Training
Personal effectiveness training
Staying resilient, adaptable and confident in your value amidst constant change
For HR and L&D managers, and training providers looking for a trainer.
The challenge
Staying effective as work keeps changing
Workload and constant change test your people’s personal effectiveness and resilience: it gets harder to stay focused, adapt, keep their energy up and perform at their best. Every reorganisation, new system or new way of working asks them to adapt once more, and as AI changes the work, many are unsure of the value they bring. It shows in fatigue, resistance to change and good people running on reserve.
Resilience grows when people know their strengths, manage their energy and feel supported as they adapt.
Are your people…
- running on reserve after a reorganisation or a period of high workload?
- finding it hard to adapt to new systems, new ways of working or AI?
- unsure of the value they bring as AI changes their work?
- in need of more focus and energy to perform at their best?
Looking for a trainer who…
- delivers personal effectiveness and resilience courses?
- works with your course material and participants’ own cases?
- can add validated assessments where they add value?
- trains on site or online, in English and Dutch?
What it delivers
What changes for your people
Resilience under pressure
People recognise early what puts them under pressure, and respond from their strengths.
Adapting with confidence
People use their strengths flexibly when systems, roles or ways of working change.
Clear about their own value
People see what they bring as AI takes on tasks, and where their professional judgement leads.
Energy and sustainable employability
People who manage their energy stay engaged and effective, which helps reduce absenteeism.
At the start, we agree a few measures with you and review them a few months later, so you can show what the training delivers.
The programme
From awareness to lasting habits
Organisations plan the change, but people go through the transition. That gap explains much of the resistance and fatigue. So participants work from their own unique profile: how they go through change, and what helps them through it.
Leaders involved before and after
Beforehand, I help leaders define what the programme should achieve and their own role in it. Afterwards, I support them in embedding it: making room for their people’s talent potential and strengths in how they set goals, give feedback, divide work and hold performance conversations.
Awareness
After an intake to agree the goals, each participant completes a validated assessment. In the first session, they explore their strengths, talent potential and what gives and drains their energy.
Training sessions and practice
In the following sessions, participants work on resilience and adaptability, and on their value as AI takes over some tasks: which of their strengths can come more into play. Between sessions, they apply what they learn to their own work and reflect on what works. See the four modules ↓
Follow-up and embedding
Intervision on real challenges, a review against the goals from the intake, and leaders who make room for it in daily work, so new habits become embedded.
The four modules
Half-day modules, single or as a series
Each module builds on participants’ own assessment results, so they work on what is true for them from the first session.
Know what you bring
When: the starting point of every programmeParticipants explore their assessment results: the strengths they already use, the talent potential they have not yet brought to life, and how these help them reach their goals with more ease. Each participant sets a personal focus for the rest of the programme, linked to their role and goals.
Energy and resilience under pressure
When: workload is high and energy runs lowParticipants map what gives and drains their energy in their daily work, and recognise their early signals of pressure, including strengths that go into overdrive. They learn to recharge, set priorities and put their time and energy where they can make a difference, so they stay effective over time.
Adapting to change with confidence
When: a reorganisation, new system or new way of workingResistance, doubt and fatigue are normal reactions to change, and recognising them is often a relief. Not everyone goes through change in the same way: some adapt with ease, for others adaptability is still untapped potential, and some benefit from learned skills and the support of colleagues. Participants discover what helps them and leave with a personal approach for the next change.
Your value as AI changes the work
When: new systems, new ways of working or AIParticipants see what AI can do and how it can support their own work. They explore which of their strengths can come more into play as AI takes over some tasks, and where their professional judgement leads. This gives them a clear view of the value they bring, now and as their role develops.
As a single module, a series or the full programme. On site or online, in English and Dutch.
For training providers
A trainer for your personal effectiveness courses
I deliver personal effectiveness courses for training providers, with your course material or tailored to your client. I bring 25+ years of training adults, a didactic qualification and accreditation in validated assessments, so a course can include personal insight where that adds value.
- An intake with you and, where possible, your client, to agree the goals
- Delivery of your course, with room for participants’ own cases
- Optional validated assessments, passed on at cost
- On site or online, in English and Dutch
In practice
What this can look like
The training combines validated assessments with a personal approach to energy. It starts with awareness of each participant’s talent potential, based on their assessment results. From there, we work on what gives and drains their energy, and how to manage it in their own work. This takes the training deeper than standard resilience training.
For a government organisation facing upcoming change, I ran a talent development programme to strengthen job satisfaction, performance and sustainable employability. As a result, employees gained more insight into their own added value, concrete ideas for using their talents more purposefully, and personal actions to increase both their job satisfaction and the effectiveness of their team.
For a professional services firm, I trained 12 trainees in intervision combined with a strengths-based approach, using real cases from their work. As a result, they developed reflective thinking, feedback and coaching skills, and strengthened their individual effectiveness.
As an HR professional, I know that she is the right person to motivate employees. I would recommend her as either trainer/speaker/coach since she can bring some impact on how people see themselves.
She can zoom in on particular learning questions AND see the ‘big picture’. That makes her a great partner to work with both for line managers and for coachees or participants of any learning programme.
Experience
My experience in training adults spans more than 25 years: at ABN AMRO, RBS and Belkin, as an HRM lecturer in higher professional education, and since 2012 through Light Up Your Talent. I hold a didactic qualification, and I am a Strengthscope® Master Practitioner, TalentPredix™ Practitioner and certified intervision facilitator.
Frequently asked questions
Can you deliver a course for our training provider?
Yes. I deliver personal effectiveness courses for training providers, with your course material or tailored to your client. Tell me about the course, the group and the timing, and I’ll let you know my availability.
Do you work on site or online?
Both, depending on what works best for your organisation: on site at your location or online, in English and Dutch.
Are assessment results confidential?
Yes. Individual and leader reports, and the feedback sessions that go with them, remain confidential between the person and Light Up Your Talent. The team report, which shows the team’s combined profile, is shared within the team and with the team leader or manager.
How is pricing set?
Training courses are priced per day or per course. After the free intake you receive a tailored proposal.
What do the assessments cost?
Assessments are passed on at cost, whether they are for individuals, a team, a leadership team or an organisation-wide programme. My fee is for the work around them, such as workshops, coaching and consultancy.
Where do your people want to grow next?
Whether you want to strengthen your people’s resilience or are looking for a trainer for your course, let’s start with a free 30-minute conversation. You’ll leave it with a clearer view of your first step.
Talk through your challenge or ambition