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Before drive 2 survive there was #rondennis and #michaelschumacher... teaching us #careerlessons - sticking to the plan and finishing what you've started..... Ron Dennis, team manager at McLaren, tried to woo Michael to join his team at a fashion show no less. Michael, a relatively new driver showing massive potential, was partway through his journey with the up-and-coming BennetonF1....and responded with class. This is something we all deal with at some point in our careers. If you're facing short-term frustrations, remember your plan and what you wanted to achieve when you took on that new position. Have a list of measurable goals and choose a realistic point in the future to objectively evaluate how you're tracking. Try not to listen to all of the noise between those points in time.... and don't let a bad Monday followed by a snap decision derail long-term plans.

A great visualisation of quadruped cycles. A breakdown that makes it look comprehensible! We all know that it never works out the first time, so think about amount of time spent refining this to look clean.

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🚗 Happy Name Your Car Day! 🚗 Your trusty steed deserves a name as unique as its personality. 🌟 Whether it's a sleek sports car, a rugged off-roader, or a dependable family vehicle, we want to know: What name have you lovingly bestowed upon your four-wheeled companion? 🚘✨ Share your car's name in the comments below and let's celebrate the bond between car enthusiasts and their beloved rides. #NameYourCarDay #CarNames

If you have time, take a look at this interesting article featuring my older sister. This is definitely worth reading!

The Most Important Car Person - Ferdinand Piëch Bentley (Continental GT W12), Porsche, Volkswagen (TDI, Phaeton, R32), Lamborghini (Gallardo), Bugatti, Seat, and Skoda. There are two things that fascinated me the most about FKP: Firstly, he is the man behind the Ur-Quattro. Audi referred to the R&D Center as “Palazzo Piëch”. One of his engineers came up with the idea to give Audi a competitive advantage in racing: 4-wheel drive. All Piëch had to do was to convince Volkswagen’s upper management to pay for it. That’s how Piëch came up with the Audi Quattro Ski & Hill stunt. Secondly, the Lamborghini story. There is so much to learn from it when you are leading an umbrella brand with several strong brands underneath, with one of them being a hypercar like Lamborghini. I love the badge engineering and how he made an Audi R8 and a Lamborghini Gallardo out of the same car. Piëch did part sharing, the opposite of all others. He started at the top, always engineering a car for the highest possible brand, and then slowed to trickle down and be badged as something cheaper. The Gallardo was engineered to embody the essence of a true Lamborghini, making it an exceptional Audi. Had it been the other way around, it might have been a decent Audi but a disappointing Lamborghini.

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THIS is how you build psychological safety! Everyone take note of this excellent lesson in high performance leadership by James Vowles, Team Principal of Williams Racing. https://lnkd.in/enViaQnA One of their drivers, Logan Sargeant, hasn't had a stellar season. Crashes, disappointing results, and #F1 media all over him asking if these bad results are impacting his confidence. Throw a bit of toxic F1 Twitter into the mix, and you have a perfect recipe for a crisis of confidence. It would have been easy for Williams to replace Sargeant. But in this video James perfectly explains why they won't just make that decision, all while teaching us important lessons in leadership: 1. "Logan has very clear targets of what he has to hit before the end of the season." 💪 Tough love, and clarity in communication. There is no beating around the bush. In the pressure cooker that is F1, your targets are clear, and you need to bring in results. 2. "We are working with him continuously, and that's the important point. We are working WITH him. We want him to succeed, and we want him in the car next year." 🤝 They all share the same goal, and they work towards it together. This attitude towards mistakes and failure increases accountability and ownership, while at the same time making sure Logan knows he's not in it alone. 3. "This is on us as well. We've taken someone straight from Formula 2, without any significant testing, put a day and half in Bahrain in this car, and wished them well on a season that has been awfully challenging for rookie drivers, full stop." 👉 When mistakes happen you attack the problem, not the person (the no-blame philosophy). This will actually increase accountability, because people will feel safe sharing their perspective on how they contributed to the situation, and what they can do to learn from it (and prevent it from happening again). 4. "Until the accident (Logan crashed at Suzuka), he was overlaying line on line, within a tenth, of Alex's performance as well, at one of the trickiest circuits of the season." 👁 Making people feel seen, heard, and respected for their contributions has a massive impact on intrinsic motivation, and therefore on performance. It is crucial for people to feel like their achievements are appreciated, and they are not only judged for their mistakes. 5. We will continue to work with Logan, and invest in Logan, as we want him to succeed [...]. Only at the point where all of us come to the conclusion that we've reached the end of that road will we make any decisions, but we're nowhere near that yet." 👊 Clarity in communication, and willingness to help. Teams that are willing to help each other through difficult times are much more likely to succeed. Sharing this publicly will massively help in getting Logan through this rough patch, and it's a great lesson in building high performance cultures! #highperformance #leadership