Pearson Programme Proposal

PEARSON PROGRAMME PROPOSAL

Introduction

• We are delighted to share our proposal for a programme to support and develop the Pearson apprenticeship programme . Based on our discussions we have mapped out a development journey that will commence with a face-to-face event in October as part of your induction and subsequent quarterly online

Masterclasses

• We are able to measure the impact of the programme in a number of ways including using the PERMA workplace wellbeing profiler tool. This measurement tool would allow you to evaluate the wellbeing and engagement of your apprentices using a recognized and simple tool.

• We have suggested content and development that we feel is most relevant at each stage of the apprentices's development in the first year of their programme as well as development for managers.

• Masterclasses are delivered face to face in 2.5-3 hour sessions or online in 1.5-2 hour sessions.

Alex is a leading expert in Digital Wellbeing having conducted Academic research at Aberdeen University with a research focus on the impact that digital technology is having on wellbeing. She has used her expertise to create Live More Offline and a series of programmes to help people create a healthy relationship with digital technology in the workplace

OUR EXPERT TEAM

Sam Bishop is one of the Uk’s leading performance psychologists. Sam works with elite sports men and women as well as top businessmen and women to help them achieve peak performance in their roles

Mike has worked for nearly two decades in early careers at Barclays and more latterly through his Gen Healthy Minds business working with businesses to deliver wellbeing and performance programmes that support business growth

George is an international wellbeing speaker, coach and author who has worked with individuals and corporates for over 20 years. He has designed and delivered wellbeing courses, bootcamps and written books on the topic

George Anderson

Sam Bishop

Alex La Via

Mike Thompson

Alex La Via

ABOUT US AND OUR CLIENTS

Gen Healthy Minds was established in 2018 and over the past four years has worked with Early Careers teams across a wide range of sectors to deliver our bespoke programmes.

Our offering is unique as we focus our programmes on developing wellbeing and performance of apprentices and graduates. We are the only such provider to work solely with this audience in the UK.

The brands shown here are a sample of the clients we have long term relationships with to support their colleagues on their graduate or apprenticeship programmes.

Our programmes have been integrated into induction programmes, wellbeing programmes and also delivered standalone as part of company conferences and events.

Proposed Programme Overview

Pearson Programme

The diagram outlines the suggested shape, content and timing of a programme to support Pearson apprentices to flourish and perform at their best. We would kick off the programme with a face-to-face session delivering foundational mental health development to equip them with tools for the journey ahead. We would then follow this up with an online physical wellbeing and digital wellbeing sessions to support them to feel and perform at their best on their programme. We would then run two performance workshops which would look at how to harness stress to perform and how to build confidence and motivation on your programme.

For each new cohort joining we would propose running this programme over their first twelve months. We also recommend developing your managers to support apprentices via our two online masterclasses

Boost Programme - Apprentices

Boost your mental wellbeing

Boost your Physical Wellbeing

Boost your Digital wellbeing

Boost your Performance –making stress your friend

Boost Programme – Managers

Creating the climate to flourish

Overcoming the barriers to performance

Boost your Performance –build confidence & motivation

OUR PROPOSED CONTENT

Our “Boost your mental wellbeing” masterclass will help participants boost their mental wellbeing every day

• Learn about positive psychology and positive psychology techniques and how these can boost wellbeing every day

• Gain practical skills and tools to boost wellbeing including practicing gratitude, check ins and mindfulness to help you to Flourish at work

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Our “Boost your physical wellbeing” masterclass looks at how we can boost our physical and mental energy to perform at our best

• Gain practical skills to improve diet, activity levels, sleep and hydration

• Understand the links between physical and mental health

• Learn practical movement and stretching routines to build into your working day

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““Boost your digital wellbeing” masterclass will help participants find balance, switch off from ‘always on’ patterns and reduce digital burnout

• Learn how being ‘always on’ impacts the body and mind and affects sustainable high performance

• Gain practical tips to reduce always on patterns

Create a more positive relationship with technology for healthy high performance

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Our “Boost your performance” masterclass will help participants make stress their friend and boost their performance

• Explore the “performance curve” and why stress is important to achieve peak performance

• Be able to recognize signs of stress and why they are manifesting themselves

• Learn tools and techniques for managing stress levels each day

OUR PROPOSED CONTENT

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Our “Boost your performance – confidence and motivation masterclass looks at how we can overcome mental barriers that stop us performing at our best such as low motivation and low confidence.

