Podcasts

How well is your team performing? 

In this bite sized episode, we will look at the key aspects you need to consider to enable your team to really thrive as a leader.

As leaders we all strive to have high performance organisations and teams. We often define ‘high performance’ by our results and outputs. In fact though, it’s governed by the behaviours and culture of the organisation.

In this bite sized episode I share my 5 tips for the basics of creating a high performance culture.

How are you currently influencing the culture of your organisation? 

Are you embodying the values and behaviours you want to see your teams demonstrating?  

In this bite size episode I’ll ask you to consider your role in creating that culture and the way that we show up, influences those around us.

As leaders, building psychological safety, connection and relationships within our teams and with our stakeholders is crucial.

How intentional are you in doing this?

Do back to back meetings take over, and every conversation just be about business.

In this bite sized pod, learn 5 ways to be more intentional with your conversations to build connection and influence more effectively.

In the world of work, the environment around us is undergoing a profound shift, driven by geo politics, the macro economy and AI. 

This transformation affects how we work, engage with colleagues, and adapt to technological advancements. What does this mean for us as leaders, and how do we need to adapt our approach as we progress through the 21st Century.

This 5 min bite size podcast introduces you to some of the core skill sets and mindsets which could be helpful right now.

Have you had the expectations conversation yet?

The expectations conversation is one which people rarely have, especially with stakeholders, no-one is training anyone on, and guess what – it’s probably the thing that will solve most friction and conflict in the workplace.

A no brainer I here you say! Well yes, it is. So, if you’ve never heard of it, or have a difficult team member/ customer/client/stakeholder relationship that you’d like to be better, settle down and take a listen to this bite size podcast.

Bonus: Listen to the end and you will find out how you can download a free workbook with frameworks to help you have these too.

How aligned is your team and organisation?

I’m passionate about this and can bang on about it for hours. So, I’ve condensed my thoughts into a 12 minute podcast in this week’s Being Leader Bites episode. A super short injection of ideas to start your day.

In this whistlestop tour, I cover engagement, capability and people development, return to the office mandates and reflective practice!

Oh and the importance of consistency of communication and making sure anyone would understand your message. Ditch the jargon.

Welcome back to series 5 of The Being Leader.  Over the next 12 months we’ll be releasing at least one monthly Being Leader Bites.

These are short 5-10 minute podcasts, focussing on 1 topic and giving you some actionable tips and reflective questions to use in your leadership every day.

Our first episode is looking at our stance as a leader, and asking the question: how are you showing up?

You can learn more about me and how I work with leaders,  access more resources and downloadable ebooks here at https://www.successfultraining.co.uk/. 

In this final episode of The Being Leader, I reflect back on series 4, pulling out my highlights by episode, and leaving you with some reflective questions to consider about the human systems and teams you are part of.

Much of the work to help move a system or team forward would benefit from partnering with a systemic coach. 

If you’d like to learn more you can connect with me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-facilitator/, or www.successfultraining.co.uk.

Have you ever worked in a family or founder led business?

This could be a small organisation, or one which has grown into a multi national, but at heart still embodies the essence of the founders.

In this episode I discuss this fascinating topic with Executive and Team Coach Preeta Cooley, herself a former founder, and uncover the challenges and benefits they bring.

Leaders, do you have consent to lead?

Does this come with the job title?  Is it inferred in the psychological contract we have as employees in organisations?

When we take over a team from someone else, is the consent for our leadership transferred? Is it tacit or overt?
What if we don’t consent to be lead as team members?

This and more I have the privilege to explore with author and coach Jos Burton. Thank you Jos for a great social media post which inspired this episode and the series.

In episode 3 of Series 4 of the Being Leader, I am joined by executive coach Claire Bradshaw to explore how our need to belong shows up in the teams and organisations we are part of, and how this can impact how we feel and behave.

We also reflect on loyalty, the upsides and downsides, and how it influences the decisions we make. 

In the first of the full length episodes of Series 4 of the Being Leader, I am joined by Executive and Team Coach Patrizia Amanati to delve into systemic principles, constellations and the impact of order on human systems.

This is a superb episode where we reflect on the organisations and teams we have worked with and been part of, and share where challenges have come up because of the hidden forces that underpin human systems.

Welcome back to the podcast, and this is series 4 of the Being Leader.

In this series we’re going to be looking at leadership and organisations systemically, and exploring with my guests some of the hidden aspects that show up all around us every day, that we aren’t necessarily aware of.

Over the next 4 episodes, I’ll be joined by some great guests to explore this in depth, as well as offering you some reflections to think about what it means for you. 

Is change affecting your team? Not sure? Well, have you had any new team members, change of mandate, change of environment, moving of goal posts in the last 3-6 months?

Let’s talk about something often ignores when we talk about change. Transition – that sticky bit, the bit in between when people get stuck, frustrated and it all becomes a bit difficult.

How does change impact organisations?  And if you are implementing a change project – large or small, what do you need to take into account.

We’re in a decade of change. History tells us that by 2030 the world in which we work and live will be very different to the way it was at the start of the 2020s.

This episode allows you to stop, pause and consider what is working well for you, what isn’t and how you need to be going forward over the next 12 -18 months.

Welcome to Season 3 of The Being Leader, the podcast where we explore how we are showing up and being as leaders for ourselves, our teams and our organisations.

Welcome to 2022! Not up for New Year’s resolutions? Unsure of what your goals should be? Word of the year not your thing?.

In the last episode we looked at your attitude as a people manager to hybrid working, and the impact this can have on your team. In this episode we wrap up the topic by looking at how you can make it work for your team,

So we’re back for series 2 – with topics generated by you the listener. In this episode, part 1 of 2, we’re exploring Hybrid Working and how it is impacting leaders and teams.

We know the world has become increasingly more complex, and this is impacting how leaders approach the issues they are facing in their teams and businesses.

Leadership for a Brave New World! In this final episode of series one I talk to Author and Executive Coach Joy Maitland, about the themes of her new book From Alpha to Zen.

In this episode, we pick up a theme started in #26 on empowering our people as leaders.

What exactly is a coaching culture and why is it beneficial to have one in your organisation?

What is culture, and why should we as leaders pay attention to it? Delivering strategy and getting things done on the action plan is far more important right?

Who do you need to become as a leader who can navigate that cusp between the technological age and the information age?

Have you got a strategy in place in your organisation?
Have you taken that strategy and communicated it to your direct reports and then all the levels below you?

So how are your team at making decisions? Dominated by the leader? Irrational and a bit random? Revisit them again and again? Or never make them?

We started the year thinking about intention, and our first dialogue takes us a bit further. In this episode Preeta Cooley of DeNovo Performance and I discuss choice.

Sick of goals and the annual New Year’s action list? Feeling you’ve lost focus with the impact of the pandemic and ever shifting landscape we live in?

Did you know our minds are only present 50% of the time?  If so, how do you access the intersection between spirituality, mindfulness and wellbeing, to really be present.

Accountability – the willingness to accept responsibility for our own actions. How often do we actually do this, and why is it so vital within healthy, performing teams.

How much conflict do you have in your team? None? All fine? or it’s just a vipers nest of passive aggressive bitching?