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This section will help you to start thinking about the key skills needed for successful relationships. 

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This section will help you to start thinking about the key skills needed for successful relationships. 

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This article runs through the key skills and behaviours which you can develop to help improve your working relationships.

https://uk.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/relationship-building-in-the-workplace (6-minute read)

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A great and thorough article on practicing active listening and empathy, including:

Examples

How to overcome barriers

https://positivepsychology.com/active-listening-techniques/ (15-minute read)

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This section will build on your skills and evaluation, to help you identify actions you can take to improve your relationships.

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This section will build on your skills and evaluation, to help you identify actions you can take to improve your relationships.

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This section will help you to evaluate your current Relationships, and identify where there are opportunities to improve them.

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This section will help you to evaluate your current Relationships, and identify where there are opportunities to improve them.

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An introductory video to empathy, and how it is different to sympathy, from the author and researcher Brené Brown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw (5-minute video)

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Even if a situation feels out of your control, your response is always in your control. Think about how to manage emotions and work by responding deliberately, rather than reacting immediately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcnp5vHzQME (3-minute video)

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What do you think are the most important skills to develop to build good working relationships?

Add your thoughts in the comments section.

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An interesting article with helpful steps to explore how to mend a work relationship.

https://hbr.org/2020/02/how-to-mend-a-work-relationship  (7-minute read)

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Use these prompts to reflect on what you have learned in this section. You don't have to share your reflections in the comments section, as this is a personal exercise.

1. What did I learn?

2. What did the learning experience tell me about myself?

3. How does this learning experience impact me, and how I'll approach situations in the future?

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The GROW model coaching framework is a useful way to support colleagues through their challenges. This article has great example questions for each stage of the framework. https://www.coachingcultureatwork.com/the-grow-model/ (7-minute read)

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This article explores the Circles of Influence, Concern, and Control, including examples and activities: https://positivepsychology.com/circles-of-influence/ (10-minute read)

This video explores Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Successful People, and his explanation of how the circles can help you to become more proactive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_EK17Zph04 (5-minute watch)

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Join the Maximising Our Relationships Course from the Retail L&D Team

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Join the Maximising Our Relationships Course from the Retail L&D Team

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This 4-hour course aims to:

Identify and evaluate the effectiveness of your relationships at work

Explore how to be a trusted partner

Recognise barriers and solutions to refresh your relationships going forward

Face-to-face and online sessions are available. Contact learn@oxfam.org.uk to find out more or book onto a session.

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This summary of The Trusted Advisor

by David H. Maister, Charles H. Green and Robert M. Galford, explores how to build trust-based relationships at work. https://oxfam.box.com/s/ncqpzb265gdgpi7h98wbwogkaqyzs63i (30-minute read)

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Many parts of a relationship will be out of your control, but are there any things which are always in your control?

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Developing high trust work relationships

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Developing high trust work relationships

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This free 2-hour Open University course introduces the concept of trust, what it means to you and how it may affect your organisation.

To enrol, or find out more: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/money-business/leadership-management/developing-high-trust-work-relationships/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab

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Learn about trust in the organisational context. This free course, Developing high trust work relationships, introduces the concept of trust, what it means to you and how it may affect your...

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Join the Across Organisational Mentoring Programme (AOMP)

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Join the Across Organisational Mentoring Programme (AOMP)

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The Across Organisational Mentoring Programme has been established to connect individuals across participating humanitarian and development organisations, drawing on experience across the sector to support professional development through mentoring.

You can join as a mentor or mentee, to apply your learning and build new relationships across the sector.

For more information on eligibility and how to apply: https://compass.oxfam.org/communities/learning/wiki/coaching-and-mentoring/mentoring

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"Being a trusted advisor or having a trusted relationship goes beyond a two-way relationship". In what ways do you think this statement is true?

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Identify and evaluate the effectiveness of your relationships at work and explore how to be a better trusted colleague

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Identify and evaluate the effectiveness of your relationships at work and explore how to be a better trusted colleague

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3. How does this learning experience impact me, and how I'll approach situations in the future?

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1. What did I learn?

2. What did the learning experience tell me about myself?

3. How does this learning experience impact me, and how I'll approach situations in the future?

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