Cyclic Performers

2024-11-04

Navigating the classic performance management trap.

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A great way to [objective] is to [idea]

2024-10-02

A great way to write an article is to share a tool people can use 😛

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Fishbowl - A Powerful Tool For Facilitation

2024-09-18

Creating the conditions for inclusive, dynamic conversations.

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A Strategic Approach To Coaching

2024-08-27

1-on-1 coaching can be a game-changer. But who should get it? And how do we measure its impact?

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Imagine The End To Find Your Beginning

2024-08-06

An exercise to uncover your company's true purpose.

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The Real Cost Of All Those Meetings

2024-07-24

Meetings are expensive. Often unjustifiably so.

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Coaching Beyond The Questions

2024-07-10

Explore the most enduring lessons from our decades of coaching experience.

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From Solo Leaders To Manager Communities

2024-06-19

Harness the power of roundtables to spark innovation and build camaraderie amongst your leaders.

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Unlocking Teamwork Through The Power of Play

2024-06-05

Infusing your work with a spirit of curiosity and experimentation.

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Beyond the Busywork

2024-05-22

Unlock your team's problem-solving potential using the 'product value' quadrant.

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Worst Case Scenario

2024-05-08

A collaborative risk assessment game that flips the script on traditional risk assessment.

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1-on-1s - Essential Or Overrated?

2024-04-10

At their best, they keep entire organizations aligned, motivated and supported. At least, that's the theory.

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Beyond The Daily Grind

2024-03-19

Reignite your team's passion and energy.

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Unlocking Engagement

2024-01-31

Elevating virtual gatherings with proven facilitation tools.

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Making Values More Valuable

2024-01-17

Putting trade-offs at the heart of your cultural values.

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Breaking Free Of Endless Discussion Loops

2023-11-30

Online conversations can easily turn into huge wastes of time. A 'doc-time' protocol pivots this kind of discussion into a document to keep things moving forward.

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Navigating Manager Training for Startups: A Strategic Approach

2023-11-14

Key factors to consider as you approach the decision to launch any kind of leadership development initiatives.

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The Top Reasons High-Performing Teams Leverage User Stories

2023-10-26

Want a team that communicates better? Want to put customers (internal or external) more at the center of what your team does?

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Building more Psychological Safety on teams using the power of fish!

2023-10-03

Surfacing the unspoken contributes to sustainable, healthy teams.

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The People-Centric Approach to Personal Development Plans

2023-08-29

Launching our tried and tested Agile Growth Plan guide.

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Three psychological effects that screw with your team's productivity

2023-08-08

When you think about the factors that compromise you and your team's ability to get sh*t done, what springs to mind?

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Building a Conflict-Resilient Team

2023-07-11

Conflict is a natural part of any workplace, and it's important to address it in a constructive manner.

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10 Ways for Leaders to Build World-Class, Healthy Teams

2023-05-30

You want to nurture happy and high performing teams - here's how...

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How to handle critical feedback

2023-05-16

The majority of writing on the subject of feedback tends to focus on the act of providing feedback. Whilst that is obviously important, for every person who is giving feedback, someone else is receiving it.

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Five Principles for Performance Coaching

2023-05-02

Whether you call it performance management or coaching, as a manager, it can be challenging to navigate.

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How to Organize More Successful All-Hands Meetings

2022-05-02

What makes a successful gathering is down to the preparation - it's all about thoughtful design and planning.

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A Tool For Getting Clearer Expectations 🏆

2022-04-12

Whenever you dig into unhealthy conflict in the workplace, you'll invariably discover mismatched expectations.

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What's your approach to risk-taking as a leader? 🐝

2022-03-14

Taking calculated risks means understanding key variables, planning incrementally and anticipating failure.

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Meeting Free Days

2022-02-16 · 7m read

What are you willing to trade-off to give your teams the gift of deep work?

Building a Culture of Truth

2021-08-10

The tragedy of being conflict averse is that you ultimately experience more conflict.

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The Decision Making Trap

2021-07-27

Why consensus can cripple your organization.

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7 Team Engagement Lessons Inspired By TikTok

2021-07-12 · 6m read

Steal the best ideas from social media to get your people engaged with important information.

10 Leadership Lessons From Ted Lasso

2021-06-28 · 8m read

How a fish-out-of-water turned out to be an exemplary leader.

Agile Company Policies

2021-06-25

Learn to avoid "big upfront design" in your policy thinking.

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Mastering Remote Work - The Async Advantage

2021-06-21 · 2m read

Where are the gaps in the async capabilities of your team and how are they compromising your ability to work remotely?

Zip Zap Boing

2021-06-15

An inclusive, simple, energizing team game.

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The Hidden Curves Of Urgency

2021-06-15 · 8m read

Prioritize like a pro by understanding the relative urgency of a task over time.

Tips For Managing Globally

2021-06-02

6 ways you can stay on top of the global events affecting your team.

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List Circle

2021-05-25 · 2m read

A quick, simple, inclusive word game for virtual / co-located teams.

The Rise of Asynchronous Meetings

2021-05-18

Productivity boon or bane?

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Master The Art Of Refocusing Meetings

2021-03-30 · 2m read

Leverage the skills of a facilitator to keep people focused.

Host An Engaging Virtual Game Night At Work

2021-02-22

Facilitating play is now a key skill for People teams.

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Beyond Goat Yoga

2021-02-16

Building real connection in distributed teams.

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Pro-active Conflict Management

2020-12-15

Most teams take a reactive approach to conflict. Here's a better way.

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When Facilitation Gets Tough

2020-10-19 · 3m read

Occasionally, conflict erupts or the room's safety / control is lost because people are human. In those moments, facilitators have to dust off the less-used parts of their toolkit in order to make one thing crystal clear: they have the duty and authority to repair the situation.

Employee Experience Is The Product

2020-10-12

For great Talent teams, employee experience is their product.

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Building Trust Through Vulnerability

2020-10-06

The Festival of Failure explained.

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Navigating The Decision-Making Spectrum

2020-09-08

Striking the balance between speed and quality.

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The Art Of Tuned Facilitation

2020-08-24 · 6m read

Great facilitation relies on making many, deliberate choices, both in preparation for a gathering and during it.

Unlocking Teamwork - The Power Of Personal User Manuals

2020-07-27 · 4m read

Build Stronger Relationships, Boost Collaboration & Prevent Misunderstandings

Lean Coffee

2020-07-10 · 6m read

Democratize your meetings and spark unexpected discussion.

How To Run An Awesome Workplace Book Club

2020-06-24 · 2m read

Connection and conversation over reading.

Fuel Your Brain

2020-05-31 · 2m read

Top recommendations to inspire and engage People leaders and specialists.

Tea And Empathy

2020-05-18 · 4m read

We can see you need some tea and empathy and so does your team.

Five Essential Facilitation Tips To Elevate Your Gatherings

2019-10-03 · 3m read

The term 'facilitation' is used in a few different contexts. Often, it's used in the L&D or training world. It is, however, a mistake to see facilitation merely as a tool for training.

The Trust Advantage

2019-05-17 · 2m read

Ten ways to build trust with your team.

Listen Up - The Secret To Better Communication

2016-07-28 · 2m read

We tend to listen-to-respond, rather than listen-to-understand. Improv offers various techniques that can help with this problem.