Events & Webinars
Join us for our upcoming events & webinars on how to empower managers and employees to achieve better results for your business.
Join us for our upcoming events & webinars on how to empower managers and employees to achieve better results for your business.
This informative event is primarily designed for HR Directors and their teams, within UK retail and tangential sectors.
Join us in Birmingham on May 15th as we discuss strategies to help agile and people-focused retailers to empower their retail workforce for improved employee and customer engagement.
If you're heading to the event, get in touch with us today!
Inspiring Workplaces hosted their annual, 24-hour Inspirathon which spans the globe and aims to unite everyone through a shared purpose to improve the world of work.
OpenBlend's Founder and CEO, Anna Rasmussen discussed why enabling effective 1:1 conversations that focus on an employee's unique development needs is critical to satisfying the 'crave for learning' that we're seeing in today's workforce.
Our Founder & CEO, Anna Rasmussen spoke to Aoife O’Brien about what it really means to belong at work on the Happier at Work podcast - and it made for a great conversation.
Anna began by referencing the link between belonging and motivation, before going on to explain why belonging is a relative term that takes on a different meaning for every employee.
By putting people first, organizations attract and retain top talent, increase productivity, and foster a positive workplace culture. Ultimately, people-first policies benefit both the employees and the organization and result in better business outcomes and a more satisfied workforce.
OpenBlend's CEO and Founder, Anna Rasmussen joined Gethin Nadin and Jo Newman to discuss why a people first approach is critical to the success of your wellbeing strategy.
To be a truly peoplefirst workplace, you have to make the wellbeing of your people a priority. Their wellbeing in and out of work, their emotional, physical, financial and mental wellbeing.
OpenBlend's CEO and Founder, Anna Rasmussen joined four other storytellers at the Inspiring Workplaces event to discuss transformational wellbeing strategies for 2023.
According to research from the CIPD - the professional body for HR and development, three out of five (59%) women aged between 45 and 55 say the menopause has a negative impact on them at work. In this session, we discuss the role managers play in supporting employees going through the menopause.
Anna Rasmussen and Diane Lightfoot, CEO of the Business Disability Forum discuss how managers and organisations can to effectively support disabled employees in the workplace, working to create an inclusive culture to allow all team members to thrive.
In this webinar, OpenBlend’s Anna Rasmussen, sits down with Dr Joanna Abeyie MBE, Founder and MD of Blue Moon to discuss:
In this webinar, Anna Rasmussen CEO of OpenBlend and Ian Dinwiddy Founder of Inspiring Dads sit down to discuss:
In this webinar, Anna Rasmussen was joined by Karl Burnett from A+E Networks, and Amanda Fishburn from Dr. Martens to discuss:
In this recording, Anna Rassmussen and Nicola Forbes-Taylor deliver a breakout session at the HR Grapevine Live event. During their session, they discuss:
Managers can be intimidated by the term 'coaching', when in reality it's a communication style.
In this webinar, OpenBlend's CEO and Founder, Anna Rasmussen is joined by a panel of experts to discuss:
In this webinar, Anna Rasmussen and David Blackburn from FSCS chat all things employee experience, including:
As the possibility of reopening businesses is hopefully drawing closer we thought it would be useful to run a webinar to prepare for this. OpenBlend's Founder and CEO, Anna Rasmussen is joined by Nicola and Alex to talk life after lockdown:
Welcome back to part two of our webinar series with LMA Recruitment, as we discuss how to empower your managers to lead change.
We don't yet know how the world will be changed as a result of the pandemic, but one thing is for sure: managers will need structured insights into employee’s wellbeing, engagement and productivity.
In this webinar, in partnership with LMA recruitment, we discuss how you can prepare for returning back to the office and rebuilding your culture, whilst managing expectations of both furloughed & non-furloughed staff.
The panel includes:
In this final session with our associate coach, Tracy James.
Tracy will help you identify and introduce new positive habits into your life using tools and hacks to help make them stick. We hope this series of webinars has proved useful to you in this time of complete remote working.
The third webinar of the series with our associate coach, Tracy James.
During this guided GROW workshop you will be asked to choose an area of your work/life Blend, or an objective, that has been impacted by recent events. You will then review this through the lens of the GROW model to help you figure out a way to move forward.
The first webinar of the series with our associate coach, Tracy James. This series provides practical tips to help us all think differently and adapt to our new realities.
'Worry less, think more' provides thought hacks to help you manage worry and anxiety. It will give you an understanding of what anxiety is and how it manifests for us.
This webinar took place in early April when we were in the early stages of complete remote working. In partnership with The BTN, our CEO, Anna Rasmussen caught up with James Ballard (Co-Founder at The BTN and Annapurna Recruitment), to look at how individuals, managers and businesses can support a remote workforce.
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In this webinar, hosted by OpenBlend's Founder and CEO, Anna Rasmussen, we explore why understanding your team as individuals is crucial to driving productivity
A people-centric approach is the failsafe way to make sure each individual thrives and brings their best to work. And any business can adopt this technique.
Many businesses are now beginning to focus on the themes and best practices that will drive people forward. Because without putting your people first, how can businesses expect to retain a team, nurture their talent and scale?
In this webinar, OpenBlend's CEO and Founder, Anna Rasmussen, discussed: