Smart, caring organisations that I've partnered with
You know that your staff are doing it tough...
And you know you need to take action. But you need a solution that is efficient and cost-effective.
Because you want to prioritise your people's wellbeing in ways that promote excellence.
You want your team to be well and work well.
And that's a big ask when so much is expected of employees at every level.
Burnout is a looming risk, and stress claims are the most costly type of workers compensation payouts.
And the effectiveness of your organisation depends on your people to be at their best - present, energised, and creating amazing experiences for your clients.
This can only happen from a place of emotional safety and wellbeing.
To give their best, your people need to be at their best.
My pathway has helped hundreds of professionals to stop burnout, successfully and sustainably.
Too many burnout commentators offer glib, unhelpful 'tips' like increasing self care, taking holidays or finding that mystical state called 'work-life balance'.
If it was that easy, there'd be no burnout.
The truth is that there are subtle, yet powerful barriers to developing and sustaining healthy styles of living and working.
My approach to stopping burnout is to help people compassionately address those barriers to free themselves from mindsets and habits that keep them stuck and suffering.
This isn't therapy, just a deeper examination of those blocks that invites people to move past them for greater energy, presence and career success.
Your people can do this when they can clearly see what holds them back, with a pathway for moving forward.
And you don't need to make drastic decisions or big changes to your life to get amazing results.
My approach is relaxed, conversational and very relatable. I make these experiences enjoyable as well as empowering.
And I can provide ongoing group support to your team for consolidating the learning and putting it to good use.
You may want to know more about me and my approach.
I mean, who is Toni Knight???
I trained at the Universities of Newcastle and Wollongong as a psychologist, about 100 years ago. Since then I have helped thousands of people, as a psychotherapist and trainer, to live meaningful, more satisfying lives, centred in their values.
I started teaching and supporting people to stop burnout in 2016, because business leaders reached out to me for effective, sustainable strategies.
I then developed and refined my own model to stop burnout and built a system which is evidence-based and has been highly effective for many high-achieving professionals.
It's my mission to help compassionate professionals to thrive in their important work. Goodness knows, we need them!
For more about me and my approach, as well as what I can do for you and your people, go to the link at the bottom of this page to organise a free strategy call with me.
Stop Burnout, be Brilliant
My flagship individual and group program is also a workshop!
Your team can experience the program over a full interactive day (six hours), four hours, or a two-hour workshop online or in person (I am based in Newcastle, NSW, but can travel to you.)
The details of the program are on my home page.
And if you'd like to dive into the foundations of getting started with this program, I have a free mini-course called the Stop Burnout Quick Start Guide. This mini-course describes the three foundational strategies of my approach to stopping burnout in a brief, accessible way.
You will learn:
How to know if you're burning out
Your personal early warning signs
How your ‘stress state’ powerfully impacts your functioning (and how to use this knowledge successfully)
Identify your key barriers to self-care and healthy work styles
The importance and practice of ‘job crafting’ for optimal energy
Values - how to identify your most important values and how to use them
The key mental strategies to promote resilience
How to use emotions for positive transformation
The relevant Australian laws and guides - why it makes sense to implement them
How to speak up for your wellbeing
Why resilience is a ‘team sport’ and what to do about it
This workshop is a 'must-have' for compassionate front-line professionals who plan to remain energised, present and effective for their clients.
Assertiveness for Professional Success
This is a two or three-hour workshop that covers everything you need to be a strong voice for your needs, your ideas, and your priorities.
You will learn:
An new understanding of assertiveness and its fundamental importance to professional functioning and wellbeing
Overcoming the barriers to being assertive
Understanding your underlying stress states and how they control your thinking, emotions and behaviours
How much confidence you need to be assertive
The important role of your values in guiding and supporting assertive communication
How to move past guilt, shame and fear when saying ‘no’ to others
How to speak with ‘compassionate assertiveness’, including saying a kind ‘no’, using examples
Initial steps to prepare yourself for assertive communication
Dealing with client aggression - the practical and emotional steps
Sources of support for doing this challenging work
This workshop is an important deep-dive into the fundamentals of assertive communication and living, on order to thrive.
Solid self-confidence for professional success
This is a two or three-hour workshop for building a reliable 'confidence habit' for success actions that you might have avoided in the past.
You will learn:
Your barriers to genuine self confidence, and what to do about them
The Growth mindset for increasing self confidence
How to lead your inner critic to stop its dominance
How to manage anxiety
Self efficacy - what it is and how to build it
How to seek and use great feedback
Building your support crew for greater success
Solid self confidence can be one of your superpowers for taking wise, bold action in living vibrantly and working successfully.
My flagship individual and group program is also a workshop!
Your team can experience the program over a full interactive day (six hours), four hours, or a two-hour workshop online or in person (I am based in Newcastle, NSW, but can travel to you.)
The details of the program are on my home page.
And if you'd like to dive into the foundations of getting started with this program, I have a free mini-course called the Stop Burnout Quick Start Guide. This mini-course describes the three foundational strategies of my approach to stopping burnout in a brief, accessible way.
How to know if you're burning out
Your personal early warning signs
How your ‘stress state’ powerfully impacts your functioning (and how to use this knowledge successfully)
Identify your key barriers to self-care and healthy work styles
The importance and practice of ‘job crafting’ for optimal energy
Values - how to identify your most important values and how to use them
The key mental strategies to promote resilience
How to use emotions for positive transformation
The relevant Australian laws and guides - why it makes sense to implement them
How to speak up for your wellbeing
Why resilience is a ‘team sport’ and what to do about it
This workshop is a 'must-have' for compassionate front-line professionals who plan to remain energised, present and effective for their clients.
This is a two or three-hour workshop that covers everything you need to be a strong voice for your needs, your ideas, and your priorities
An new understanding of assertiveness and its fundamental importance to professional functioning and wellbeing
Overcoming the barriers to being assertive
Understanding your underlying stress states and how they control your thinking, emotions and behaviours
How much confidence you need to be assertive
The important role of your values in guiding and supporting assertive communication
How to move past guilt, shame and fear when saying ‘no’ to others
How to speak with ‘compassionate assertiveness’, including saying a kind ‘no’, using examples
Initial steps to prepare yourself for assertive communication
Dealing with client aggression - the practical and emotional steps
Sources of support for doing this challenging work
This workshop is an important deep-dive into the fundamentals of assertive communication and living, on order to thrive.
This is a two or three-hour workshop for building a reliable 'confidence habit' for success actions that you might have avoided in the past.
Your barriers to genuine self confidence, and what to do about them
The Growth mindset for increasing self confidence
How to lead your inner critic to stop its dominance
How to manage anxiety
Self efficacy - what it is and how to build it
How to seek and use great feedback
Building your support crew for greater success
Solid self confidence can be one of your superpowers for taking wise, bold action in living vibrantly and working successfully.
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