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Getting Sustainability into Staff Development

Getting Sustainability into Staff Development. Welcome. Nic Malcomson – Living Well Within One World Elizabeth May – Swansea Metropolitan University. About us. Who we are Why we are here. What you can expect. Workshop style General view – specific strategies Training Benefits

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Getting Sustainability into Staff Development

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  1. Getting Sustainability into Staff Development

  2. Welcome Nic Malcomson – Living Well Within One World Elizabeth May – Swansea Metropolitan University

  3. About us • Who we are • Why we are here

  4. What you can expect • Workshop style • General view – specific strategies • Training • Benefits • Empowerment exercise • Feedback please • Finish 3:55 p.m.

  5. Source – Layard LSE Lectures 2003

  6. Let‘s hear from you... • Two things grateful for today? • Who are you? Department? • Why are you here? • Why is it important? • Share with your neighbour/the group

  7. Personal views from LSE

  8. Multi-level strategy:case study LSE • LSE Environmental Policy • Living Well training • Roles offered • Staff Development Day Street Market • Acknowledgements and awards • Listening, requests, further provision

  9. Multi-level strategy • Ideas and Resources

  10. Communication exercise • Promote getting sustainability into staff development to your neighbour • Elicit • Top three key objectives of their job • Ask…and if you achieve that what will that mean to you…repeat 2 times • Give them two benefits of getting sustainability into staff development in their own terms

  11. Sustainability Training:Living Well • Information • Psychology • Practice • Repetition • Connecting

  12. Previous results September 2006 • 29 participants • Overall satisfaction rating: 88% March 2007 • 7 participants • Overall satisfaction rating: 88% • See www.livingwellwow.com for details Data from feedback summaries provided by LSE staff

  13. Exercise: beliefs • Learned helplessness, learned optimism • Permanence vs temporary • Pervasiveness vs specific • Personal Source – Seligman (2002)

  14. Training – what works • IDEAS

  15. Benefits

  16. Benefits

  17. Benefits • Staff • Departments: SDU, SDU, other • Organisation • Wider Community • World

  18. Exercise • Future pace benefits of getting sustainability into staff development • What actions possible from new belief • Schedule action with neighbour

  19. Contact nic@livingwellwow.com

  20. Thank you and feedback please!

  21. Exercise: beliefs • Given this new belief, what specific actions can you now commit to take. • Write it in your diary. Source – Seligman (2002)

  22. Why psychology? Positive Psychology Findings • Resourceful states lead to resourceful solutions • Happiness, health and response to warnings • Happiness and hardship Source – Seligman (2002)

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