Masterclass webinar: Introducing BON, the GRIST coachbot
Kate Goldby Kate Goldby

Masterclass webinar: Introducing BON, the GRIST coachbot

In this webinar we introduce GRIST’s newest team member, BON, the coachbot. BON is GRIST’s very first AI tool and we have just launched beta phase. This is your invitation to join us as an early adopter and be among the first to experience the transformative power of BON, the GRIST coachbot. This webinar will give you a bit of context and share the journey that led to BON’s creation, how it works, and discuss potential applications.

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Meet BON: Your AI-Powered Coach for Enhanced Leadership Development
Peter Grist Peter Grist

Meet BON: Your AI-Powered Coach for Enhanced Leadership Development

In the fast-paced world of leadership development, staying ahead requires more than just traditional coaching methods. Enter Bon, the cutting-edge coach-bot revolutionizing the way leaders build their coaching capability. Powered by AI and trained in GRIST's tactical coaching model (ACDC), Bon offers a transformative coaching experience like never before.

Imagine having a coach available at any time, day or night, ready to provide personalized coaching tailored to your needs. That's Bon. Always available, never judgmental, and trained in a proven tactical coaching methodology, Bon is here to help leaders unlock their full coaching potential.

Bon empowers leaders to build coaching capability by combining the power of AI and ACDC's coaching micro-behaviors. This unique approach leads to rapid behavioral change, engaged team members, and enhanced performance. But Bon is more than just a coach; they are a role model for the ACDC methodology, setting a new standard in coaching consistency and excellence.

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Unleashing Hidden Potential: Insights from Adam Grant live in Melbourne & Sydney
David McQueen David McQueen

Unleashing Hidden Potential: Insights from Adam Grant live in Melbourne & Sydney

In a world focused on personal growth, psychologist Adam Grant shares insights on unlocking hidden potential. Grant highlights the paradox of self-awareness and the importance of feedback. He advocates for putting growth over ego, turning critics into coaches, and creating an environment that values honesty. Grant also suggests finding talent beyond first impressions, building a culture of giving, and customizing job roles for individual strengths. He emphasizes the need to make new ideas familiar, normalize failure, and use imposter syndrome as fuel for success.

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Mastering Contact Centre Compliance: Essential Strategies
Kate Goldby Kate Goldby

Mastering Contact Centre Compliance: Essential Strategies

In the world of contact centres, compliance is crucial for protecting customer data, maintaining reputation, and earning trust. Despite challenges like remote work and evolving regulations, contact centres can ensure compliance through strategies like regular audits, technology deployment, and ongoing agent training. GRIST offers a unique approach, focusing on behavioural assessments and leadership coaching to embed compliance as a core value. By integrating compliance seamlessly into interactions, contact centres can excel in meeting standards and setting new benchmarks.

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The future of work: How to future-proof the skills in your organisation
Stacey Makshakova Stacey Makshakova

The future of work: How to future-proof the skills in your organisation

‘The pace of change has never been this fast, yet it will never be this slow again.’

Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister, said this in his keynote address at the World Economic Forum in 2018. True to this sentiment, the world has changed exponentially since then, and continues to do so.

In the face of constant, rapid change, what will determine what work will look like in the future? This guide will look at what the research says are the trends, the drivers of change, and the skills and the behaviours every organisation should address now to future-proof their business.

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Insights from the 2023 Auscontact & GRIST Service Excellence and Sales Excellence Awards
Kate Goldby Kate Goldby

Insights from the 2023 Auscontact & GRIST Service Excellence and Sales Excellence Awards

At the 2023 Auscontact National Awards, GRIST assessed and presented two excellence awards to recognise customer-centric behaviours demonstrated by consultants in service and sales contact centres. These two award were based on evaluations of real customer calls by our expert behavioural analysts. We ran a webinar in November where we unpacked all the insights – which you can watch here – but have also summarised some of our key findings and overall trends below.

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A recap of our 2023 coaching masterclasses to help you set your 2024 coaching intentions
Kate Goldby Kate Goldby

A recap of our 2023 coaching masterclasses to help you set your 2024 coaching intentions

Back in December we revisited some of our highlights from our 2023 coaching masterclasses in one mega webinar – you can watch it here if you missed it. As we look ahead to 2024, we thought we’d revisit some key themes Leveraging the Seinfeld strategy, Back-of-house coaching, Mindset, Coaching skills and Future skills, to help you set your coaching intentions for 2024.

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GRIST Masterclass End of 2023 wrap
Kate Goldby Kate Goldby

GRIST Masterclass End of 2023 wrap

On this webinar, the GRIST team wrapped our online Masterclasses for 2023 with a supersized finale!

