“The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side” – Margaret Carty This is the time for teams at work to draw on their collective resilience, capability, courage, trust, respect and learning. Together, talk about how you can do this! Talk about how you [...]
Use these five steps published by Allison Shapira of the Harvard Kennedy School, that others have found helpful, to first find your own sense of focus and then allow yourself to convey that reassurance to others. Pause and Breathe Put yourself in your others’ shoes Do your research Speak clearly [...]
“We don’t learn from experience… We learn from reflecting on our experience” John Dewey. One thing I have noticed about high performing teams is that they make time for REFLECTION. Even when operating in fast-forward, they realise the value of pausing, reflecting on their experiences and [...]
What stands out about top leadership teams? They think and act as leaders of the organisation first and foremost, rather than leaders only of their function or discipline. They see the leadership team as their first team or Team #1 (*). All teams thrive with trust, divergent thinking, healthy [...]
“DOUBLE CLICK” – a conversational essential and antidote to conflict. I love the simplicity and impact of this habit covered in the book “Conversational Intelligence”, by Judith Glaser. Double clicking – a “must-do” for high-quality conversations. Just as you double click to open [...]
With the year coming to a close, we want to celebrate the leadership teams we have worked with this year, who genuinely believe in the power of collaboration. These teams have invested in their development, achieved focus around shared purpose and goals, have set up best ways of working and most [...]