As practitioners, we tend to know theories, models, and frameworks, but how do we remember them even when we’re not at our best? Because we’re human, our pre-frontal abilities to think and remember are compromised when we get too stressed or worried. So how do we still maintain our self-efficacy as a practitioner, even when we have brain fog and our imposter syndrome is kicking in?

Targeted at early and mid-stage career practitioners, participants will walk out of the session with a ‘practitioner toolkit’ for immediate day-to-day use. The physical toolkit includes wallet-sized reminders based on research and participant experience, in areas like coaching psychology, organisational psychology, time management, talk therapies, and more. We’ll have some fun while we combine sound psychological theory with some arts and crafts.

In this hands-on workshop, part one will have participants focusing on crafting their own practitioner toolkit by exploring their unique ingredients for effectiveness as a practitioner. Cue cards and practical reference material will be created based on self-reflection and group discussion activities. Practitioner toolkits could be filled with prompts such as models, theories, frameworks, tools, assessments, decision-making tools, coaching prompts, self-care tools, and more.

In the second half of the session, we will focus on how participants might help their clients, teams, or organisations to build their own toolkits. Participants will learn how to help others craft their own toolkits, by applying the same process as part one using principles of co-design, design thinking, and self-determination theory. Participants will walk away with practical steps they can take to help others create their own toolkit.

• Improve self-efficacy as it relates to knowledge and application of organisational psychology principles.
• Learn a new approach for building toolkits with others by applying principles of co-design, design-thinking, and self-determination theory,
• Improve retention and application of key organisational models, theories and frameworks in day-to-day work for improved outcomes, and
Measurement of learning outcomes can occur through pre-and post-session evaluation.