Find out now I helped a homeless charity in Worcester to discuss and evolve their professional boundaries policy, providing a safe and thought-provoking session for the whole team.

How do you put your boundaries in place? What do you need to ensure that your professional boundaries are there when they are most needed?

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There are plenty of occasions where problems arise or drama occurs within a team or between individuals such as the stakeholders that you work with. Lengthening the time between the stimulus and your response is vital if you want to avoid making rash or impulsive decisions, or acting in a way that might not be the best for you, your job or for others.

Creating Healthy Workplaces with NLP is the title of the Spring 2022 article that Andy wrote in this quarters Rapport magazine in which he talks about the Professional Boundaries work we’ve been doing within Ubisoft the billion-dollar computer games company.

As local and international charities rely on the work of volunteers and staff to support them in their vital work, it’s important to make sure that your teams are given professional boundaries support to stop them burning out.

Getting the right balance between really firm and thick boundaries and those which can blur and become non-existent can be a delicate balance, if they are too hard and rigid we can be viewed as lacking compassion, and if they are too flimsy people start to blur the line between a professional and personal relationships.

The role of drama in relationships is very important to consider as this affects your own boundaries and the boundaries you have with others. In this blog post I discuss a model called the drama triangle which is important to consider in your interactions with other stakeholders and applies in your professional and personal life.

Whether it’s in primary care supporting GP Surgeries, pharmacies, dentists or optometrists or in a secondary care setting such as Hospital Trusts or supporting Deaneries and GP Training Schemes, staff have really benefitted from having the time to examine how they can strengthen their boundaries.