The Being Leader: Annabel Graham

#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 

 

 

#15 on the outdoors

How often have you had a bright idea when out walking the dog, or running/walking? That's the power of harnessing the outdoors as a development space.  In this episode I talk all things outdoors, walking and coaching with Claire Bradshaw, executive coach and host of podcast The Outdoor Coach.  

Expect to explore the outdoors, the power of Street Wisdom, Soft fascination, shifting perspectives, building metaphors and getting out of our heads and into our bodies.   

#coaching #reflection #podcasting #leadershipdevelopment

Connect with us at:

Annabel: www.successfultraining.co.uk , https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/ 

Claire: https://www.clairembradshaw.co.uk/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairembradshaw/ 

 

#14 On Trust

What exactly is trust and why is it so essential to our relationships, to making our teams work effectively and to doing business with our customers?

In this episode I'll explore what is at the heart of trust, and not trust we build over time because I know you, psychological trust where I feel safe sharing information with you.

Ask yourself:

• Are you  role modelling great trustworthy behaviours, acting with integrity and demonstrating how you want your team to behave?
• Are you setting expectations with them and being honest in how you want them, you and the team to interact
• Are you creating an environment of psychological safety where people can ask for help, speak out and challenge without fear of recrimination
• Do you enable your team members to challenge each other and hold each other to account?
• Do you trust your team to deliver on your behalf without your intervention? 

All this and more.  

To find out more about how I work with teams on trust you can go to www.successfultraining.co.uk, https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/; @thebeing_leader, @mgmttrainer

#trust #highperformingteams #leadership #coaching

#13 On Resilience - with Sarah Jones

Resilience and mental health has never been more at the forefront of how we work than in 2020.  In this episode Sarah Jones and I explore how resilience impacts us as leaders, and how we can become more resilient by noticing what is going on for ourselves, our family & friends, our colleagues and teams.

Expect to learn about how to have compassionate conversations, what makes a resilient leader, how we can make our teams more resilient, and how our resilience reservoir and coping strategies are key to supporting our wellbeing.  So much in this episode!

Find out more about Sarah Jones at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-jones-58936a2b/ 

Connect with me at https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/  and www.successfultraining.co.uk  

#resilience #mentalhealth #wellbeing #leadership

#12: the expectations conversation

Time and again I speak to people in organisations and when they tell me it's all a bit tense between them and their line manager/team member, or that there are crossed wires; I ask the same question: "have you had the expectations conversation, where you both agree what you expect of each other and how you'll work together?".

 And what do you think the answer is? No!

In this bitesize edition, find out what the expectations conversation is, why you need to have it as a leader, team member, peer or supplier and what the key elements are that you need to ask.

Read the blog and find out more at www.successfultraining.co.uk; https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/; @mgmttrainer, @thebeing_leader.

#leadership #coaching #expectations #conversations

#11: On dispersed teams

As it hits September and the kids head back to school, there also seems to be a back to work feel and the climate in which we are all now working  is very different. Despite the change in the environment, many of those challenges that teams face will still exist, so I want to start looking dispersed teams and how we can lead them more effectively.

In this episode we will look at the 7 steps that will help you enable your teams to work in this dispersed environment in a better way.  And these are are a must do, not a nice to do.

What exists for your team, and what doesn’t – as you need to fix that, and fast!

Expect to find out more about the following 7 steps:

1. Clarify team purpose

2. Clear outcomes and goals

3. Team roles

4. Team Behaviours

5. Regular communication

6. Be accountable

7. Hold each other to account.

Find out more at www.successfultraining.co.uk; Instagram @thebeing_leader, Twitter @mgmttrainer; https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabelgraham-coach-trainer/

#leadership #teambuilding #leadershipdevelopment #teamcoaching

#10 On Emotional Freedom - with Sarah Sienkiewicz

How often do your emotions get in the way of how you want to be, and what you want to do? What if you had a way of getting past this, or techniques to enable you to be more effective.

Emotional Freedom Technique is a practice that enables this and this conversation with coach Sarah Sienkiewizc explores how this can help you get unstuck.

Sarah supports frazzled and stressed-out professionals who are feeling anxious, facing burn-out or desiring a lifestyle change. She works with individuals and employees, who may be feeling constantly stressed, overwhelmed, unproductive, unmotivated and unfulfilled in their careers and lives.

Learn:

• how breathing can help relax you so you can be more in the moment,
• access below resources on tapping that will help you release those stresses

And hear about Law of Attraction - we talked about that too, oh and dogs!

Find out more from me, including all the podcasts and other resources at https://www.successfultraining.co.uk

Find out more about Sarah at https://www.clearwatercoach.co.uk/ 

Watch a demonstration of Emotional Freedom technique that you can try yourself at https://www.clearwatercoach.co.uk/freestuff.html

#9 On change and alignment - everything keeps shifting

In the final part of looking at who we are as being leaders,  I come to the wider world around us, the environment that we exist in, and the systems that we are part of.  These are the systems – be them family, team, business, cultural, societal in which we interact and operate, and demonstrate all of the above.

So we’ll think about:

• How we respond and what this appears like to others
• What we can do to be in control and better aligned.

If we want to get things back in alignment, so we feel in control, so the context in which we operate, our behaviours, capabilities, values, identity  and purpose all align, we need to recognise what part is out of alignment, and then fix that.