Keynote by speaker Michael Maisey The life changing power of kindness
Taking the audience on journey into my early years where I grew up in a world without kindness, and then discovering it by chance from random strangers and how experiencing kindness changed my view of the world, and as my view of the world changed so did I.
Take away – more compassion for people from all walks of life, a desire to give back and be more kind to the people you work with who might be struggling. Overall better relationships with the people close to them and the people who need extra support.
Keynote by speaker Michael Maisey Healthy Masculinity in the workplace
Taking the audience into my teenage years in a gang and in prison where toxic masculinity was all we knew, the damage it caused t me and the people I grew up with, to then getting sober, giving back, becoming a father to 3 daughters and discovering what healthy masculinity looks like and how it can transform our relationships with other men and especially females.
Take away – more awareness for men around certain behaviours, and more awareness for females and a level of compassion for the men who are stuck in the cycle of toxic masculinity. Staff reported greater relationships in work with the alpha males of the company and the alpha males reported having an awareness around how they communicate with people.
Keynote by speaker Michael Maisey Breaking down the barriers of communication within mental health
As a man I grew up in a tough world, council estate, gang culture, prison. It wasn’t safe to cry or show any emotional apart from joy or anger. Sadness and fear were not welcome in my world. I take the audience through different scenarios in my lived experience, and give them practical tools to help them breakdown the barriers in communication I learned along the way from turning my own life around. These are the tools we give away to people who use the services of my non profit organisation The CIP Project which helps over 2000 people very year across the UK.
Take away – better ability to support people within your organisation, a greater capacity to communicate how your feeling, overall improved relationships with those you love. and work with.