Interpreting your Results Wheels and developing your action plan in Emerging Minds Focus

Emerging Minds, Australia, March 2024

Related to Organisational change

This guide has been developed to support Change Teams to interpret their Results Wheels and develop an action plan within Emerging Minds Focus. It will guide Change Team members toward a shared understanding of their organisation’s various survey results, and will support Facilitators in leading the Change Team’s collective analysis in a structured way.

The guide includes a comprehensive rundown of the various Results Wheels, step-by-step instructions for analysing them with your Change Team, and advice for developing an action plan based on your findings.

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Interpreting your Results Wheels and developing your action plan in Emerging Minds Focus

Emerging Minds, Australia, March 2024

Discover more resources

An overview of Emerging Minds Focus

Introducing Emerging Minds Focus

Six ways to support child-focused practice in adult services

Supporting staff to work with children and families with complex needs: A checklist for organisations

In focus: What is infant and child mental health (and why is it important)?

Individual and family factors associated with child mental health and wellbeing

Highlights in child mental health research: October 2024

Why we need to support infants and children before, during and after disasters

Disaster preparedness with a focus on infants, children and families

Understanding how disasters influence infants and children

Supporting infants, children and families in an evacuation

How psychological first aid can support infants, children and families who experience a disaster (part one)

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