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How a Simple Team Workshop Exercise Can Build Connection and Trust
My biggest challenge – and favourite part of my work – is to get people to see each other differently. It’s undoubtedly not what they’re there for. In fact, they often resist it. And yet, it’s exactly what everyone who attends a team workshop needs. Why Seeing Your Team Differently Can Change How You Work…
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What Experience Can Teach Us About Underperformance
“That is SO interesting! I’m going to quote you on this!” This is a direct quote from my enthusiastic (now) 20-year-old daughter after we had an impromptu deep dive on one of my specialisms: leading across generations. On one hand, maybe testimonials coming from family are not that trustworthy. On the other hand, what am…
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The most underestimated leadership tool
‘Wow, that was SO useful!’, a client said at the end of a coaching call last week. I hear that often in my work. After all, that’s what people want to work with me for. And I’m going to let you in on a little secret. None of what I share is rocket science or state-guarded secrets.…
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How Team Workshops Create Honest Conversations and Stronger Teams
I was wrapping up a two-day team workshop, when one of the senior team members came up to me and said: ‘How did you do it? We never have those conversations. We really needed that. You made it possible for us to go there.’ This both surprised me and didn’t. Why Even Healthy Teams Sometimes Get Stuck I…
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Improve Leadership Communication with Curiosity and Better Questions
Simple Communication Tools to Build Curiosity at Work I sometimes shadow the leaders and teams I work with to understand the team dynamics. Many leaders don’t realise they do this in the moment, but when they ask questions, they often tend to: As an external observer, it’s easy for me to notice this, but it’s…
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The ‘I Get To’ Mindset: A Simple Way to Boost Motivation at Work
The Power of Language in Shaping Motivation and Mindset Sometimes it seems like nothing works to motivate your team. No incentive, no reward, no carrot at the end of the stick. And sometimes we’re not that easy to motivate either. But I have a little trick. And it doesn’t require anything to change externally. Not a thing. These past couple…
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What Really Drives Team Motivation at Work
How Leaders Can Influence Team Motivation Every Day I love my job! I can’t believe this is what I get to do for work!’, said through sighs and with big eyes, was the recurring chorus at a team workshop I ran a few weeks ago. And no, it wasn’t coming from the team, but from the staff at…
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How Removing Toxic Behaviour Can Transform Team Performance
Why “That’s Just How They Are” Is Dangerous Leadership Advice I’m sure you’ve heard this before: ‘Just don’t worry about Tim. Tim is just… being Tim.’ That could sometimes be the right advice. But more often than not… it isn’t. The Toxic Tims you and I have come across… need to be worried about because their toxicity is…
