Unlocking Team Intelligence
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I believe it's good to share. So help yourself to some of these goodies.
There's a sample of my book and a collection of white papers, tools and case studies
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Leveraging the Hidden intelligence in your Leadership team
#1 Amazon Bestseller in Business & Investing
Leadership today is becoming a collective pursuit – not a solo performance. As an effective top team, you can create tremendous, long-lasting value. And yet, being in a leadership team is not easy. In fact, 80% of executives admit their leadership team is not as high performing as they know it can be.
50 Things I've learnt about Life & Leadership
A collection of ideas to live by
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Turning 50 in early 2024 has been a good time to reflect and take stock. I started by taking 50 days off. Soon, I noticed that if you take the number 50 and curve the 5 a little, it makes the word: “SO?”.
So you’re 50?
So what?
So what do you believe?
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Decision Rights for Leadership teams
A guide to who, what and how
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Organizations should be designed to make and implement decisions. In reality, the way decisions flow through organizations is often haphazard. Inconsistent, unclear processes can lead to slow, low quality decisions - and underwhelming business outcomes. A 2019 study revealed that 80% of executives report deficiencies with their organization's decision-making process.
If you work on the “what, how and who” of decision-making – the decision rights & responsibilities – research shows this will support better, faster decisions and lead to demonstrably better business outcomes.
“Decision rights enable organizations to make and execute higher quality decisions more quickly”.
The 9 Habits of Effective Leadership Teams
A guide to building effective team behaviours
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My research, and experience working with 50+ teams, reveals that teams need 3 types of intelligence to deliver results.
Emotional intelligence (EQ) builds connections and trust - so it’s a real team. Practical intelligence (PQ) makes sure
projects get planned and tracked properly – so you get real action. Creative-Analytical intelligence (IQ) is where you make sure you understand your industry sector better than your
competitors and develop step-change innovations.
The collective intelligence of the team is underpinned by discipline – and three types of habit.
Leadership Development Case Study
Targeting measurable behaviour change
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Our leadership development program is designed to
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understand your leaders current capabilities,
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target the key gains you want to make,
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and then measure behaviour change.
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In this case study we show how we are able to measure the gains through running 360 reviews before and after the program and calculate the observable changes.
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Leadership Team Case Study
Building a stronger team: the evidence
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Every year I partner with six organisations across 12 months to support a transformation of their leadership team, strategy and culture. These partnerships are bespoke. They generally include
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a commitment to team coaching with a quarterly "Pit Stop"
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a period of strategy planning
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measuring the progress of the leadership team with my team diagnostic
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one-on-one coaching for the leader and some of the leadership team