Behaviour Change & Change ManagementÂ
“Why are we still struggling to reduce our energy use despite having clear policies in place?!”
We get your frustration! Even the best written and carefully-considered sustainability and decarbonisation plans often don’t succeed as we’d hope. Not because they’re wrong, but because they don’t fit how people actually think, work or in how they use a building. Unfortunately, we pesky humans can make or break transforming policy into practice. So we’re here to help bridge that “say-do” gap, delivering effective change management and behaviour change that makes energy conscious behaviours the norm, helps you meet your targets and win more work.Â
Our support removes the barriers to saving energy, creating a culture which delivers a healthy return on your energy-efficiency investments. Whether you have been with us from the start of your decarbonisation journey or you have identified necessary behaviour change as the final piece of your energy efficiency puzzle, take a look below to explore how we can best help you.Â
Behaviour Change and Optimising Engagement
Through reviews, recommendations, implementation and training workshops, we work with you to nudge occupants to make energy efficient choices part of their everyday behaviour. We identify and minimise cultural and psychological blockers within your organisation to help you sensitively discuss and manage climate anxiety. Our impactful workshops improve user knowledge of how buildings work to nudge them to make the right choices that make their spaces healthy, high performance and energy efficient.
Essential for all, but particularly those tasked with embedding sustainability and meeting ESG and Net Zero targets, alongside HR and Facilities Managers.
Support and Training Includes:
- Decarbonising culture & governance
- Successfully Managing Climate Anxiety & Denial
- Psychological Barriers & Solutions to Climate Action
- How to Use your Building Better!
- Climate Wellbeing Workshops
Change Management SupportÂ
Change management can come across quite ‘consultancy-speak’ and convoluted. But essentially its just about being there as an objective observer to get a solid grip on the Why?, What? and How? of embedding sustainable and carbon reducing behaviours to successfully deliver your policies and procedures. Simply publishing these is never going to be enough!
With a wealth of expertise behind us, we take a pragmatic and honest approach, firmly grounded in your specific context. There is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ here! We map your needs across governance, communication and training to provide a step by step guide to success.
What It Involves:
- Identifying what’s really getting in the way of changeÂ
- Thoroughly reviewing how you work and diagnosing areas of focus to provide budget-friendly, realistic and scaleable recommendations over whatever time period works best for you
- Working alongside you to carefully implement and ember our recommendations
Heritage Sector Carbon Literacy Trainingâ„¢Â
Knowldge is power! Our certified Carbon Literacy Trainer is here to empower, inspire and motivate those working across the heritage sector to understand how climate change impacts the sector and its key role in decarbonising the buildings and landscapes central to creating sustainable cities and communities.
Support your colleagues to become Carbon Literate and join over 160,000 people worldwide in gaining a globally-recognised certificate from one of only six certified heritage sector trainers.
Essential for owners of heritage assets and those who work within heritage organisations at all levels, from executive and trustees, to employees and volunteers.
Bespoke & Structured Learning Programmes
If you feel a bespoke workshop or suite of training would be more valuable to you, we have extensive experience in writing and delivering bespoke and structured learning programmes that meet your exact needs.
We also write bespoke company Carbon Literacy Training courses to maximise impact and deliver meaningful change.Â
Have a chat with us to explore your thoughts and requirements to co-create something truly impactful.
Behaviour Change & Change Management FAQ's
We hadn't even considered climate anxiety as a thing! Is it really a big enough concern to impact performance at work?
Climate anxiety is increasing, as we become overwhelmed with constant warnings of overheating, food shortages and health impacts. It's no wonder this spills over into work, leading to absenteeism and lower productivity. We work with you to review your governance procedures to help make sure climate anxiety management is embedded into risk registers, assessments and health & wellbeing policies.Â
We need change management support but are happy to manage the implementation phase ourselves. Can we do this?
Absolutely! The joy of change management (done well!) is that it happens in stages so it doesn't overwhelm and all makes sense, both for capacity and budgets. Some clients want us to support with the entire process. Others ask us to conduct the review and then write a detailed recommendation report with timelines then they take it from there. Ultimately, you are in control of what input you would like from us and if anything changes and you would like us to help you further you only have to ask!Â
It feels like everyone is jumping on the bandwagon of delivering sustainability training and change management. Why should we use Spenbeck?
We get that, and it's important to know you are getting genuine value for the time and money you are investing. For us, it's about harnessing our 45 year's of multi-award-winning expertise in creating and maintaining sustainable communities into policies and behaviours that make your sustainability efforts successful. We're able to combine our commercial acumen and extensive experience in decarbonising buildings, all backed by several years of teaching expertise, to deliver meaningful and lasting success for our clients. Don't just take it from us. Check out our Showcase page and testimonials to see what they have to say!
Budgets are tightening and while I'd love us to invest in behaviour change its increasingly becoming a 'nice to have'. How can I justify this cost to my line manager?
It's a very valid question and every decision now has a much higher opportunity cost. Our response is to think of all our client support as an investment, rather than a cost. We politely remind those who are reticent that the cost of inaction will be dwarfed by the cost of inaction. Legislation, social trends and competitors' actions all mean that if you don't embed energy efficiency within your organisation now you are at real risk of playing very costly catch up later. It is why everything we do is bespoke to meet your exact needs and context, so we can cater for every budget and ensure no one gets left behind.Â
We Come Well Recommended
Our clients and partners say it better than we ever could! Here’s why they choose to work with us and keep coming back.
“Becky has supported us in creating a bespoke Climate Wellbeing programme, consisting of workshops and monthly Climate Wellbeing Club sessions that aim to reduce climate anxiety and promote confidence and wellbeing. Becky has been fantastic at designing interactive activities and thought-provoking discussions, as well as post-session resources. From these sessions, we’ve found an increase of 40% in feeling confident in supporting others as well as 32% in confidence in handling climate anxiety”
“The feedback from the attendees around the pitch, relevance, credibility, accessibility and delivery of Becky’s session is impressive, with many talking of how inspiring and thought provoking her session was and how they will be translating it at their places and with their teams.”
“ Becky has been fantastic to work with. Her knowledge is far ranging and she engages the groups in a manner that is suited to all. She delivers with charm, wit and authority and in dealing with senior managers, this was just what was required.”
“Spenbeck provided the right level of guidance and support to make us successful. The training itself was informative, fun and had the right level of emotional intelligence to meet people where they were on their journey to understanding climate change.”
“Becky has undertaken the programme of training with great care and professionalism. We were particularly impressed with her attention to detail, her reliability and responsiveness. We would definitely recommend Becky for anyone looking to design, develop, or deliver a training programme.”
An Award-Winning Team