A galaxy of GRIST experts discussed Future skills, mindset, skills acquisition, consulting skills, back-of-house coaching and more in a wrap up of some our most popular webinars from throughout the year.

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Insights from the Auscontact & GRIST Service Excellence and Sales Excellence Award 2023
Kate Goldby Kate Goldby

Insights from the Auscontact & GRIST Service Excellence and Sales Excellence Award 2023

On this webinar, the GRIST team unpacked which conversation behaviours will have the most impact on your customers, what behaviours to celebrate and what you can take back to your team to action better customer experience today. They looked at some overall trends, Best Practice awards, and of course highlighted what our #1 Sales and Service contact centres were doing to stand apart from the rest. We were also joined by our excited and proud winners from nib Group Health to get a peak behind the curtain.

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Auscontact National Awards night 2023
Caitlin Ziegler Caitlin Ziegler

Auscontact National Awards night 2023

We had the absolute privilege of being part of the Auscontact National Awards on Friday 17th November. What an incredible night to celebrate the diversity and excellence across the contact centre industry! We saw agents, leaders, coaches, organisations and others recognised for outstanding performance, innovative programs, customer-centricity and employee engagement.

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Why the 70:20:10 learning model is a game-changer
Caitlin Ziegler Caitlin Ziegler

Why the 70:20:10 learning model is a game-changer

Imagine: you’re in yet another training session, another generic PowerPoint presentation unfolding in front of you. You can’t help but wonder; ‘Is this the best way for my team to learn?’

Let’s be real – the answer is no.

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Navigating the complexity of contact centre compliance
Caitlin Ziegler Caitlin Ziegler

Navigating the complexity of contact centre compliance

In almost all contact centres, there's a dimension that's paramount yet challenging – compliance. In a world where customer interactions can make or break brand reputations, adhering strictly to industry regulations isn't just a good-to-have; it's the bedrock of trust and operational excellence.

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Revolutionising learning through the 70:20:10 model
Caitlin Ziegler Caitlin Ziegler

Revolutionising learning through the 70:20:10 model

The 70:20:10 learning model says people learn most of what they know on the job (the 70), and through social learning (the 20). Yet, most organisations invest in formal training (the 10) and leave the rest to chance. GRIST harnesses the power of 70:20 by developing and inspiring team members to learn and leaders to lead.

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Unlocking the Full Potential of L&D: The Trusted Advisor Model
Kate Goldby Kate Goldby

Unlocking the Full Potential of L&D: The Trusted Advisor Model

Australia and New Zealand face significant demographic shifts in their workforce, with an aging population and a smaller pool of young talent for recruitment. To meet this challenge, organizations must invest in L&D for upskilling and reskilling, as traditional approaches may fall short. The role of Learning and Development (L&D) is now more crucial than ever, determining an organization's relevance in the evolving job market. To maximize the strategic value of learning, L&D needs to evolve from reactive order-takers to proactive, influential leaders. The Trusted Advisor model offers a framework for L&D to develop the necessary skill sets and address these evolving needs.

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Consulting Skills Masterclass
Kate Goldby Kate Goldby

Consulting Skills Masterclass

In this Consulting Skills Masterclass we hear GRIST MD, Peter Grist discuss the skills he has found most critical throughout a 30 year consulting career and some cool tools that you can use immediately!

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James Clear ‘Atomic Habits’ event: Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland
Caitlin Ziegler Caitlin Ziegler

James Clear ‘Atomic Habits’ event: Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland

Over three days of speaking events in Auckland, Melbourne and Sydney, the GRIST team hosted some of our clients at James Clear’s Atomic Habits tour. The principles of Atomic Habits closely align with our micro-behavioural approach, and we saw this as a fantastic opportunity to get a more in-depth understanding of Clear’s methodologies and open discussion with our partners on how we can all use the principles of habit formation when we’re design behavioural change interventions across an organisation.

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Looking for a new approach to change? This is how we do it
Caitlin Ziegler Caitlin Ziegler

Looking for a new approach to change? This is how we do it

We know that the rate of change is increasing. Updates to technology, ways of working, regulation and customer preferences are all leaping ahead across all industries. To keep up with change and mitigate ‘change fatigue’, we need to reimagine the way we think about and manage change.

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GRIST August conference in the Yarra Valley
Caitlin Ziegler Caitlin Ziegler

GRIST August conference in the Yarra Valley

On the first weekend in August, the GRIST team met in the stunning surrounds of the Yarra Valley. Our team are scattered across Australia and New Zealand, and our twice-annual conferences are our way to get everyone together to build connections and communicate strategy with all our people.

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