Moving beyond job titles | Involving every team member so they can be safe, feel joy, do more | Leadership & Teamship Consultant | Speaker | Trainer | Geek
Derby, UK
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Benefit cases get a lot of attention.
Too much.
Often at the expense of what really matters.
During a recent podcast, we got onto the thorny subject of the “benefits” of investing in leadership and teamship development.
“How do you demonstrate benefit…lnkd.in/ea_hXGQH
Both of these sentences are dangerous:
“I always work when I’m on holiday.”
“I never work when on holiday.”
My feed is full of people switching off and enjoying their holidays, and others taking some calls, working on emails, or something else while ch…lnkd.in/ebn7-jq9
I shall be exhibiting zero leadership today.
A smidgen of teamship will be on display.
But today is all about the followership.
I want a nice, bright, airy, office. No interest in the details or how we get there.
Because I want it, I’m more than happy…lnkd.in/eJFUXmta
Been away for a few days. Back now.
What did I miss? lnkd.in/epkmFKW9
Anyone in my network in a position to help an amazing human being (aka @confid3ntial )? lnkd.in/edEjwVdW
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Colin's Daughter turned __ yesterday.
Colin will be deploying every mindful practice he knows an extra __ times a day.
#family lnkd.in/d-Dsi3Y7
Nothing is normal anymore.
Confusion is slowing things down.
Yet it's the only way to go faster.
For example, how do you and your team agree anything nowadays?
I’ve held a door open for a woman recently and been thanked. I’ve also been called sexist f…lnkd.in/eEydnePD
“What are you doing tomorrow?”
“Usual Mum. Why?”
“It’s your anniversary. Aren’t you doing anything special?”
“26 plus years Mum, surely it’s sunk in we don’t do anniversary’s…”
“I know, but maybe one day you’ll celebrate it. You’ve been together such…lnkd.in/dg_AG5Se
Consistency as a team member or a leader can be hard.
The reasons as to why you can't always do or be something come thick and fast.
But...
...before you come up with lots of reasons as to why that is, how does it feel when you replace ‘consistently’ w…lnkd.in/etYerKv2
Free at 3pm (UK time) Thursday afternoon?
I'm not. I'm chatting with Anna Nadeina from MarsX. Turning the eye of leadership and teamship onto start ups. Feel free to join us if you fancy it. Love to see you there.
#leadership #teamship #culture #startups lnkd.in/eRqyZU7k
Somedays the place is my office.
Somedays the place is someone else’s office.
This week I got driven around in a buggy at a place that matters.
Spent an amazing few hours at the National Memorial Arboretum again this week. Having delivered workshops th…lnkd.in/eaKW_hzw
Quick 'daughter in Morocco' update.
Apparently, before she went, she looked up some of the places she was going on Instagram and Tik Tok (not how I'd research, but shows the generational difference...).
She found something she wanted to go see.
She s…lnkd.in/erpGxtWn
It’s all about the fleet..
If you’re not invested in ALL the ships in your fleet, you’re not going anywhere worth going to.
Want to know what the ships are?
Leadership. Followership. Teamship.
Leadership is about shaping the future of the community or…lnkd.in/ekdER9y9
Well, hello there!
As we well and truly move into the second half of the year, I'm on the hunt for speaking gigs.
Do you want to...
🗣 help people choose to stay with your organisation
🗣 build a team people want to join
🗣 support your teams in having…lnkd.in/evfUS5Ph
Be honest, how do you approach improving the way you work..?
“Well Col, whenever we notice something that could be improved, we flag it, and when we get time we change it.”
“How many things have been flagged recently?”
“Well, I can’t think of any off t…lnkd.in/eN4t8vCQ
As it does when I'm out for a walk, my mind turned to Spider-Man.
Like Spider-Man, everyone is focused on their why.
"with great power, comes great responsibility," after all.
I think it's time to move on though...
(apologies for the wind noise, it wa…lnkd.in/e3vguH8W
The idea that you have to sacrifice to get on has had its day.
Enjoying work is no longer a nice to have - it’s a right.
And I’m totally here for it. Why?
The English language doesn’t have a concept for joy at work. Neither do the vast majority of the…lnkd.in/enDEqM7K
Too much work.
Over and over, that’s the main reason I hear holding organisations and teams back from doing what they know will make a difference.
Multiple priorities, everything a priority, chopping and changing priorities. No pipeline management, no b…lnkd.in/e7bQuTG9
The hot weather was welcome last night.
It distracted me.
So that I didn’t break down and bawl my eyes out as the bus pulled away.
At midnight last night we waved off our 16 year old daughter as she headed off to Heathrow to fly to Marrakech for two we…lnkd.in/eTwjeeW7
When is openness not openness?
Saturday saw the end of our top to bottom tour of the UK as we hit the Uni Open day Circuit.
Saved the hottest for last at University College London.
According to my daughter there was a nice feel to the place, course so…lnkd.in/es_cGvXw