Grace Under Pressure
A fun and practical workshop, using real-life scenarios, to learn to how to
- Set boundaries
- Handle ‘No’
- Achieve a better work/life balance.
- Develop personal power for the professional edge
- Maintain ‘Grace Under Pressure’!
A successful professional in business today requires resilience, forbearance, and fortitude while having the ability to exude cool, calm and a certain amount of stoicism in any situation. However, with increasing pressures at work and home these days it’s getting harder to start the day with a smile let alone end the day with one.
This workshop encourages the development of sustainable, practical, ready to use skills to enable participants/employees to perform more consistently which, in turn, helps improve well-being and productivity.
Overview
The workshops help people understand how to cultivate their own innate capabilities to master the art of being calm, centred and confident to be more effective in personal and professional life, sustainable skills that increase opportunity in life – and therefore give a competitive edge.
Our Theatre Based Workshops are Fun, Practical with Immediate Impact
- A fresh new way to train staff
- Easy to grasp techniques
- Bespoke packages that enhance the role of women in business
- Courses that motivate and inspire
“People are an organisation’s greatest resource and often feel the most undervalued. We bring out the best in them by helping them to express natural good values and ethics as ‘core’ not ‘soft’ skills
Transferring in-depth knowledge from theatre, the drama based interactive workshops give fresh insight into perennial topics; leadership, presentations, communication.
What People Say
“I found it hugely beneficial and it is one of the most useful courses I have ever been on as an Executive Assistant. It has really helped me deal with the day-to-day stresses of office life I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop – good fun too.”
Rebecca, BBC London.
“Having been to two of Catherine Arden’s sessions last year I can fully recommend the experience. They are great fun as well as being very instructive. Those attending Catherine’s Masterclass can certainly look forward to an event with a difference! it is exciting for London PA Network to be able to draw upon her experience”
Brenda Barwick. LPAN
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Case Study - BlackRock
‘Grace Under Pressure’ as part of Company network programme.
A newly created internal company network wanted to provide life and social skills training for administration assistants who have to negotiate and prioritise work for several different bosses.
I designed a tailor made workshop called ‘Grace Under Pressure’ that identified the key challenges an assistant has in managing those senior to them.
Outcome
By the end of the session participants were able to recognise different manager types and how to deal with them. They became confident in how to say ‘no’ while still being proactive and maintaining good relationships.
Those who continued to practice the new skills reported improved relationships with their managers and are now active in the network as confident organisers of this continuing programme. A further workshop, ‘Leading from Behind’ was devised and delivered as part of the Network’s on going established training programme.
Catherine Arden
Trainer
Catherine draws from over 30 years’ experience as a theatre director, trainer, and speaker to deliver her drama based, ‘Life and Social Skills’ workshop programmes for the Corporate sector. Her workshops are a unique, fun and practical, method of training that transfers valuable, in-depth knowledge and understanding of the human condition to people in every-day business.