This May, the first cohort of our brand new course for aspiring and current social work and social care leaders commences. In this video interview, social worker and senior lecturer Jo Williams and organisational consultant Jennie McShannon discuss their motivations for developing the programme, why it is so needed in […]

We have been meeting, coaching, working online for the past year, and we are now starting to face the choice about whether, and when, to work online… or not.  The following insights from systems-psychodynamic coaching help us to consider how we make this decision, and how to coach effectively online. […]

By Dr Robyn Vesey, Organisational Consultant with Tavistock Consulting The ‘systems-psychodynamic’ approach to executive coaching focuses on the emotional and relational dimensions of work roles – developing the capacity to analyse the impact of the wider system on the individual, and navigate complex processes in the workplace.  If you’re new […]

How we can help each other to avoid a mental health pandemic. By Charlotte Williams – Organisational Consultant, Tavistock Consulting In the Western world many of us have grown to pride ourselves on maintaining a sense of independence through making a living and purchasing what we need, when we need […]

Francesca Cordona – Coach and Organisational consultant. A longstanding member of the Tavistock Consulting team and a highly experienced organisational consultant, Francesca Cardona has written several papers in the field of organisational dynamics and consultation. Francesca’s most recent book, Work matters- Consulting to leaders and Organizations in the Tavistock tradition’ […]

A systems-psychodynamic approach to supporting the psychological wellbeing of staff and students in higher education. By Charlotte Williams – Organisational Consultant, Tavistock Consulting Historically in the Higher Education Sector, the approach to staff and student wellbeing tended to focus on helping those whose mental health had deteriorated. In recent years […]

By Charlotte Williams – Organisational Consultant, Tavistock Consulting This article attempts to offer some practical ways in which professionals can increase emotional containment for other staff and students in universities during the COVID-19 crises. Individuals and groups experience emotion in their work life. These emotions motivate and inspire us, as […]

By Robyn Vesey and Judith Bell As part of the celebrations marking Tavistock Consulting first 25 years, we have been collecting together papers that capture key ideas, turning points or new developments from authors who have worked at Tavistock Consulting at different times over the course of its history. Our […]

By Megan Meredith Do you recognise any of these in your team? A group of talented individuals just can’t seem to perform as a team? Even if incentivised to collaborate, people still seem to do their own thing? One or two people are singled out as the especially difficult or […]

By Bev Thomas Amidst the abhorrence of high profile celebrity convictions for sexual abuse, institutional scandals and most recently, the revelations about widespread abuse in Rotherham, attention has quite rightly turned to those individuals and institutions that may have harboured knowledge about the behaviour of these perpetrators, and done nothing […]