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How to face the future with confidence
If there’s one thing many of us have been in short supply of over the last couple of years, it’s confidence. The world we live in has been so volatile and so uncertain – a pandemic, a war on European soil, an unstable British government and now a probable looming recession – that looking to…
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The power of conversations at work
It might be stating the obvious, but business is about people. Yes, digital tools help boost efficiency but the essence of business and delivering high quality work comes down to people – individuals being able to play to their strengths and the relationships within teams. With many of us now coming together in person more…
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Why you can’t have performance without wellbeing
For the last two years, we have been living through a health crisis. The coronavirus pandemic has brought home to many of us just how fragile and precious our physical health – and the health of our loved ones – is. It has also taken its toll on our mental health, whether through anxiety about…
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Learning from bees and starlings: Introducing TeamFlow
Have you ever looked up at the sky at dusk and witnessed a murmuration of starlings? It’s a breathtaking, awe-inspiring sight: a whirling mass of thousands of birds wheeling, darting and swooping in unison. As a collective they just seem to know – seamlessly, effortlessly and joyfully – where to go and what to do.…
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Self Management To Be A Role Model
People look to their leaders and managers more in times of uncertainty for guidance and an example of how to respond to challenges and opportunities that arise. So if we as leaders are asking others about their performance and wellbeing, we need to role model them ourselves, demonstrating that it is something we care about…
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Flowing through powerful communication
Whatever sector and role you are in, the last year has been a tough one for everyone, both professionally and personally. Teams have been challenged like never before, whether having to start working together entirely remotely or being thrown into unprecedented, frantically busy circumstances on the frontline. With the health crisis of the pandemic turning…
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Finding team flow through team motivators
The concept of purpose is having a moment right now. From new RBS CEO Alison Rose announcing her plan to build a purpose-led bank to Danone CEO Emmanuel Faber publicly committing to a goal of getting the food multinational certified as a B Corp (a business that balances profit and purpose), you can’t move for…
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On Track
Staying on track as a team is critical to achievement of overall outcomes and requires regular monitoring. However this monitoring needs to go beyond simply checking our to do lists, but to the heart of managing our energy towards our work and continually reassessing and reviewing realistic team goals and outcomes. Checking in with ourselves…
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Relationship Management as Human Connectors
Relationships affect our entire lives as human beings and hence there are so many ways to improve relationships in and out of work. In humanising work we need to recognise that it is not only those relationships at work that affect how we are as leaders, how we perform and our overall wellbeing. It is all…
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Human Connection
Due to the pandemic, almost everyone has had to adapt to a new way of working. This presents significant challenges for us as individuals, teams and organisations. Working remotely can have it’s benefits, but also risks the loss of human connection and lack of opportunity to build high-quality relationships. It’s important for us to consider…
