Working Well Members Week: Conversation Culture

Whether it is checking in with an employee to find out how their daughter’s wedding went at the weekend, right through to addressing a drop in someone’s performance, effective workplace conversations are at the core of a thriving workplace.

We will talk about making conversations part of your company culture, making the easier one’s common place and the harder ones less challenging. I will cover different scenarios and encourage you to think about when and where you have conversations, so you get the best outcome.

Sometimes great ideas come from unexpected conversations rather than in formal meetings.

There is nothing worse than finding out an at exit interview that your member of staff didn’t find they were able to talk to you… Perhaps you always looked too busy.

Importantly, I will also talk about knowing your limitations, you can’t put the lid back on Pandora’s box, but you can learn when to signpost.

This session is part of Enterprise Oxfordshire’s Working Well Members Week. Connecting members through shared knowledge and real-world experience from SMEs to SMEs.

Our Expert Member

As HR Director at Heidi Black HR, Heidi leverages her experience in human resources to support Senior Leadership Teams and Line Managers on all HR issues. She has a strong background in talent management, policy development, and GDPR compliance, and is passionate about building strong relationships with senior leaders across the business and aligning HR policies and procedures with the company's objectives.

Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA) scheme

The Growth Hub programme operates a Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA) scheme. All SMEs which receive support under this programme are being aided under the UK Subsidy Control Act (2022) and The Subsidy Control (Gross Cash Amount and Gross Cash Equivalent) Regulations (2022 No. 1186).

MFA allows a beneficiary to receive up to £315,000 of Subsidy over a three-fiscal year period (i.e. the current and previous two fiscal years). The value of MFA given is the gross cash amount or the gross cash equivalent of the subsidy. The MFA value of this webinar is £361.70.

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