteller methods are used by companies all over the world including Meta, Google and Rolls Royce.
Steve reckons has helped over 20,000 leaders tell their stories, in his career, so he can probably help you tell yours.
Learning ObjectivesIn this SkillStack you’ll learn storytelling tactics that will help you lead in a way that allows your followers to “see what you mean ” stick in their memory and move them to take action.
You’ll discover which stories to tell when you’re trying to sell and what kind of stories leaders use to set out a vision and build trust. These tactics are effective ways of simplifying complex models such as strategy in a way that’s memorable.
What You Will LearnThis SkillStack you will learn how to understand and use stories to shape culture.
What to expectEvery culture tells stories. It’s how civilisations have passed on fundamental lessons and norms that have shaped diverse cultures all over the world. Storytelling is the simplest way humans have discovered to pass on values that drive behaviours and shape culture.
Steve Rawling is a former BBC TV journalist, international author and business storyteller. His Storyteller methods are used by companies all over the world including Meta, Google and Rolls Royce.
Learning ObjectivesTo get the job done we need to control “things” and understand “people”. When work models are steady there’s no story to tell, but when model’s break down stories matter. Stories exchange to get things done. Now Zoom out and you have loads of stories flying around your organisation.
Experienced experts don’t need stories as they have living memory, but new hires are hungry for stories. In this SkillStack Steve shares methods to collect and tell stories to create desired culture.
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this lesson you’ll hear from Dr Joanna Abeyie MBE CC, a multi-award-winning Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEI) leader, pull from her pioneering work inclusive people processes, delivering cultural transformation and placing underrepresented talent into organisations big and small.
In order to hire the best you must first look to access the rest! Joanna’s SkillStack will include practical tools and tips to attract a diverse pool of talent, what adjustments to make to your selection process to include diverse candidates and how to ultimately determine their cultural-fit/ cultural-add!
Learning ObjectivesYou will hear of some unique tools and methods to open your talent pool up to a wider audience, to determine the best talent irrespective of who they are. Joanna will share ideas on how to signal your DEI to the market, how to make practical adjustments to assess desired skills. Joanna will challenge our assumption of cultural fit and propose an alternative way to view this.
What You Will Learn What to expectThe whole point of organizational life is that groups of people can see more options and make better decisions than individuals working in isolation. But that is true only insofar as the individuals are different from one another and work in an environment where that difference is seen as an asset, not an issue. So it is easy in principle, hard in reality.
In this SkillStack, Margaret will share what she has learned through researching her award-winning books, her TED talks, personal experiences as a CEO, TV Producer, Professor and advisor.
Learning ObjectivesThis SkillStack is aimed at helping managers understand the reality of diversity: where its value really lies, why it matters so much and how to achieve it. Learn the difference between lip service and action. 5 Principles:
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this SkillStack you will hear Barbara Nugent share stories, strategies and lessons on how to create psychological safety.
Barbara, EQ expert and Founder, coaches executives around the globe, advocating for enhanced self-awareness & emotional intelligence, where you can tune in to your ability to respond to the situation at hand, rather than react.
Barbara will guide you through the science an art of creating psychological safety, it’s impact on you and others.
Understanding your ability to influence great change for the better in your work environment, and indeed your personal world, striving to do better, be better and inspire better.
Learning ObjectivesIn this SkillStack you will learn:
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this SkillStack, Margaret will share what she has learned through researching her award-winning books, her TED talks, personal experiences as a CEO, TV Producer, Professor and advisor.
At some point in a career, everyone will encounter a values conflict: when you are asked to do something that doesn’t feel quite right to you. When this happens, most people feel they have 2 choices: stand on a table and scream, or stay silent.
We know that mostly people stay silent. This has consequences: it leads to disengagement, anger, cynicism—and, frequently, to small problems growing into huge crises.
Organisations would be healthier and safer if everyone knew how to raise concerns safely and constructively. In a polarised world, this has never been more important.
Learning ObjectivesIn this SkillStack, you will learn how to identify a values conflict when it arises and how to compose a strategy for dealing with it. 5 Principles:
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this SkillStack, you will learn from award-winning author, TED Speaker and world renowned entrepreneur, Margaret Heffernan on how to approach decision making. It is the bread-and-butter of management but also its most difficult part. Managers feel pressure to make popular decisions but yielding to that is not always the right thing to do. The business ethos today often prioritises speed and confidence, but doubt and delay can be very helpful.
Every decision is really a hypothesis about the future: if we do X, then we expect Y as a result. That means all decisions address uncertainty with imperfect information. Each choice is made in a specific context, so what worked yesterday might not work tomorrow.
What this means is that all decision making takes place in the midst of uncertainty and risk. So what are the processes and procedures that help managers make sound decisions?
Learning ObjectivesIn this SkillStack, you will learn the 5 Questions to ask in how to approach decision making, to assess the kind of decision that must be made, who needs to contribute to it, and how to judge whether the hypothesis behind your choice is sound.
What You Will Learn What to expectIn this lesson you’ll hear from Dr. Joanna Abeyie MBE CC, a multi-award-winning Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility (EDIA) leader, pull from her pioneering work as a Civil Service Commissioner, a Common Councillor for the City of London, a Co-Secretariat of the Creative Diversity All Party Parliamentary Group and as former Head of Creative Diversity at the BBC.
As we face into an increasingly complex augmented working world, how we detect and handle bias in technology, information and systems will determine fact from fiction, opportunity from risk. In this SkillStack, Joanna will share a toolkit to helps navigate this.
Learning ObjectivesAI is generating an unprecedented volume of information that’s reshaping work as we know it. Identifying the inherent or systematic biases held within this information requires new levels of critical thinking, bias detection and handling.
This SkillStack will teach you how to harness the power of your diversity to help detect and handle systematic biases within technology and information if yields.
