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Springboard is for all women at work. Whether you are in full time or part time employment, considering employment, wanting to return to work, just starting out, or approaching retirement - Springboard helps you to be the best you can be! It is packed with ideas, exercises and examples that you can either work through on your own, or with two or three others or as part of the Springboard Development Programme. It is down-to-earth, practical and full of positive thinking and good humour, with the points illustrated with cartoons and real case studies. This new edition is fully revised and updated.

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Employabilité, métiers et formations

Popular psychology

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Publié par	Hawthorn Press Ltd
Date de parution	10 mai 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781912480371
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	2 Mo

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Testimonials from participants

‘Looking back at our first course, it’s amazing what we’ve achieved in a short space of time. This isn’t a traditional training programme. It’s more of a network and a space where women can share their experiences and learn together.’
Head of Performance and Development, Myra Cooke, Virgin Atlantic
‘This isn’t just about work. It’s a whole holistic programme that can be applied to home life as well. It builds assertiveness and confidence and is fully supported by our leadership team.’
Talent Management Consultant, Jen Breach, Virgin Atlantic
‘I’m pretty sure without it I would be years behind in my career goals, for fresh out of the “Springboard box”’ I applied for the job next on my ideal career progression, my real dream job. I was successful and everything is now heading in the right direction.’
Royal Mail
‘Our corporate experience with the Springboard programme shows that it gives women the confidence – and the assertiveness skills – to challenge a traditional “male dominated culture.”’
Royal Mail
‘This course has been phenomenally good. I’m a far more interested, productive and integrated member of Rolls-Royce for having completed this course.’
Rolls Royce
‘The Springboard networking approach in a confidential uplifting environment mean that Rolls-Royce’s women employees no longer feel isolated – and they benefit from the experiences of other women, and in particular, the guest speakers.’
Rolls Royce
Springboard ®
WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
developed and written by
Liz Willis and Jenny Daisley
revised and updated by
Sue Hewitt

HAWTHORN PRESS
© 2019 The Springboard Consultancy
The Springboard Consultancy are hereby identified as authors of this work in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act, 1988. They assert and give notice of their moral right under this Act. Individual case studies copyright of respective authors.
Copyright all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic or mechanical, through reprography, digital transmission, recording or otherwise) without the prior permission of the copyright holders. Material not for resale. Copyright to the bullet points is The Springboard Consultancy.
Published by Hawthorn Press, Hawthorn House, 1 Lansdown Lane, Lansdown, Stroud GL5 1BJ, UK Tel: 01453 757040 Email: info@hawthornpress.com Website: www.hawthornpress.com
Cover design by Francis Porter Typeset by Frances Fineran Typeset in Tahoma, Franklin Gothic and Tekton fonts Printed by Short Run Press Ltd, Exeter
First edition 1990, reprinted 1991 Second edition 1992, reprinted 1993, 1994 Third edition 1995, reprinted 1996 Fourth edition 1998, reprinted 1999 Fifth edition 2000, reprinted 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 Sixth edition 2008, reprinted 2008 Seventh edition 2013 Eighth edition 2019
Acknowledgements Natasha Josefowitz for her kind permission to use her verse Support Systems from her book Is This Where I Was Going? published by Columbus Books 1986. Sheldon Press for their kind permission to quote from part of Allan Pease’s book Body Language 1981. The Training Agency, as it was, for their permission to use Valerie Hammond and Dr Margaret Ryan’s material in Power and Influence in Organisations . Illustrations by Viv Quillin on pages 42 , 104 , 174 , 177 .
ISBN 978-1-912480-09-8 eISBN 978-1-912480-37-1
Contents
Foreword by Julie Spence
Chapter 1 Begin It Now!
Our approach • Working with this workbook • Information is power! • Meditation and relaxation • Dealing with change • Your objectives • The luck challenge • Summary and action • Profile of Donna Thomas
Chapter 2 The World You Live In
Your personal power and influence • Your Power Net • Global issues versus local issues • Facts of the world you live in • Women’s lives in the UK • Trends in organisations • How people get recognition • Summary and action • Profile of Ruth Aten-Shearwood
Chapter 3 Who Are You?
Your whole self • Overcoming prejudice • Becoming an experiencing person • Your values • Your attitude • Summary and action • Profile of Sheree Axon
Chapter 4 What You’ve Got Going for You
Your achievements • Positive and negative forces • Strength in qualities • Your skills audit • Transferable skills • Your qualifications • Your assertiveness audit • Confidence • Summary and action • Profile of Noorhan Abbas
Chapter 5 Who Have You Got Going for You?
How people influence you • The roles people play • Networking and building your contacts • Summary and action • Profile of Anne Frazer
Chapter 6 Setting Your Goals
Goals • Think-through questionnaire • Building on your successes • How do you want your life to be? • Setting your goals • Is it worth it? • What are you waiting for? • Summary and action • Profile of Sally Fox
Chapter 7 The Assertive You
What assertiveness is and is not • Fight/flight syndrome • Assertiveness in practice • Your assertiveness agenda • How to be assertive • How to get better at the ingredients • Finding the right words • Tone of voice and body language • Summary and action • Profile of Dr Anjana Khatwa Ford
Chapter 8 Using Assertiveness Positively
Practising assertiveness • Being assertive with yourself • Summary and action • Profile of Sarah Harvey
Chapter 9 More Energy – Less Anxiety
Healthy pressure levels • How do you know when you’re stressed? • Making a fresh start • Practical approaches • New responses to old triggers • Summary and action • Profile of Hilary M. Jones
Chapter 10 What Are You About?
Showcasing your good performance • Your Personal Brand • Your message • Your public relations campaign • Your visibility • Be positive • Be memorable! • Summary and action • Profile of Bethan Crowley
Chapter 11 Presenting the Best You
Applying for roles • Curriculum vitae • Covering emails/letters • Interviews • Other formal conversations • Summary and action • Profile of Fiona McGovern
Chapter 12 Making It Happen
Dealing with failure or mistakes • Building on success • Your energy and enthusiasm • Networking • Springboard summary • You have a choice • Action • Profile of Vandita Shukla
Chapter 13 Your Personal Resource Bank
Chapter 14 Where Can I Find …?
Organisations • Books
Index
Getting in touch
Other things of interest
About the authors
Thanks
Foreword

