A three-week professional development programme that helps new starters build confidence, learn from mistakes and ask for help, and helps their managers give feedback that new starters can use. It is delivered in three 90-minute sessions, one per week, and works for any new starter, with a neuroinclusive approach that supports people who think and learn differently.
Early-career staff in their first one to two years of work, such as graduates, apprentices and trainees
Their line managers
HR, learning and development, and early-careers teams who want better retention and a smoother first year
Practical ways to recover from mistakes and treat them as learning
Confidence to ask questions, ask for help and speak up
Skills to receive feedback and use it
For managers: ways to give clear, supportive feedback and respond calmly when a new starter makes an error
A shared language between starters and managers for what support looks like
Sinéad Caulfield is an Inclusion Specialist and Neuroinclusive Consultant with over 15 years’ experience in health promotion, special education, child and family wellbeing and adult training. She holds an MSc in Health Promotion and Population Health, has delivered workplace training and coaching, health promotion initiatives, and has taught in primary and further education. Her work spans Ireland, the UK and North America.
Sinéad is passionate about promoting health and wellness proactively, helping people feel understood and less stressed. Her work is grounded in the understanding that excessive or prolonged stress makes learning harder, and that people learn best when they feel safe and supported. For new staff, and for people learning in new teams or divisions, this makes psychological safety essential. When people feel safe to ask questions, admit mistakes and speak up, they learn faster and are more likely to follow safe working practices, which makes psychological safety a foundation for behavioural safety.
Her experience across education, health and community settings enriches her knowledge and perspective of learners from every background, all of whom are found in today’s workplace.
Every workplace is made up of managers, new staff, parents and carers, each with pressures of their own. Let’s build a workplace where everyone feels able to learn, ask for help and do their best work. Register your interest in Starting Strong today.
