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    ConnectUp
    Striving to make a positive impact on
    people’s working lives by recognising the
    human need for meaningful connection at work
    and to the work we do.

Workplace Culture

Are you looking for support with building connected and engaged teams who work with focus and get results

TEAM BUILDING

Bespoke full or half day team building events designed around your business needs to get the results you need

#CONNECTUP

A safe space for business owners to mull over ideas, get feedback on concerns or be inspired by new ideas

CONSORTIUM

Bringing leaders and business owners together to learn about a specific topic and have meaningful conversations
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Hi, I’m Jo Hompstead, founder of ConnectUp, facilitator of thinking, ideas and action.

The right culture, environment and relationships allow people to perform at their best and be happier, healthier and more fulfilled in the process. There is a strong commercial imperative to look at these areas. It’s clear to us that success begins and ends with the people who do the work. That’s why, unlike other providers, at ConnectUp we start by talking to people about what is really going on. That way, we design solutions that are really going to work rather than based on assumptions made around the board table.
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TESTIMONIALS

Jo plays a key role in the culture turnaround process. She is flexible, insightful and patient with what is a complicated balance between driving change and taking staff on the journey, with the senior team. Jo provides confidential support as well as the ability to get consensus from staff.
Project Turnaround
Irene Watkins
Jo designed a thought-provoking and engaging session, which led to several 'a-ha' moments and a renewed energy. Jo's other great skill was how expertly and easily she facilitates; guiding us, coaxing the clarity out of us and intuitively understanding any issues we felt blocked by.
Grub Productions
Georgina Ash
Jo’s input has been impactful and of the highest quality. The outcome is that staff are more connected to each other and to the purpose of the organisation.  We have seen the difference this has made, and it has been particularly evident in the way we have been able to respond to the recent pandemic.
Prospect Hospice
 Jo Hollingsworth

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Architect your Greenhouse

The purpose of a greenhouse is to magnify the light of the sun while preventing plants from freezing temperatures joegardener.com What has this got to do with workplace conditions and culture? Well, I enjoy what this quote from Tony Hsieh the American internet entrepreneur, famous for founding Zappos evokes. " This place is like a

May 03, 2021 johompstead

There is no normal

Normalising change and Building Resilience. ” This is your time and it feels normal to you, but really, there is no normal. There’s only change and resistance to it and then more change”. Meryl Streep Search the word ‘Resilience’ on google and, as well as getting a useful definition of the word, you see that

Mar 27, 2021 johompstead

Team Building has to be more than just a fun day out

A BBC article I read recently said “the words ‘team building’ may stoke fear in our hearts” – well here is a secret: they often have for me too. And that’s as someone who has been involved in running events for teams over 20 years or so. There are plenty of examples of why people

Mar 27, 2021 johompstead

Connection, Belonging & Trust – a commercial advantage

“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself”. Maya Angelou Connection – Belonging – Trust Across my work with teams – over 20 plus years and 9 industries – people tell me the same things time and time again. When I ask them what they need in order

Feb 19, 2021 johompstead

Meaning Beats Proximity

The pause continues. Physical time together as colleagues and collaborators has been short to non-existent for months. We need to get used to that. We are not going ‘back to normal’ – data and insight from multiple sources points to a future of less commute, less focus on the office as a hub, perhaps 1

Jan 05, 2021 johompstead

A love letter from a friend

Apparently it’s ‘Get Organised Month’ And there are lots of posts and articles about planning for the new year. Well, may I suggest, this starts with you, and perhaps thinking about the future you is a useful frame for this. Some context for that: I had a really powerful experience this week that I’d like

Jan 04, 2021 johompstead

What is it you actually do?

“What is it you actually do?” – I get asked this – A LOT. People often start from knowing about my 17 year corporate career with the John Lewis Partnership, 13 of those being within HR roles. When I set up my own business in 2018, I knew I wanted to drop some of the

Jan 04, 2021 johompstead

Connection Matters. Finding your Tribe

A beautiful old oak tree collapsed recently and fell into our driveway  Apart from the initial shock and drama and being kept awake until the early hours while Hampshire Highways came to the rescue, it brought with it a real example of the passing of time, of endings and perspective. I actually felt a sense of loss

Dec 10, 2020 johompstead

Designing The New Path means finding a new language.

I have written before about my aversion to phrases like ‘The New Normal’. Add to that ‘Future of Work’ (an easy short hand for what we mean, but not quite right in my opinion), ‘human capital’, ‘workforce’ and ‘personnel’. There are more. A recent article in the Metro cited these phrases as the most hated

Dec 09, 2020 johompstead
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