I am delighted to introduce the 8th edition of Springboard. This workbook supports the successful Springboard programme run by women for women.
Gender inequality is often in the news, as women at work are still not on an equal footing with men. Women not reaching their full potential undermines both individual and organisational success. So, despite progress, blockages still remain. Springboard, however, helps women overcome these.
I first came across Springboard in 2001 when, serving as President of the British Association for Women, I cited it as one of the most positive initiatives for women in the police. Then, when I was a senior manager in the Avon & Somerset Constabulary, Springboard enabled talented women in policing to gain the confidence, skills and insights to engage their personal and organisational resources in achieving their goals.
Whilst working for Avon & Somerset, Thames Valley and Cambridgeshire police services, I have seen the benefits of the Springboard Programme. The winning combination of face to face training provides time to reflect and decide where to go, based on your values. Women get fired up, unlocking their potential by seeing what they can achieve. Participants become more confident, resilient and focused. This is good for both for work and home life balance, with participants developing support networks for positive change.
Life is about making the most of it. Springboard invites you to become the best you can be, making your own unique contribution. May you be inspired to make the change that is right for you, and I wish you every success with Springboard and your careers.
Julie Spence
Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire Formerly Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire
N OTES
Life is the key to everything. Remember, this isn’t a dress rehearsal we’re going through, it’s the real thing .
Katharine Ross
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Begin It Now! Objectives • to get you off to a good start
• to start collecting the information you need
This chapter is important because
• how you begin will influence how much you get out of the programme
• channelling your energy enables you to get the best out of yourself
• it represents a golden opportunity Objectives • our approach
• working with this workbook
• information is power!
• meditation and relaxation
• dealing with change
• your objectives
• the luck challenge
• summary and action
• profile of Donna Thomas

Are you a starter, a runner or a finisher? Beginning well will influence how much you get out of Springboard. Channelling your energy into working through the workbook means you get the best out of yourself. So begin well now!
You are faced with a golden opportunity. Whether you are tackling this workbook on your own or with other people, you have already taken the first step by opening this book and starting. You have either created, or grabbed, the opportunity!
Springboard is all about what you can do for yourself. It’s not about what your family, the government, your partner, your colleagues, your manager or your organisation or social network should do for you. You change what you want to change and be who you want to be. You decide which boundaries you want to keep, which you have to keep and which to shift or eliminate completely.
It’s about you accepting the responsibility for yourself, realising that no one hands you life on a plate, making the most of everything you’ve done so far and, looking the world in the eye, believing ‘I can do this’.
It is also an unusual opportunity,