HELP! Why HR Needs It and How to Ask for It
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Asking for help can feel like a personal display of weakness, especially for HR leaders expected to know a lot.
Asking for help can feel vulnerable and some leaders worry that asking might reflect poorly on how they are perceived. Yet, it is an important part of leading others and creating cohesive teams.
Here’s the truth: Asking for help is rarely the blocker. The real challenge is knowing where to go and how to get started.
During this session, Heather Wood, coach & consultant with MCG Partners, will facilitate conversations and activities (on Zoom) that explore ways to make asking for help easier.
Some topics covered may include how to…
- Be clear, confident and time specific about the support you need
- Express gratitude when you do receive help
- Use coaching as a tool to make asking and receiving help less stressful
The bottom line? People want to help each other and yet they may not know how to help. Join Heather Wood and fellow HR Leaders November 10 to boost productivity and overall performance by learning how to ask for help.
This program is interactive and may include the use of breakout rooms and small group discussion/activities. You are invited to join with your video ON!
Heather Wood
Vice President - Leadership Developer & Facilitator, Executive Coach
MCG Partners
Heather Wood is Vice President, leadership developer & facilitator, and executive coach with MCG Partners. We are a firm specializing in leadership and talent optimization aligning your business and people strategy for maximum results.
With more than 20 years of experience in engaging all levels of leadership across multiple business sectors, Heather draws from her experience and insight training hundreds of managers globally. Heather develops and coaches’ executives in leadership effectiveness, communication style, team building, diversity and inclusion, unconscious bias, conflict resolution, and career development. Heather is also an accomplished designer and facilitator of customized interactive management workshops, virtually, and in-person.
Heather is a Harvard Business School executive coach providing coaching and advisory services to attending global executives.
Heather’s other training content includes: The Agile Leader™, Situational Leadership, InsideOut Coaching, Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode (TKI) and Lominger Leadership Architect. Heather’s industry areas of expertise include financial services, software development, bio-pharmaceutical, healthcare, and human services.
Previously, Heather was an AVP at Brown Brothers Harriman, where she developed long-term leadership development programs as well as employee engagement surveys and feedback sessions to diagnose competency gaps and improve individual, team and organizational performance. Prior to that, she served as a HR consultant for Idenix Pharmaceuticals and in several capacities at Fidelity Investments in corporate learning and development.
Heather earned her Bachelor of Science from Simmons College in Boston and her Certificate in Professional Coaching (CPC) from the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC). She is a certified Analyst in the Predictive Index® (PI®) as well as in several additional assessments and tools.
She volunteers as a mentor for Babson College MBA students as well as for the Social Innovation Forum. Additionally, Heather is an active member of the Boston Facilitators Roundtable. She lives with her family outside of Boston, MA.
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