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Yesterday I was interviewed on Seven Sharp as part of a positive piece about Nelson and several businesses here with great stories to tell that we helped put together with Michael Holland. It was a real pleasure to shine a light on just a few of the innovative businesses in our region and to share the story of our new business Distinctively Kiwi (www.distinctivelykiwi.nz) which is endeavouring to uplift our hospitality and tourism businesses and to flip the narrative about our region after some tough announcements this year. A big thank you to Paul Miller and Kernohan Engineering, Gearshop - Quality Outdoor Equipment, Abel Tasman Sailing Adventures and Hardy St Eatery for taking part. Owner/chef James Rutherford really went above and beyond on a day that started with a region-wide power cut! (Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce) You can watch last night’s story here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPuWOJryLEo

It was fantastic to be at the Nelson Tasman Chamber of Commerce Business After Five hosted by Kernohan Engineering. It was exactly what a great networking event should be - fantastic setting, uplifting speech from the host, and buzzing with new people to meet and good friends to reconnect with. Thanks team for an excellent time!

An offer from our friends at CERT that may be of interest. If you like and share on the CERT post and comment ‘de-escalation’ on their post they will send you the details.

Freebie alert!!

CERT - Keeping your team safe – physically, psychologically, and professionally.

Morning, all!! As we mull over the “state of the world” today, I’ve decided while the bosses are away, that it’s time for us to “pay it forward” 😊

There’s no doubt about it, our risk of conflict and harm is increasing. Tension is higher. Tolerance is lower.

“Situational Awareness” and “De-Escalation” are front of mind for many organisations, as we face growing challenges from the people we come into contact with daily.

How do we cope with that, when we’re stretched so thin, and we’re asked to perform better with less, in an increasingly volatile world?

This is where we come in – and we’d like to help, at no cost to you.
At CERT, keeping people safe, is our “WHY”.
And we mean physically, psychologically, and professionally (let’s face it – conflict takes a toll on our bodies AND brains, and there’s no doubt we’re all under intense scrutiny these days!)

So - Because we know times are tricky, we’d love to share our stuff with you – and this time, it’s on us!

As well as courses on Wellbeing and Resilience, Dealing with Inappropriate Behaviour, and Tactical (effective) Communications, one of our proudest achievements, is our foundation “Situational Safety and Tactical Communications” course.

It’s our “flagship” de-escalation course, and we’ve put thousands of Kiwis and Aussies through our two-day, “gold standard” face to face training. That’s not to mention the refresher sessions delivered.

We’d like to give you a freebie. A really, really useful freebie. We’ve developed a “pocket sized” online version of our SSTC course – and we’d love to share it with you, no strings attached!

Now, don’t get me wrong…. face to face training of this kind is always, always best. But at the end of the day – online training is still way better than no training! 😊

If you’d like me to send you our online package – please “like” and “share” this post, and type “De-escalation” in the comments below – and I’ll get it on it’s way!
Rachel Forrester