The Being Leader: Annabel Graham

#25 On Culture - it starts with us!

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?  Well maybe – but let’s think about it for a minute.

In this episode - there are no fancy models, instead we cut to the heart of culture - how we do things around here.  And that starts with us - how we show up as leaders. So listen to hear the questions we need to be asking ourselves and our teams to enable the right behaviours which will allow us to deliver our vision.    

Time to look in the mirror! 

Want to find out more? you can connect with me me on:

• www.successfultraining.co.uk  
• @the_beingleader
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/

 

 

#24 On the leader we need to become

Who do you need to become as a leader who can navigate that cusp between the technological age and the information age? What does that mean for those of us who are leaders, and who will develop leaders ? What challenges are we facing in the now which will absolutely be different in the future and what does that mean for the leader we need to become?

In this episode we look at the current reality, the future and what this means for our skills through 3 lenses: as individuals, with our teams or organisation, and with the wider systems which impact our environment, both physically, and ecologically.   

Resources

Some of the resources I reference are below:  

• https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/people-organisation/publications/workforce-of-the-future.html
• https://www.futureagenda.org/
• David Attenborough - A life on our planet
• Yuval Harari - Homo Deus

You can find out more about what I do as a coach & facilitator at www.successfultraining.co.uk and  https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/

#leadership #futureagenda #futureofleadership #coaching #systemsthinking #teams 

 

 

 

#23 On Creating Alignment

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?

Have you aligned the department and team objectives back to that strategy so that it links in and delivers business goals at their functional level?

Have your direct reports then cascaded it down to the level below to make sure their departments deliver them and deliver your corporate goal?

Have you answered yes to everything so far?  Really….? honestly…..?

If not - then you are like many organisations - so this podcast is for you and will help you think about how to do it.  And if you are a small business owner, it's relevant too as you need to  have all those who support your business aligned with you too! 

So listen to hear about the steps: Vision, Incentive, Capabilities, resources, execution and reflection.   

#leadership #strategy #goal setting #coaching #development

 

 

 

 

 

#22 On Decisions - with Giorgia Prestento

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?

The behavioural science of decision making is challenged by social pressure cascade effect, low information and more. How then can we ensure as leaders we enable our teams to decide?

In this wide ranging episode Giorgia Prestento and I explore this and more, and recognise the importance of having good information, governance, and group dynamics to make good and effective decisions. 

#decisions #leadership #behaviour #teamdynamics #coaching #highperformance

You can connect with me at www.successfultraining.co.uk, https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/

 

You can connect with Giorgia at https://www.linkedin.com/in/giorgiaprestento/ , https://www.giorgiaprestento.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#21 On Choice - with Preeta Cooley

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.  

Does choice exist, and what challenges us & makes us think we don't have choice? From existentialist theory to diary management, from Frankl to Jack Canfield & Henry Ford this episode takes us across a wide range of views and thoughts on choice, culminating in 3 key themes: 

• How do we create space to notice?
• How increasing our self awareness can enable free will and our ability to choose
• How embracing possibility and diversity of views can open our eyes and mindsets to new thinking and better options.

Got you thinking?  Well we hope you enjoy it, and if you do, subscribe on whatever platform to check out the interview with Giorgia Prestento on the behavioural science of decisions which is due out next month.

Two cracking episodes!

#choice #mindset #leadership #coaching #decisions

You can connect with me at www.successfultraining.co.uk, @the_beingleader, https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/

you can connect with Preeta here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/preetacooley/

#20 On Intention

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?

If so, join me for a short journey to view things a different way, and explore your intention.

#intention, #purpose #leadership #reflection   

www.successfultraining.co.uk 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/

@the_beingleader 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#19 On Mindfulness - with Christoph Spiessens

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.

My final guest of 2020 is Christoph Spiessens, Mindfulness coach and Insight timer app trainer.  Join us on this episode where we discuss:

• Recognising patterns and unlearning
• checking in with "what is"
• Doing mode v being mode
• Self compassion and mirror neurons and much, much more

As we countdown to the holidays, listen for tips of how to access the breathing space between you and your thoughts. (I love that description!!)  

 You can connect with us via:

https://www.christophspiessens.com/, 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophspiessens/

https://www.successfultraining.co.uk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/

Instagram: @the_beingleader

#mindfulness #coaching #presence #reflection #leadership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#18 on accountability and results

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.

In this episode we explore why this is important to enable a results focus and look at how this contributes to a performing team.  Take time to reflect on where your team is at, how  much you really embody accountability and review the steps you need to take to get your team there.

#leadership #coaching #results #teams

Connect with me at: www.successfultraining.co.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/

Twitter: @mgmttrainer

Instagram: @the_beingleader

#17 On conflict and commitment

How much conflict do you have in your team? None? All fine?  or it's just a vipers nest of passive aggressive bitching?  In this episode I discuss 2 of the 5 behaviours we need to enable high performance in teams, and explore:

• Why we avoid Conflict
• Why we should have more of it to make better decisions
• and why conflict actually results in us getting better results

You can learn more and connect with me via:

Website: www.successfultraining.co.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/

Twitter: @mgmttrainer

Instagram: @thebeing_leader

#conflict #leadership #highperformance #teams #decisions

 

 

#16 On Being busy v Being Useful - with Jos Burton

Which would you rather be, busy or useful?  In this podcast Author, facilitator and coach Jos Burton and I discuss the current malaise of needing to be busy v knowing our value and being useful.

We discuss useful v helpful, being curious, protestent work ethic and the value of work, what future work may be like, smart work v good work and what we need to be doing to really Be Useful.

Loved this episode!!

Connect with Jos here https://www.linkedin.com/in/josburton/ 

Connect with Annabel here https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/

www.successfultraining.co.uk @mgmttrainer @thebeing_leader

#leadership #coaching #futureofwork #beuseful