• Explore the different barriers to performance and why they occur

• Find simple ways to boost motivation and confidence

• Learn tools and techniques to boost confidence and motivation every day

Manager Masterclasses

This masterclass series is designed to equip your leaders and managers with skills to support apprentices so that they flourish and perform every day. Each Masterclass is 90-120 minutes long and that would enable leaders to create a flourishing climate that incorporates healthy digital and non-digital work practices and helps remove barriers to high performance.

Lead and Flourish Programme

Creating the climate to thrive

Overcoming the barriers to performance

Creating a climate to thrive: helping leaders and managers to create a climate where people can flourish.

Overcoming the barriers to performance: helping leaders to support their teams when they face psychological barriers that can prevent them from flourishing such as low motivation, confidence and stress.

Creating the climate to thrive

Workshop description

This facilitated workshop would help supervisors to explore the dimensions and levers of burnout/engagement and evaluate the steps they can be taken to create a high engagement/high wellbeing climate for their trainees and/or apprentices

The workshop with be a working session facilitated by the Gen Healthy Minds team with the aim of producing concrete actions/plan aligned to existing strategy and plans. We would recommend a minimum of 90mins/2hours

Topics we will explore and learning objectives

• Participants will be introduced to the Christina Maslach burnout/engagement model and the latest psychology thinking and research regarding the drivers of burnout at work and its positive antithesis - engagement.

• We will explore the dimensions and predictors of burnout/engagement and evaluate where they believe their team/function sits against these and action that can be taken to move the dial in a positive way to create a climate where people feel they can thrive and achieve maximum engagement.

• The predictors of burnout/engagement we will look at include a sense of recognition, managing workloads, values and fairness, sense of support and community and the culture created by leaders.

Overcoming the barriers to performance

Masterclass description

This masterclass will help line managers to understand how they can support their colleagues when they are faced with barriers to performance such as low confidence,motivation or stress. Topics we will explore and learning objectives

• In this 90-minute masterclass participants will be explore why psychological barriers present themselves on a day to day basis. We will look at what drives motivation and confidence and also how stress can block performance

• We will explore how to identify when individuals are facing a barrier and how to have this conversation

• We will share simple tools and techniques for overcoming the barriers that can be adopted by individuals or teams every day

• Participants will also explore the links between stress and performance and how to optimise stress levels to achieve peak performance. We will look at how to spots signs of stress and techniques for managing stress in the moment and building resilience

Benefits, investment and measuring success

BENEFITS AND INVESTMENT BENEFITS

The proposed programme will help deliver benefits at both an organization and individual level.

Introduce the PERMAH model of wellbeing and measurement

Equip leaders to create the climate for teams to flourish

Introduce positive psychology practices into the workplace

INVESTMENT

Provide tools and techniques to help apprentices manage stress and be more resilient

Gain tools to flourish in a digital world of work

• Online Masterclass : £1,200 plus VAT

• Face to face Masterclass : £2,000 plus VAT (this includes all travel and subsistence)

• Measurement surveys : £1,500 plus VAT for 2x surveys and reporting during the 12 month period

MEASURING SUCCESS

The PERMAH wellbeing survey for workplaces is a recognised tool for assessing wellbeing within an organisation or group within an organisation and identifying how it can be improved.

The survey (which we recommend is completed at the start and end of the programme) shows how your colleagues score against the 6 areas of wellbeing within the PERMAH model namely;

1. Positive emotions – how happy they are

2. Engagement with the organisation

3. Relationships at work

4. Meaning – how meaningful they find their work

5. Accomplishment - how much they feel their work is valued

6. Health – how well they manage their physical health

Your workplace report will allow you to look at what is working well, where you are struggling and what you are learning about caring for wellbeing of your cohort.

This will allow you to assess both the impact of this programme and How well the business is supporting and giving them the tools to Succeed.