Laura Stroud, Organisational Development Manager in Central HR & OD, has recently achieved her Insights Discovery Accreditation and is now an Insights Discovery Client Practitioner.
Laura completed four days of intensive training in Johannesburg, covering the Insights Discovery colour energies, to analyse workplace behaviours, communication preferences, and blind spots.
Insights Discovery is a tool based on the work of psychologist Carl Jung. It uses four colour energies to help people understand their own personalities, strengths and working styles, as well as those of the people around them.
The tool helps people recognise how they prefer to communicate, what motivates them, how they respond to challenges and where they may have blind spots. These blind spots are areas we might not always recognise in ourselves, such as how our behaviour or communication style can sometimes affect others. By understanding these differences, people can improve communication, avoid misunderstandings, build better working relationships and work together more effectively. It also helps teams recognise and value the different strengths that each person brings to the workplace.
With this accreditation, Laura is now qualified to deploy the Insights Discovery psychometric framework across teams and the wider organisation. Having this expertise in-house means we can support our people and teams directly, while also reducing the need to pay external consultants.
Laura will be able to support the organisation in several ways, including running workshops to help teams work better together, improve communication and break down barriers between different areas of the organisation.
She can also work with individual managers and leaders to help them better understand their own leadership styles, recognise how these impact others and learn how to adapt their approach to get the best out of their teams.
Ultimately, this is about helping our people understand themselves and each other better, building trust, improving teamwork and creating a more connected and collaborative organisation.
Laura commented:
“I really enjoyed working with people in the same field as me, with the same challenges, driven by similar values. It was an invaluable experience, and I would like to thank my manager Mahmood for encouraging me to take advantage of this opportunity. I have built a network (or family) of Insights Practitioners, and I aim to instil this methodology into the culture of the Public Service. Insights Discovery determines how and why people behave the way they do and this understanding lies at the heart of my role and the role of all leaders. It reinforces our mission of using a coaching and restorative approach to leadership, underpinned by emotional intelligence”
Head of People, Mahmood Noman, commented:
“Laura’s accreditation in Insights Discovery significantly enhances our team development offer. By applying the simple yet effective four-colour energy model across the Public Service, she will help teams improve communication, build stronger working relationships, enhance collaboration, and increase self-awareness. This approach will also support the development of more adaptive and effective leaders at all levels of the public service.”
Congratulations to Laura on achieving this accreditation. This is a positive achievement for Laura and will allow her to bring additional skills and knowledge into the organisation, supporting the development of our people and teams.
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Laura Stroud, Insights Discovery Client Practitioner
Insights Discovery Group
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