Learnt Anything About Your Team in the Past 12 Weeks?

You can listen by clicking here Stress, pressure, and change are funny things as they can impact the way we usually respond and act. We can learn more about people based on what decisions they make and do not make when things are not “normal”, and we’ve been “swimming” in that recently. To give you an…

What Russie Erasmus Can Teach Leadership Teams.

You can listen by clicking here The irony is, the higher the performance level in sport the clearer and simpler; roles, communications, goals and instructions are. Senior leadership teams appear to be the opposite; many competing priorities, a complex matrix of goals and a shifting sand of importance of deliverables. Elite sport has got it worked…

Is Too Much Diversity Fracturing Your Team?

You can listen by clicking here There is no doubt that for many years there has not been enough diversity within high performing teams. Too much group think, too many missed opportunities and others being excluded based on comfort and similarity. One of the benefits though, has been that when we all think alike and are…

Wondering Where Your Tribe Is?

You can listen by clicking here Adam (not his real name), was not your usual financial services business leader. He wasn’t cut from the same cloth as those normally in his industry. He saw things differently, he was happier taking a risk or two, unselfishly promoted the cause and comfortable with networking and bringing others into…

Feel Alone Leading Your Team – Well You’re Not Alone In Feeling That

You can listen by clicking here You’ve read all about high performing teams, all the do and don’ts, what makes high performance, how they communicate and how they get results. Let’s face it, everyone has a different slant on it and your team is high performing. Sure, they could be better at elements of communication or…

A Simple Way To Feel Energised And Thrive At The Start Of 2019

You can listen by clicking here Often, we’ll feel tried and exhausted at the end of the year. We push to get things done, hoping that it all comes together and then collapse into recovery over the holidays, followed by the new year coming around too quickly. We jump in and start pedalling and before we…

There’s No Such Thing as A Leadership Team

Most Leadership Teams are not leading and being accountable for the totality of the business. They are a group of operational heads who only have a vested interest in their own function, expecting that some higher authority (the CEO, and the only one truly accountable for the whole business) will pick up the pieces and…